Belturbet Fleadh and a trad club night: This week’s best traditional music gigsAn opportunity to catch trio Breaking Trad in Listowel is also among the highlightsSat Jun 01 2019 - 03:00
‘Ireland has been my saviour, bringing me an extra 20 years of life’Richard Noble’s photo exhibition ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ opens on May 31stWed May 29 2019 - 05:00
The best traditional gigs in Ireland this weekDamien O’Reilly will be at Fleadh Nua and you can see the Unthanks unaccompaniedSat May 25 2019 - 03:00
John Sheahan: 80 years agrowingFiddle player, composer, poet, wood carver, origami enthusiast and true DublinerSat May 18 2019 - 05:00
Douze points for Eurovision protest: this week’s traditional music highlightsPalfest sees a raft of top stars gather in the National Stadium in support of PalestineSat May 18 2019 - 03:00
Magnificent cacophony in Cork: This week’s traditional highlightsBaltimore Fiddle Fair; trad music weekend in Skerries; Dreamers’ Circus; The High SeasSat May 11 2019 - 03:00
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There Is No Other review – Filigree and ferocious in equal measureThis duo poke, prod and needle at the current penchant for ‘othering’, discovering and celebrating natural songlinesThu May 09 2019 - 05:00
From Quebec with love: This week’s traditional highlightsDe Temps Antan embark on an Irish tour. Plus: Karan Casey’s continuing evolutionSat Apr 27 2019 - 03:00
Anna Mieke: Idle Mind review – Blue sky thinking, wide open horizonsA slow burner that turns into a deliriously renewable energy sourceFri Apr 26 2019 - 05:00
Mick Hanly and Dónal Lunny and a concertina convention: The best trad gigs this weekStockton’s Wing’s ‘A Retrospective’ tour is also among this week’s highlightsSat Apr 20 2019 - 03:00
The weeks’ best trad gigs: From Tony MacMahon to John SpillaneClare accordionist hosts Liberty Hall gathering; Cork man toasts life’s minor triumphsSat Apr 13 2019 - 03:00
Dervish: The Great Irish Songbook review – Accessible but watered downThis the well-worn song selection is let down by some very pedestrian performancesThu Apr 11 2019 - 05:00
Four of the best traditional music gigs happening this weekSean nós in Dublin, the fiddle duo North in Leitrim and an eclectic trio hit BallyvourneySat Apr 06 2019 - 03:00
The week’s best live trad: There’s no show like a ZoDoMo showPlus: Belfast duo North, the next generation of the Black family and John SheahanSat Mar 30 2019 - 03:00
Three of the best traditional music gigs happening this weekEnglish and American folk styles line up alongside An Góilín’s traditional settingSat Mar 23 2019 - 03:00
Úna Monaghan: Electroacoustic experiments on the harpWinner of the inaugural Liam O’Flynn Award talks sensors and the sonic artsTue Mar 19 2019 - 09:31
Bringing it all back home for St Patrick’s Day: this week’s trad highlightsKilfenora Céilí Band are at the NCH; Iarla Ó Lionáird and Steve Cooney are in KilkennySat Mar 16 2019 - 03:00
Ye Vagabonds: The Hare’s Lament review – Fine folk revivalismThe song reigns supreme in deliciously astere, crystal-clear arrangementsFri Mar 15 2019 - 05:00
St Patrick’s Festival 2019 aims to leave a lasting legacyThis year’s event mixes the old and the new as it explores and revitalises Irish traditionsSat Mar 09 2019 - 05:00
What trad music is on over St Patrick’s weekend?A discerning programme over our national holiday weekendSat Mar 09 2019 - 03:00
‘Othering people is something humans have done for ever’Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi are fascinated with the influence of Islamic music on the WestMon Mar 04 2019 - 05:00
A family band and a 40th anniversary: This week’s trad highlightsAmong the events is a tasty collective playing one of the best trad venues inside the PaleSat Mar 02 2019 - 03:00
The best traditional music events this weekMaya Youssef plays in Carrick on Shannon venue as the Gathering kicks off in KillarneySat Feb 23 2019 - 03:00
