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Tuesday March 9th, 2010

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Moya Brennan - The First Lady Of Irish Music

When you're the First Lady of Irish Music, it's easy to get fellow musicians to open up and talk to you. So says Moya Brennan, the gentle-voiced, expressive singer and harpist who fronted Clannad (as Máire Ní Bhraonáin) and has gone on to a solo career... Read more...

Solas Are On Their Way!

Solas are one of the most ground-breaking, significant bands in Irish traditional music. They are touring to promote their brand new album The Turning Tide, and the energy of these players at the top of their game should not be missed... Read more...

At The Mike Stand With... David Walsh

Whether it's gently tapping out the haunting melodies to transcendent Stand ballads such as 'Hoper' or 'When Fate Becomes You', or providing the thundering riffs on commanding rock anthems like 'Little Sweet Lucifer' and 'Beautiful Grey', guitarist/keyboardist David Walsh, is the personification of unruffledness, or is that unruffledicity? Read more...

Ronnie McGinn's Poetry Page

Our poem this week is from Ann Leo O'Connor of the Bishopstown Writers Group in Cork. If I were a male chauvinist I'd probably say this one's for the Ladies but really it's for everybody, as we can all relate to it... Read more...

Joe Kavanagh's Music News

The most sensational story to emerge in the European music media last week came courtesy of a startling allegation made in a recently published BBC investigation, which sought to discover the final destination of funds raised in the 1980s, by Live Aid... Read more...