Seamus Begley
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Tradfest 2018 puts female artists centre stage
- Music
- January 23, 2018, 05:00
Taking as its starting point an all-embracing notion of traditional music, Temple Bar Tradfest has captured the zeitgeist this year, whether by accide(...)

Three trad heavyweights look outside the repertoire
- Music
- January 11, 2016, 06:00
The first time Kevin Burke and Liam Ó Maonlaí encountered one another was two years ago on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, where Ó Ma(...)

Seamus Begley: The Bold Kerryman | Album Review
- Music
- September 4, 2015, 00:00
Seamus Begley, long-associated with the box and possessor of one of the tradition’s tenderest voices, has set his accordion aside so those songs ca(...)

Tríona Marshall: Between Two Ways | Album Review
- Music
- July 24, 2015, 00:00
For her solo debut of postcards not so much from the edge as from the heart, harpist Tríona Marshall has gathered an exceptional mix of melodies an(...)

Seamus Begley & Stephen Cooney: Meitheal | Album Review
- Music
- June 5, 2015, 00:00
The release of this seminal album 23 years ago changed the traditional music landscape dramatically – and with the kind of chutzpah not previo(...)

Various Artists: The Burren Backroom Series Volume 1 | Album Review
- Music
- January 22, 2015, 20:00
Live pub recordings sometimes yield a mixed bag that can run the gamut from high-octane energy to raucous and ragged come-all-ye’s. The Burren Back(...)

We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015
- Culture
- December 31, 2014, 03:00
JANUARY Yeats 2015 All year A national celebration of the life and work of the Nobel prize-winning poet, with an extensive programm(...)

Begley McKay Stout
- Music
- October 17, 2014, 00:00
Sometimes the magic happens when you least expect it. Scottish fiddle and harp duo Chris Stout and Catriona McKay ventured to undertake an Irish tour (...)

Bare necessities: Back to nature at the BARE in the Woods festival
- Culture
- June 20, 2014, 00:00
When peak festival season rolls around, the session intensity winds up, but voyaging between partying ports becomes more languid (with the added bonus(...)

Festival Fit: follow the laughter lines to Corofin and Tedfest
- Culture
- March 7, 2014, 00:00
Between tunes, Séamus Begley held up his wine glass and, not for the first time, smirked over the rim of it. “The Mother Superior addressed her con(...)