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In nearly everything Fergus O'Hare does, there is an altruism and a philanthropy at its very heart.

Boris Grebenshikov has to be one of the most intriguing artists I've ever interviewed.

Acclaimed harpist Nodlaig Ní Bhrollaigh – of the famous Brolly clan from Co Derry – talks to Robert McMillen about Cuimhní Rúnda/Hidden Memories, her first solo album in 20 years

THIS weekend, Cara Dillon will make her debut at the Stendhal Festival in Limavady, but while it's the acclaimed singer-songwriter's first time performing at the annual music event, the Co Derry-born musician is no stranger to the local area.

All sessions are free admission and last two hours.

THERMAL underwear. A snood, monkey hat, woolly gloves and an overcoat.

WHILE Dundalk tradsters The Mary Wallopers might be renowned for their lively, booze-soaked performances, it seems frontman Charles Hendy might not be as able for the craic as he once was, at least based on the last time the group were up in Belfast.

WELL, the four-day summer has finally come to an end and people are returning from their foreign holidays on the Costas or their caravan in Millisle or their trip to the Gaeltacht ready to get stuck into the many activities which start up again in the autumn.

THERE is an incredible number of people playing the harp these days, thanks in no small part to Máire Ní Chathasaigh, a harper who took the instrument 'back to the future', bringing it back to its original role of accompanying dancing and freeing it from the twee 'Oirish' world in which it existed for so long.