Culture

It is difficult for us to imagine how shocked – even scandalised – people were at the turn of the 20th century by the work of the so-called avant-garde of artists emerging in France at the time. Painters such as Picasso and Matisse and Cezanne and Gauguin before them impressed […]

Released in February, the AA-side ‘Luciferin / Ridgewood’ is the first digital single from Kʒːlu – the solo project of West Cork-based musician and composer Patrick Hatchett – ahead of the self-titled album ‘Kʒːlu’ which follows on March 26, on vinyl and digital.  In Hatchett’s words, this solo work “brings […]

Over 2000 people were hired, 405 live shows hosted, and 416,000 audience members engaged, thanks to the pilot live performance support scheme, launched in December 2020, by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media and Minister Catherine Martin. The scheme provided an incredibly progressive and timely financial […]

Cork County Council’s Library & Arts Service is delivering a new series of free online writing workshops for Spring 2021, designed to support creative writing throughout the county. Six online courses begin in mid-February, catering to a variety of ages and styles including adults, teens, songwriters, crime-writers, fiction and non-fiction. […]

West Cork musicians raise their voices, with the clear message that the region’s resilient music community is still here and looking forward to the time when they can share their music with you once more.  With so many missing the chance to share songs and stories, West Cork Music has […]