Brian McNamara: Portrait of a Piper – Masterly return of a piper who plays with pinprick precision
First collection from Leitrim piper in two decades is a feast for fans of this magnificent instrument
First collection from Leitrim piper in two decades is a feast for fans of this magnificent instrument
After over a year of lockdown, musicians are set for two days of live-streamed concerts
Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive
The Australian-born musician was exhorted to explore his Irish roots by Aboriginal elders
Independent label’s back catalogue includes Chieftains and Seán Ó Riada
The West Ocean String Quartet’s album Atlantic Edge celebrates the majesty of our west coast
The breadth of his musicianship led to collaborations with notable artists of the era
This trio have parked their egos outside the door, and let the music tell its own tales
The 70-year-old composer prepares for a performance to celebrate his ground-breaking orchestral work The Brendan Voyage
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
Winner of the inaugural Liam O’Flynn Award talks sensors and the sonic arts
From Dolores O’Riordan and Myrtle Allen to Stephen Hawking and Aretha Franklin
From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún enriched and strengthened our musical tradition
Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told
Michael D Higgins: musician ‘will be remembered for his performances and recordings’
The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words
‘Music and things of the spirit and heart can travel over borders so easily’ Michael D Higgins says
From the genius of Máirtín O’Connor and the huge contribution of the Irish Traditional Music Archive to the magpie stylings of Ensemble Ériú, the list of recipients of the annual TG4 awards is impressively diverse
A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told
The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration
Poet’s memory was celebrated in music, poetry and laughter in London last night.
Hundreds in Miltown Malbay to see piper Liam O’Flynn unveil life-size bronze statue
Ronan Guilfoyle’s Khanda bring together jazz with Irish trad and the complex rhythms of south Indian drumming
He had many of the qualities of an ‘identikit portrait of the ideal Christian’
Priest says Bellaghy honoured that Heaney had chosen to be interred in his home town
His books sold and continue to sell in the tens of thousands, while hordes of ‘Heaneyboppers’ flocked to his readings
The west Belfast Feile, which has been running since the height of the Troubles 25 years ago, has served as a model for the East Belfast Arts Festival, now in its second year
There is a fantastic sense of exploration in the programme for the Big House Festival in Celbridge in August
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