Paris based, Irish vocalist and songwriter, Liv Monaghan, is to release a music video for her song, Touching Infinity, from her latest album, Slow Exhale.

Read more: Liv Monaghan "Touching Infinity" Video Release

On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from artists such as George Robert All Star Quartet, Dr. John, Mighty Souls Brass Band, Milt Jackson, Grover Washington Jr. and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie

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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 212 Saturday 15th. June 2019 with guests Tom Link & Barry Alistair

On this episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from artists such as Dr. John, Jacob Collier with Metrolpole Orkest, Herbie Hancock, Esperanza Spalding, Hot Antic Jazz Band and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie

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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 211 Saturday 8th. June 2019 incl. Dr. John

I had the absolute pleasure to sit down with Tommy Halferty and shoot a new "Dublin Guitar Duets" Episode with him.

Tommy is a living history book of Irish Jazz and one of its most important contributors. It was so much fun and I hope some of his former students as well as everyone else who has an interest in the Irish Jazz scene can get something out of this one. It was so much fun to do this Episode and I am super happy to have captured some of his stories and memories of Irish Jazz!

Read more: Dublin Guitar Duets - Part 5: Tommy Halferty

The New Irish Jazz Orchestra, directed by Ireland’s premier Jazz export, Paul Dunlea, returns to CIT Cork School Of Music featuring the inimitable fiddle player and Ireland’s Cultural Ambassador, Martin Hayes as its special guest on Sunday 16th June for a special matinee performance at 4pm. Paul is hot off a UK tour with Canadian crooner Michael Bublé and will be ready to lead this inimitable orchestra. The concert will also feature original compositions from Irish composers such as Ronan Guilfoyle, Brian Byrne, Cormac McCarthy along with the orchestra’s director Paul Dunlea.

Read more: New Irish Jazz Orchestra with Ireland’s Cultural Ambassador, Martin Hayes Returns to Cork

Onthis episode of Jazz Mine you can hear tracks from artists such as Rosario Giuliani, Ian Shaw, Anouar Brahem Trio, Hugh Fraser Quintet featuring Slide Hampton, Dave Holland Quintet and more..........Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie

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Read more: Jazz Mine No. 210 Saturday 1st. June incl. Ian Shaw

A Letter from Limerick

John Daly recalls the modest beginnings of a great jazz festival

When asked by Jazz Ireland to do a blog about the Limerick Jazz Festival, I thought it would be fitting to add some background history of what has been happening, jazz-wise, in Limerick over the past 38 years or so.

Limerick Jazz was founded in 1981 by a core group of dedicated jazz followers, who set in motion a jazz society which they probably never imagined would still be alive and well all these years later. Now recognised as the longest running jazz society on the island of Ireland, it has also proved to be one of the most productive. Having been quoted as “carrying well above its weight” on more than one occasion, it has brought some of the biggest names in jazz to the mid-west. Without the vision of the founders it’s hard to imagine jazz of this standard being a regular occurrence in the City.

Read more: Talking Jazz with John Daly