Musical:Mondiale

Musical:Mondiale are articles or reports from the reaches of this globe on music. Sometimes we just cannot make it to a place, sometimes we just miss a festival, and sometimes we just don’t even know about it. Welcome to the remedy.

Prose and Pensées on Portland

A little used section of the site is Musical:Mondiale, which gives that down-to-earth exploration of a music scene from the comforts of your chair or wherever you read our thoughts. It’s been a while, but let’s dust it off… Portland is under-appreciated, I feel, due to the nearly-eclipsing, magnetic attraction of its neighbor to the(…)

The World: All Over Your Doorstep

Every year a colourful cornucopia of interesting faces descend upon a little seaside town, just south of Dublin city. Post boxes are given a fresh coat of emerald-green paint, paths are swept, windows cleaned and flowers planted in anticipation of a weekend that is slowly growing to become one of Ireland’s most vibrant, enjoyable and(…)