Awards shows and boutique festivals: This week’s traditional music highlightsGradam Ceoil winners will take to the stage in Belfast for the second year in a rowSat Feb 16 2019 - 03:00
The Gloaming: The Gloaming 3 review – Visionary exploration of traditional music-makingGroup have found their groove and third album provides a focus on the darker sideFri Feb 15 2019 - 09:48
Venture out for some great tunes: this week’s traditional highlightsFamily trad session, supergroup Ven_ture and a symposium on women in trad and folkSat Feb 09 2019 - 03:00
Gig of the week: Spike – Dublin Alternative Cello FestivalThe festival lures diverse audiences by mining this most sublime of instrumentsSat Feb 02 2019 - 05:00
Festival fare from here and there: this week’s traditional music highlightsAndy Irvine & Dónal Lunny; Féile na Tána, Spike Cello Festival and Glasgow group ÍmarSat Feb 02 2019 - 03:00
Mel Mercier: ‘When I work in theatre, I often think that it’s like painting’Composer’s new album ‘Testament’ aims to meld disparate musical worksMon Jan 28 2019 - 05:00
Slán go fóill to Temple Bar Tradfest: This week’s traditional highlightsAlso: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and friends; Liam Ó Maonlaí; Ballincollig Winter FestivalSat Jan 26 2019 - 03:00
Tradfest: Unique trio of Ailbhe Reddy, Sive and Loah light up the nightThree artists share bill on at Dublin's Pepper Cannister ChurchMon Jan 21 2019 - 05:45
Fab foursome on tour: This week’s traditional music highlightsA cracking line-up is also in store for Letterkenny Trad Week and Temple Bar TradfestSat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
How Kathy Mattea got her groove – and voice – backThe country singer is back in form with a voice she reckons is now like a FerrariSat Jan 12 2019 - 06:00
Powering up the powerhouse sessions: This week’s traditional music highlightsMuireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Siobhán Miller, Seán Keane, Nuadán and Matt CranitchSat Jan 12 2019 - 03:00
Cormac Breatnach: Blowing the whistle on a family traumaIn 1976, his brother Osgur Breatnach was wrongly arrested for the Sallins train robbery, and this album deals with the long-term pain. ‘It has released a huge burden for me’Thu Jan 10 2019 - 05:00
The best traditional gigs in Ireland this weekCormac Breatnach embarks on his ‘Out of Time Tour’; TCD Trad Soc to host lunchtime sessionSat Jan 05 2019 - 03:00
The best traditional gigs in Ireland this weekScoil Gheimhridh in Ghaoth Dobhair, Kíla in Monroe’s and Laoise O’Brien launches new albumSat Dec 29 2018 - 03:00
Laoise O’Brien: The Child Ballads review – New take shows boundless imaginationFri Dec 28 2018 - 00:00
Muisc to our ears: this week’s traditional highlightsFrom Kila in the National Stadium to the O’Connor family in DundalkSat Dec 22 2018 - 03:00
A piping hot 2018 for tradYear in Culture Review: Great albums, the rise of women and the loss of visionariesSat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Dónal Lunny and Paddy Glackin team up for old times’ sakeThe best traditional music gigs for the coming weekSat Nov 24 2018 - 03:00
Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway and John McIntyre: Allt review – Awesome foursome make musical magicWed Nov 21 2018 - 06:00
‘I was working with young gypsy girls – you’d think they’d be more interested in Lady Gaga’TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards 2019: Traveller and sean-nós singer Thomas McCarthy wins top award as musicians and champions honouredThu Nov 08 2018 - 06:00
Manus McGuire: The Copperplate Sessions review – a fiddler with a golden touchWed Nov 07 2018 - 05:00
Celebrating women in music: this week’s traditional highlightsEleanor McEvoy heads a joyful line-up at NCH. Plus: Achill International Harp FestivalSat Oct 27 2018 - 03:00
