Galway International Arts Festival off to a flying, tumbling, crashing, roaring start

Highlights so far? David Mach, Enda Walsh, Sonya Kelly and Museum of the Moon

Liam O’Flynn remembered as a ‘magical’ musician

Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told

Tony MacMahon: Last reel for a reluctant music legend

After some persuasion, MacMahon has finally recorded his magnum opus, Farewell to Music. And I am delighted that my label, Raelach Records, is releasing it

Triúr: Omos

Jordi Savall: Celtic folk tunes of a Catalan

The discovery of a manuscript of folk tunes for the viol enabled the composer to tackle music he had heard in Ireland decades previously

Ghosts come alive

Iarla Ó Lionáird’s latest project brings depth to drone