Oh I thought I'd found a balance Between the Skies and the Earth "Down on the ground" Commanding immediate attention, Galway-based visual artist and singer songwriter Brigid Mae Power is a unique voice in the current musical landscape. Ploughing … [Read more...] about Brigid Mae Power: The Two Worlds
Ireland
Seán Mac Erlaine: Music for Empty Ears
Seán Mac Erlaine is a Dublin-based reed player, composer and electronic musician who has released two solo albums to date, Long after the Music is Gone (2012) and A Slender Song (2014), both on the Ergodos record label. He is also a master improviser … [Read more...] about Seán Mac Erlaine: Music for Empty Ears
The Gloaming: Live at the NCH
Following in the footsteps of The Chieftains, Planxty, the Bothy Band and more recently Altan or Lúnasa, The Gloaming is one of the rare traditional Irish music bands to enjoy a commercial and critical success both a home and abroad while at the same … [Read more...] about The Gloaming: Live at the NCH
Francesco Turrisi: Northern Migrations
For a musician, whatever his background, improvisation is the most direct form of communication with the listener […] The music we use to express our emotions is the mirror of our soul. Christina Pluhar Franceso Turrisi is an Italian-born and … [Read more...] about Francesco Turrisi: Northern Migrations
Martin Hayes Quartet: The Blue Room
In a musical context, the word "quartet" can point to a small group of four classical performers as in a string, a baroque, a wind, a vocal or a piano quartet. It can also refer to a small jazz ensemble consisting of a horn, a chordal instrument, a … [Read more...] about Martin Hayes Quartet: The Blue Room
This is How we Fly: Foreign Fields
Formed in 2010 and featuring The Gloaming's Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (Hardanger d’Amore), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets & electronics), Nic Gareiss (percussive dance) and Petter Berndalen (drums), This is How We Fly is a contemporary folk group … [Read more...] about This is How we Fly: Foreign Fields
