NEXT Monday will see will see huge numbers of musicians converge on the North Clare village of Corofin for the start of the eleventh Corofin Traditional Festival.

“IT’S THE most powerful question I ever found to ask myself or anybody else, particularly if you’re facing some kind of challenge in your life. ‘Is there anything about this situation that allows me to do something that otherwise I wouldn’t or couldn’t have done?’ I found that the most liberating question. Because the answer is always ‘yes’.”

A decade of work is contained in a new album, Drops of Jazz which musician Austin Durack launches next week.

CLARE Arts Office has announced four bursaries to assist artists and those engaged in creative activities in the county to develop themselves personally, professionally and artistically.

COUNTRY legend Nanci Griffith will be in Ennis next Wednesday night and in advance of the concert, she spoke to The Clare Champion from the US.

KILFENORA is staging its fourth annual music festival from Thursday, April 26 to Monday, April 30. The organising committee this week announced details of the 2012 festival, which promises a feast of set dancing and the legendary Kilfenora pub sessions.

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