Adrian Scahill
@adrianscahill.bsky.social
Researching, playing, and writing about Irish traditional music. Maynooth University. Occasional organist and accompanist.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Help stop the suspension of music courses at Nottingham University. c.org/DQ4fHkQmms
Definitely an album worth checking out - wrote on Seán McKeon's barnstorming Salamanca CD here.
// Every Piping Phrase a New Idea // tinyurl.com/5n8zjv4m
The Dublin uilleann piper Seán McKeon has just released his second solo album, 'Salamanca'. Adrian Scahill reviews.
The Dublin uilleann piper Seán McKeon has just released his second solo album, 'Salamanca'. Adrian Scahill reviews.
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Definitely an album worth checking out - wrote on Seán McKeon's barnstorming Salamanca CD here.
I wrote about In Time, a revealing new film about Dónal Lunny and his music, for the Journal of Music. Not sure if it will be broadcast or made available more widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0n_...
Lunny's Genius
'In Time – Dónal Lunny', a new documentary on the influential musician, written and directed by Nuala O'Connor, was recently screened in Galway, Cork and Dublin. Adrian Scahill reviews.
journalofmusic.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I wrote about In Time, a revealing new film about Dónal Lunny and his music, for the Journal of Music. Not sure if it will be broadcast or made available more widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0n_...
Thought I would note this new review of Into the Loam. Well worth acquiring (the CD that is), and if it's still available the design of the CD booklet is striking. As is much of the music.
// To Create, Not Recreate // bit.ly/41oWm8C
Fiddle player Liam O’Connor and concertina player Cormac Begley have recently released an 11-track duet album, 'Into the Loam'. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Fiddle player Liam O’Connor and concertina player Cormac Begley have recently released an 11-track duet album, 'Into the Loam'. Adrian Scahill reviews.
To Create, Not Recreate
Fiddle player Liam O’Connor and concertina player Cormac Begley have recently released an 11-track duet album, 'Into the Loam'. Adrian Scahill reviews.
bit.ly
August 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Thought I would note this new review of Into the Loam. Well worth acquiring (the CD that is), and if it's still available the design of the CD booklet is striking. As is much of the music.
Enjoyed listening to the new album by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh and writing about it. Realised also that I'd not been listening to much Donegal music lately and great to recover some of these tunes.
journalofmusic.com/reviews/lost...
journalofmusic.com/reviews/lost...
Lost and Reimagined in Donegal Fiddle Music
Fiddle player Ciarán Ó Maonaigh has just released his second solo album, 'Lost in the Music/Caillte sa Cheol', featuring Seán Óg Graham on guitar. Adrian Scahill reviews.
journalofmusic.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Enjoyed listening to the new album by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh and writing about it. Realised also that I'd not been listening to much Donegal music lately and great to recover some of these tunes.
journalofmusic.com/reviews/lost...
journalofmusic.com/reviews/lost...
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Academic freedom, they said. Free speech, they said. What actually happens: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
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July 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Academic freedom, they said. Free speech, they said. What actually happens: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Must get a new case...
April 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Must get a new case...
Nice to get back to some new music and get the chance to write about the new album from Conal Ó Gráda.
// Tunes Closely Integrated with a Distinctive Flute Style // journalofmusic.com/reviews/tune...
Flute player Conal Ó Gráda has just released a new album, 'Anú Abú', on the Raelach Records label. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Flute player Conal Ó Gráda has just released a new album, 'Anú Abú', on the Raelach Records label. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Tunes Closely Integrated with a Distinctive Flute Style
Flute player Conal Ó Gráda has just released a new album, 'Anú Abú', on the Raelach Records label. Adrian Scahill reviews.
journalofmusic.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nice to get back to some new music and get the chance to write about the new album from Conal Ó Gráda.
Taking down Viz? For shame. Here's one of their often great crap jokes. #blueskymoderation
February 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Taking down Viz? For shame. Here's one of their often great crap jokes. #blueskymoderation
A review of the recent book on the late Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin for The Journal of Music. A huge influence and inspiration at various points during my musical life. A huge book for a huge figure and a challenge to write about!
/ Imagining How Music Could Be: The Enduring Influence of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin // ow.ly/w9yB50UQgyg
Cork University Press has published a major volume on the late musician, composer and educator Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Cork University Press has published a major volume on the late musician, composer and educator Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Imagining How Music Could Be: The Enduring Influence of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Cork University Press has published a major volume on the late musician, composer and educator Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, edited by Helen Phelan, Marie McCarthy and Nicholas Carolan. Adrian Scahill revie...
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January 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A review of the recent book on the late Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin for The Journal of Music. A huge influence and inspiration at various points during my musical life. A huge book for a huge figure and a challenge to write about!