I enjoy reading this mag, reading about other pipers. I went to a major bookstore chain, do they carry it?
NO
They have 10 different magazines about tatoos, 4 about smoking pot, but none on Irish music.
How hard is it to smoke pot? I know some of the dumbest guys on earth that have managed to figure it out. Some even learned to grow it. So do we need all this coverage?
Pisses me off.
BTW I hope all are well out there. Keep on pipering.
Tim
Never heard of it, but it got me interested, so I checked out their site. Wow, $80 is just too much for a magazine subscription.
Some of the smartest people in the world have managed to smoke pot, too.
In any case, you’re smart enough to figure out how to work the internet. What do you need a magazine for?
You can get it at supermarkets like Garvey’s SuperValu in Ireland…
Why would any major distributor carry a magazine like that here in the US, anyway? How many people do you know that would actually buy a magazine about Irish music? A few, sure, but probably not enough to make it a sound investment at many bookstores. Thanks to an increase in shipping rates, a lot of small, special-interest mags are likely on their way to the can…On the plus side, that may mean a few less tattoo magazines…
I picked up a few issues of it while I was in Ireland…Lots of glowing words about whatever the hell Donal Lunny was doing at that particular minute, The Chieftains’ latest tour, and Solas’ fifth-straight recording of their first album…
Actually, I kinda enjoyed reading it. There were a few decent articles about lesser-known musicians, and some good CD reviews, but it’s certainly not for curmudgeonly traditionalists, and I definitely wouldn’t spend $80.00 on an overseas subscription…
Is “Dirty Linen” still kicking? It certainly isn’t any worse than IMM…I have seen “The Living Tradition” (a UK & Irish trad. music mag) pop up in a few indie West Coast bookstores, so you might want to investigate that one. I’d say it’s a slight cut above Irish Music Magazine in terms of content.
Borders bookstore nearest my home here in San Diego used to carry the current issue of both Irish Music Magazine and Dirty Linen. Along with many other “small” magazines. They may still do; it’s been a while since I checked. My neighborhood is not particularly Irish at all. The Borders website lists a dozen or so stores throughout Tennessee.
IMM is very commercial, of course. And promotional, with feature articles tied to advertisers (my impression). But still, I’ll admit, a fun read here in not-Ireland. I think editor Sean Laffey used to hang out on IRTRAD-L.
Subscribe to it directly?
Borders stopped a while ago; Tower Reords used to , but we all know what happened to them 
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The best odds for small music mags far from their homes is in the same (usually indie) record shops you buy CDs in. If you have a local, go and mention it, and ask if he has other people asking about it. Take a back issue if you have one; most will be interested. Often, good indie music stores will already be subscribers, because they have a stronger need to know what’s going on than you do.
If you don’t have a local indie record supplier, back up one square and get one, then follow the instructions above.
great mag, they even sent a reporter on ‘the first annual floating tionol’ way back when. Helen Dunbar came with us for a day and night up the thames and tried her hand at the pipes. The article can be viewed on www.madfortrad.com under news.