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The first Guinness North Coast Folk Festival takes place Hallowe’en weekend Thursday-Sunday, October 30 – November 2 in Portrush and Portstewart. For the majority of acts and family-orientated workshops – and there’s plenty – admission is free. The Nuala Kennedy Quartet headlines at the Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart. Local performers include The Delawares, Cat Malojian, [...]

Gary Moore recently presented a BBC Radio 2 documentary tribute to the late blues guitarist Rory Gallagher. The programme inlcuded rare archive recordings of Gallagher and contributions from Queen guitarist Brian May, The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, English folker Martin Carthy, bassist Jack Bruce, Dubliners singer Ronnie Drew and musician Georgie Fame. The programme – [...]

Why do so many bands pour so much time, energy and money into their gear and recordings… then just show up to do a lousy live gig? American performance coach Tom Jackson gives his [somewhat preachy - ed] insights into what’s wrong with the way most artists approach live shows. This clip was recorded at [...]

A new American website aims to create a new revenue streams for recording artists: SongVest is giving music fans a way to buy the actual songs themselves. Aiming to connect songwriters and fans in a new way, SongVest has developed a platform for on-line auctions of songwriters’ rights that lets consumers buy as much as [...]

West Belfast based community radio station Feile FM plans an initial 3-month pilot series of a new programme devoted entirely to Celtic music. The 90-minute New Celtica show starts broadcasting on October 29 at 2pm, finishing at 3.30pm for Paul McCusker’s “drive-time” slot. The estimated 65,000 listenership tunes in [...]

Here’s a treat: a collection of some of the worst album covers of all time. Don’t click here.

The hard swinging David Lyttle Trio play the 4 Corners Music Festival on Thursday, October 9. Drummer David Lyttle studied contemporary jazz and composition at the University of Ulster and New York’s Skidmore Jazz Institute and has performed with artists Jean Touissant, Jacqui Dankworth and Soweto Kinch. His debut album “True Story” was released in [...]

According to the Financial Times, record company EMI plans to launch its own consumer portal to market its artists’ music directly to fans on-line. Launching in the run-up to Christmas EMI.com will offer audio and video and will let users buy music downloads.

Established in 2000, McIlroy Guitars specialises in the manufacture of high-end hand-made acoustic guitars, mainly for export, which combine traditional design with a modern twist. The instruments were recently reviewed in the September 2008 issue of The Acoustic Magazine. The Co. Antrim firm recently secured its first sales in Japan, and has increased sales across [...]

The Ulster Orchestra performs music from the repetoire of English composer Sir John Tavener at the Temenos 08 Festival over the (RoI bank holiday) weekend, October 24-26, with concerts in St Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda and St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dundalk. The festival programme includes some of Tavener’s most celebrated works: “Song for Athene” (performed [...]