The Rolling Wave on RTÉ Radio 1 marked International Women’s Day by inviting female traditional musicians to choose music from some of their favourite female artists - listen above.
Songs and tunes were chosen by musicians Geraldine Cotter, Máire Ní Ghráda, Róisín Chambers, Rosie Stewart, Michelle Mulcahy, Therese McInerney and June McCormack and you can listen back to it here.
Also included in the show was a special track from Mná na Feadóige Móra .
The Rolling Wave presenter Aoife Nic Cormaic
Last October flute player Aoife Granville joined Aoife Nic Cormaic on
The Rolling Wave to talk about the history of women flute players in Irish Traditional Music, and they found surprisingly few recordings of women playing the flute prior to the 1970s. The earliest recording played on the programme was from Teresa Gardiner, recorded in 1959 - listen back to the show here.
Want to learn how to play a musical instrument? At a loss as to how to entertain the kids during lockdown? Then the new term of online music classes from the Fred Finn Comhaltas branch in Sligo is about to get underway and could be a wonderful way to develop and nurture a new musical talent.
Classes for all levels start this month and can be booked at www.FredFinn.ie.
Catering for beginners, improvers, intermediate to advanced levels, Fred Finn CCÉ offer both child and adult classes across a range of instruments, including fiddle, button accordion, harp, tin whistle, concertina, flute, sean nós dancing and singing, and not only are the classes given by some of the best musicians in the county, but you can also hire the instrument of your choice for the upcoming term.
Parents turn to toy fund in a stormy year
Parents grow desperate as the pandemic makes all life s other difficulties that much worse.
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The letters that arrive to the Press Herald Toy Fund can be heartbreaking. And, while most parents ask that their personal stories not be shared, the letters taken together are a reflection of the times.
During down economic cycles, the common theme is job loss. In overheated real estate markets, it’s evictions and homelessness. Last year, for unknown reasons, there was a noticeable increase in letters from families escaping domestic violence.
This year, of course, it’s COVID-19, which seems to have made all of the other problems significantly worse.