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MAIJA SOFIA, the Galway singer-songwriter, along with Tipperary musician Elaine Howley, will play a concert which will be streamed live from Cork this week.

Maija Sofia History and Biography Maija Sofia is an Irish singer-songwriter based in Dublin. She released her debut album, 'Bath Time', in 2019, which was preceded by a string of singles and her first EP, 'The Sugar Sea', in 2016. In the past, Sofia has toured Ireland extensively, and has supported the likes of Julien Baker, Stella Donnelly, Joan As Police Woman, and Adrienne Lenker among others. She has also appeared at festivals such as Electric Picnic, Other Voices and London Antifolk. Maija Sofia has rescheduled her headline show at Dublin's Workmans Club to May 2021 in response to the co...

Cork Midsummer Festival: The show must go on, but how? 9 min read A DYNAMIC BLEND OF OUTDOOR AND ONLINE EVENTS RUNS FROM BREAKDANCING TO DOORSTEP PERFORMANCES AS THE CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL WILL MARRY INGENUITY AND FLEXIBILITY, NO MATTER WHAT THE RULES HAPPEN TO BE Imagine this. You’re standing in Cork city’s Elizabeth Fort, one of 15 socially distanced people, right in the midst of Alex Petcu’s percussion sextet Bangers & Crash, buried by the raw power and immediacy of live percussion, that “immersive, visceral feeling of the music up at the fort”. Or this: “You’re standing ...

Updated / Monday, 12 Apr 2021 14:00 Emma Dabiri and Blindboy Boatclub come to this year's Cúirt festival The Cúirt International Festival of Literature brings readers and writers together to tell stories, share new perspectives and celebrate writing in all forms. For this year's event, which runs from 21st - 25th April, we're delighted to host a series of Cúirt conversations on RTÉ Culture - find out more below. Emma Dabiri: April 22, 2021, 7:00pm A work of history, sociology, philosophy and social commentary, Don't Touch My Hair explored in fascinating detail an aspect of anti-Black d...