Music promoter and festival organiser Vince Power dies at 76
Waterford native established Mean Fiddler group which play key role promoting Reading and Leeds music festivals
Music Network
Maxim Rysanov, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky and Dóra Kokas: Welcome Irish tour by new international string trio
Moments of astonishing beauty rubbed shoulders with helter-skelter passages with rough ensemble
Kimura, Lunny and Kelly: Folding review – startlingly beautiful
An imaginative, expertly-crafted elision of free music and ambient recording
Live and not dangerous: Ireland needs an ambitious plan to revive live music
Other countries have shown how a safety focus and innovation can get things moving
As the NoCrows fly: This week’s best trad gigs
A humdinger Music Network tour is among the traditional highlights this week
‘Othering people is something humans have done for ever’
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi are fascinated with the influence of Islamic music on the West
What is really behind the Wexford Festival Opera funding standoff?
Michael Dervan: Arts Council is in an almost unprecedented bind over grant for the event
The classical music sandwich: delicious, nutritious and necessary
Classical Music: Concerts that intersperse classics with new pieces can be revelatory
‘I love Dublin. I have everything I want here’
Where the heart is: Louise Walsh on living in Drumcondra, in the house she shares with her husband Derek Maher and their two children
The best jazz this week: BAN BAM festival highlights women artists
Vibraphonist sampled by Kanye, Mulatu Astatke, graces the Sugar Club
Writing a melody is 'like walking on a graveyard. It’s full of dead composers'
Italian classical guitarist Oscar Ghiglia pulls no punches when it comes to his students or his peers
Jazz highlights for this week: a mini-Rio, and Mingus to the max
Hotter Than July festival, Charles Mingus tribute and good vibes with Tony Miceli
Easter weekend gig guide: Chelsea Wolfe, Talos, Todd Terry and more
Our critical picks of the very best of what’s on in the capital and around the country this weekend and beyond
Carlow school ahead of the curve on musical education
State scheme aims to give all children access to musical education within five years
Music Generation: New approach to music education strikes right chord
National programme funded by U2 changes how we teach music
Traditional authenticism bound by music and running with time
In ‘Edge of Light’, four top traditional artists perform along the rim of a fresh Irish day
Three trad heavyweights look outside the repertoire
Kevin Burke, Liam Ó Maonlaí and Tim Edey are embarking on an Irish tour
Art Council announces spending for 2016
Arts organisations see funding mostly held steady, with an increase for writing bursaries and a new scheme for local authorities
Michael Dervan’s 2015: Lucky in our promoters who go with the gut
We are lucky to have a number of Irish promoters whose taste and empathy for the audience’s experience set them apart
Irish culture in Paris: ‘I’m not a diplomat. My take is personal’
In 2013 Nora Hickey M’Sichili got her dream job of running the Centre Culturel Irlandais in the French capital. Have recent events changed the tone?
Who was the best composer of the late 19th century?
That question was arguably answered in concerts at the National Concert Hall and University Church last week
Arts Council takes steady approach to 2015 funding
Abbey Theatre allocated €6.2 million, a decrease of €300,000 on last year
Stradivari unstrung? New violins fare better in blind test
A study nails the myth of the yawning gap between present instruments and those of the great masters
The man from Finglas would surely approve of RTÉ’s new head of music
John O’Kane will have a better understanding of player issues than any previous head at RTÉ
Great vision: Iain Ballamy’s all-seeing saxophone
Ballamy is a man of many talents, from his time with an anarcho musical commune to reviving English folk songs and writing an agony uncle column
Pat Moylan: ‘If we cut the arts, we’re really cutting ourselves’
Having finished as chair of the Arts Council after five years, Moylan answers criticism of the funding process, says the council has no role to play in Limerick and looks forward to producing theatre again
When composers talk about music, it’s well worth listening
Presentations by composers help to normalise what can often seem like the arcane world of new music
Music that moves through time and space
Wagner’s music narrows the space between listener and composer like no other
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