Crash Ensemble

The Guide: Ireland Music Week, Crash Ensemble, Cork Folk Festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

September 28th-October 4th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Sat Sept 28 2024 - 05:00

Elaine Howley: ‘It’s nice that there are many layers to the way music can find its way ... It doesn’t have to be instant’

Experimental musician will collaborate with composer Irene Buckley and Crash Ensemble on an ambitious reinterpretation of her work

Wed Jul 17 2024 - 05:15

The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end

The best movies, music, art and more coming your way between Saturday, October 28th, and Friday, November 3rd, 2023

Sat Oct 28 2023 - 05:00

Kate Ellis of Crash Ensemble: I’ve never tried to focus on one route within music. It’s more important to see everything as a whole’

The acclaimed group’s artistic director is a natural collaborator, including on Strange Waves, her new album with the composer Ed Bennett

Wed Oct 18 2023 - 05:00

Ye Vagabonds: ‘We just felt like we were total weirdos in Carlow’

The MacGloinn brothers on becoming part of the Irish folk scene

Sat May 07 2022 - 00:00

Gig of the Week: Treaty – Songs, with Christy Moore, Lisa O’Neill and more

December 6th to 12th, 2021: The best of the week’s culture events, right around Ireland

Mon Dec 06 2021 - 06:00

In the Echo review: An album that burrows deep beneath the skin

Eight pairs of musicians come together in Field Recordings from Earlsfort Terrace

Fri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00

Enda Walsh and Donnacha Dennehy come full circle with final offering in operatic trilogy

Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: The playwright and composer join forces once more on ‘suburban horror’, The First Child

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00

Kilkenny Arts Festival mixes risk and safe-bets in search of magical chance

From Rough Magic’s Tonic to Mozart’s Requiem, the festival starts August 6th

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 05:00

Dublin Dance Festival 2021: The unbearable lightness of being apart

Watching this year’s programme online was frustrating but also brought new intimacies

Tue May 25 2021 - 05:00

Demos at Dublin Dance Festival: Learning new moves in restricted spaces

For Liz Roche, creating a sense of connection in a year of separation was a big challenge

Sat May 15 2021 - 05:00

Paul Weller and a Madness spectacular: This week’s unmissable online events

Dublin Dance Festival and Ross O’Carroll-Kelly are among the other highlights

Thu May 13 2021 - 06:00

Adrian Crowley: The Watchful Eye of the Stars review – Quite possibly his best yet

Irish musician raises the bar with help from John Parish, Crash Ensemble and Portishead

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 05:00

Dua Lipa, Stephen Rea and Emma Dabiri: This week’s unmissable online events

Plus Marian Keyes, Frank McGuinness, Mick Fleetwood and the National Symphony Orchestra

Thu Apr 22 2021 - 06:00

Leagues O’Toole: ‘We need to give artists a sense of self-worth’

MusicTown is online-only for a second year, filling a creative void caused by the pandemic

Tue Apr 13 2021 - 05:00

Kilkenny festival to present mixture of virtual and live events

‘Bringing people back together is really important,’ says director Olga Barry

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 05:00

Climate action may offer a boon for Irish musicians

A reduction in international visits could change the face of classical music in Ireland

Wed Jan 08 2020 - 05:00

Donnacha Dennehy: The Hunger review – Innovative exploration of the Famine

This ‘docu-cantata’ examines a painful period for Ireland through compelling music

Fri Aug 23 2019 - 05:00

The Hunger: A mixed-media opera about the Famine

Production team and cast illuminate 1840s with sean-nós, economists and vivid footage

Sat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00

John Godfrey: pushing boundaries at the extreme ends of the musical spectrum

‘The primary core thinking behind quiet music is that this is a music you choose to engage with’

Sat Aug 10 2019 - 05:00

Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019: Rough Magic does Shakespeare, Nathalie Stutzmann does Bach

Festival unveils programme for this year’s festival, which runs from August 8th to 18th

Tue Jun 18 2019 - 12:59

From Shawn Mendes to Keaton Henson: The best pop and rock gigs this week

This week’s events also include a party on a boat and a chance to mosh on Good Friday

Sat Apr 13 2019 - 05:00

Keaton Henson: ‘I don’t like performing or anything that veers into that territory’

Chronic anxiety prevents him touring, but classical music offers an outlet

Sat Apr 06 2019 - 05:00

Whispers of Eastern colour from composer Barry O’Halpin

‘Advice from a Caterpillar’ is a depiction on solo bass clarinet of the conversation in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ between Alice and the caterpillar

Wed Dec 12 2018 - 05:00

New Music Dublin manages to kick up a storm

Michael Dervan: Against the odds, Defrosted event offered memorable performances

Wed Sept 26 2018 - 05:00

‘I don’t have that much stuff at all, but I do a lot of really great things’

Me and My Money: Jonathan Pearson, founder of Islander Music and the Quiet Lights Festival

Tue Sept 04 2018 - 05:00

‘Music is made in communities’: Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s new vision

The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 07:00

J Colleran: ‘There’s something good about destroying what you’ve built’

The producer – formerly Mmoths – on why he deleted an entire album on the road to ‘Gardenia’

Thu Jul 26 2018 - 06:00

Trad folk meets indie pop: Radie Peat and Katie Kim join forces

Two artists bring their unique sounds together for a one-off musical evening

Wed Apr 04 2018 - 05:00

Confident Irish culture makes eyes across the Irish Sea

GB18 sees Irish theatre, art, dance and music on show all year long in Britain

Thu Mar 22 2018 - 05:00

The National, Bon Iver, Cillian Murphy, and Enda Walsh in Cork with no safety net

Mary Hickson on the wild idea behind Sounds From A Safe Harbour

Thu Sept 07 2017 - 10:00

A tour manager’s diary: keeping the show on the road

How Music Works: Jonathan Pearson on how you keep the touring engine running

Thu Aug 10 2017 - 05:00

Irish adaption of ‘Swan Lake’ among highlights of Clonmel Junction Festival

Music and theatre lovers well catered for with eclectic mix at popular Tipperary event

Thu Jun 29 2017 - 17:52

‘Putting on art music in a concert hall is not good enough any more’

The ‘Crashlands’ series of concerts will see Crash Ensemble perform in beautiful, remote locations around the country

Wed Jun 14 2017 - 05:00