He is, however, at pains to illustrate how Wagner also looked back to the traditional means of composing, including polyphony. He defines Wagner as ‘one of the great rhythmists’, a quality to which we ...

All the band’s virtues were on peak display in The Burren’s warm confines, from the melodic musculature of fiddler Tom Morrow, accordionist Shane Mitchell, and flute-whistle player Liam Kelly, to ...