Listening for Connection When Traditions Meet: NCH Gamelan Ensemble // Lōwli: Mood and Moderation // Simon Jermyn's Obsany: Elusive Nature

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Listening for Connection When Traditions Meet: NCH Gamelan Ensemble // Lōwli: Mood and Moderation // Simon Jermyn's Obsany: Elusive Nature

View this email in your browser Reviews Listening for Connection When Traditions Meet NCH Gamelan Orchestra has just released its second album, 'Confluence', featuring works by David Bremner, Peter Moran, Cathy Purcell and Abigail Smith with soloists Mark Redmond and Martin Johnson. James Camien McGuiggan reviews. See More Lōwli Mood and Moderation Irish composer and musician Lōwli has recently her debut album, 'Window in the Woods', a mix of instrumentals and songs. Brendan Finan reviews. See More Simon Jermyn's Obsany Elusive Nature Released earlier this year, Simon Jermyn's 'Obsany', featuring Otis Sandsjö (sax), Petter Eldh (bass), Lukas Akintaya (drums) and Jermyn on guitar, deserves more attention, writes Philip Watson. See More This Week in Music in Ireland: Concerts and Upcoming Deadlines (15–21 December 2025) A guide to this week’s events and music and arts opportunities, from Monday to Sunday. See More Aoife Ní Bhriain's 'Bóthar na Smaointe' Drawn from Tradition, Shaped by Memories The world premiere of Aoife Ní Bhriain's 'Bóthar na Smaointe', a five-movement work for five-piece ensemble, took place at Stiúideo Cuan from 26 to 30 November. Méabh Ní Fhuartháin reviews. See More The Cooler Jazz Venue Threatened with Closure 'The Cooler isn’t just one tenant losing space – it’s the Irish jazz and improvised music ecosystem losing its engine room.' Improvised Music Company says the closure of its jazz venue and rehearsal space at The Complex will force the jazz community to start from scratch again, just two years after the space opened. See More Ger Wolfe – Songs from The Ballyvourney Collection Revisiting the Freeman Gaeltacht Song Collection Ger Wolfe has just released 'Songs From Freeman’s Ballyvourney Collection', an album of sean-nós songs that draws on Alexander Martin Freeman's collections from the early 1900s. Kara Shea O'Brien reviews. See More Latest Jobs & Opportunities UCD School of Music – Ad Astra PhD Scholarship in Digital (Ethno)musicology See More Copyright © 2025 The Journal of Music, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list