A Louth Lilt

The division of the year into various cycles has been part of many cultures. Pagan and Christian ideas often overlap and the ancient...

While so many people have been missing out on live music, one of the advantages of how artists and communities have adapted to the times...

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes: "And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as...

We may have slowed down in our blogging for 2021 and while it may reflect a slowdown in our travels and adventures, we have been...

The solstice has taken on huge symbolic importance this year as people seek to move again towards a brighter future. Although the skies...

Despite maintaining a near monthly blog before March 2020, we have neglected it over the past six months as we have adapted to the situation

‘I’ve travelled more of the world with the light of a penny candle than you have done in all your years of travelling’. Eric Cross, The...

Although traditionally the first month of Spring, enlivened by the emergence of the snowdrops, February remains Winter’s tail end....

For our first blog of 2020, we are enthused to reflect on the 9th Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education, 24-25 January...

Applications, collaborations and deadlines... Adele was in Antwerp, Daithí went to Dublin Castle and the adventures continue.

October brings great colour and the harvest reflects the rewards of a period of intense hard work. We were delighted to reflect this...

September was a period of intensity as we returned to work at Dundalk Institute of Technology while also engaging in a number of...

For the second year running, our nearby town of Drogheda hosted Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and we were delighted to be stuck in the middle...

The Fleadh is nearly here with crowds about to descend on County Louth for a celebration of Irish traditional music, song, dance and...

Collaboration is often key to successful research and can take many forms. Understanding your role in a team and developing relationships...

We had a wonderful Springtime of music, research and adventures and are, as always, grateful to the great friends who make it all possible.

What have natural disasters, electronic invention kits, vertical farming, and song writing got in common? Confused? Throw into the mix...

Cold sunlight glinting on the rocky fields of cloud, The high shrill note of Winter's happy piper Rises and lifts my dreamer far above...

November was a month of returning. Graduands returned to DkIT for their special day, Daithí returned to UCC, Youghal and Antwerp, and we...

For October, we had an opportunity to stay at home but, in many ways, it signalled the importance of musicking in our local lives, not...