Stockton’s Wing still defying convention 40 years onMike Hanrahan has a renewed taste for the road as the folk rockers return to TradfestSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
Varo: Self-titled review – baroque austerity reflects current Dublin sceneBare-boned, spartan fiddle arrangements suit the choice of songs perfectlyFri Jan 17 2020 - 05:00
Kathleen Turner: ‘I go in like a lion and leave like a lamb’Tyrone singer’s experience of community music in Omagh provides impetus for her first albumSat Jan 11 2020 - 05:00
The country’s best traditional music gigs happening this weekGalician sounds will fill Dublin’s Sugar Club as Cherish The Ladies celebrate 35 yearsSat Jan 11 2020 - 05:00
The best traditional music events this weekLisa O’Neill plays at An Góilín Singers Club while Christy Moore comes to Vicar StreetSat Jan 04 2020 - 05:00
Trad gigs of the week: Bounty of riches at Scoil Gheimhridh Ghaoth DobhairMick Hanly takes to the road solo and An Góilín starts a new season of song nightsSat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00
The best traditional music events this weekKíla’s gala festive concert in Dublin’s National Stadium offers plenty of theatrical treatsSat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00
The best traditional music events in Ireland this weekFestive music in Co Louth, Errol Walsh in Kimmage and Féile Kila at the National StadiumSat Dec 14 2019 - 05:00
The best traditional music events this weekMoya Brennan and Cormac de Barra play in Galway; An Góilín Singers Club takes place in DublinSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
2019 was the year of the harp, exceptional new tunes and bold explorationThe year in trad: Harp is moving front and centre at festivals as numbers playing increaseSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
Fidl: Decade review – Nothing short of breathtakingRemarkable ensemble playing from an exceptional trio of fiddlersFri Dec 06 2019 - 05:00
This week’s best traditional music concerts and eventsFarmleigh House hosts a festival and the sounds of harps fills Dublin CastleSat Nov 30 2019 - 05:00
Five folk and traditional gigs to go to this weekSonny Condell and Leo O’Kelly appear in Greystones, as Farmleigh festival kicks offSat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
Traditional highlights: Mary McNamara in Clare, Ye Vagabonds in CorkMÓRglór Award Concert, Bray Singers’ Circle, Preab Meadar Rhythm & RhymeSat Nov 16 2019 - 05:00
‘I really want to take the harp off the tax envelope’Winners of this year's TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards on what the award means to themTue Nov 12 2019 - 05:00
The best trad gigs this weekYou can catch Kern, Landless, and Moving Hearts on their reunion tourSat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00
M’anam review – Debut from Anúna’s founder stymied by solemnityDespite soaring voices, Michael McGlynn’s new group struggles to take flightFri Nov 08 2019 - 05:00
Not to be missed trad gigs: Luinn, M’Anam and Domhnall Ó BraonáinEnter The Unthanks’ darkly passionate world of Emily BronteSat Nov 02 2019 - 05:00
Lankum: ‘We wanted the biggest, most apocalyptic sound’The four-piece band like to distort cosy preconceptions of traditional musicSat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00
The very best trad gigs: Séamus Ennis concert to global harp festivalTake in the unique Patrick O’Keefe Festival or Séamus Ennis Grand Centenary ConcertSat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00
Lankum: The Livelong Day review – A fierce and fragile masterpieceLankum march to the beat of their own tune too: in all its anarchic gloryFri Oct 25 2019 - 07:00
The best trad gigs this week: National Harp Day to Vyvienne LongRTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards and Achill International Harp Festival also worth catchingSat Oct 19 2019 - 05:00
Ed McGinley: Tangled Roots & Twisted Tales review – A slow-burning pleasureMusician’s debut solo recording is all the better for its lengthy gestationFri Oct 18 2019 - 00:00
Eclectic line-up for Sligo Live: This week’s best traditional gigsAlso: Trad photography of Tony Kearns, new series at Glór and Dónal Lunny in LouthSat Oct 12 2019 - 05:00
Four of the best trad music concerts this weekLiam O’Connor, Peter Browne and others feature in Gandhi 150 Ireland event in DublinSat Oct 05 2019 - 05:00
No Crows: Escape review – A glorious meleeCosmopolitan six piece showcases best of Irish tradition with languid hints of jazzFri Oct 04 2019 - 05:00
Cork Folk Festival celebrates 40 years with no shortage of musical shenanigansBeloved event has intimate sessions across the city’s premier venuesSat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00
Moya Brennan of Clannad, Lisa O’Neill, Ye Vagabonds: The best trad gigs this weekThe Cork Folk Festival will bring top-class traditional music to the citySat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00
Leonard Barry, Declan Folan and Shane McGowan: Hurry the Jug review – Graceful collision of past and presentThis trio have parked their egos outside the door, and let the music tell its own talesFri Sept 27 2019 - 04:45
Stockton’s Wing celebrate 40 years a-flying: this week’s best traditional gigsEmer Mayock in Mayo, Andy Irvine in Hollywood and Altan back home in DonegalSat Sept 21 2019 - 05:00
Moya Brennan: ‘I never claimed to be a traditional singer’Clannad’s singer and harpist has won a Grammy and an Emmy, but being honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards is specialThu Sept 19 2019 - 05:00
As the NoCrows fly: This week’s best trad gigsA humdinger Music Network tour is among the traditional highlights this weekSat Sept 07 2019 - 05:00
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett review: Joyous music defying categorisationThe Gloaming duo’s collaboration is dreamlike, mysterious and utterly engagingFri Sept 06 2019 - 05:00
Shaun Davey: ‘I got to know where the sweet spot is on the uilleann pipes’The 70-year-old composer prepares for a performance to celebrate his ground-breaking orchestral work The Brendan VoyageSat Aug 31 2019 - 05:00
The banjo boys are back in town: this week’s best traditional gigsWe Banjo 3 return from a successful Stateside run for some homecoming concertsSat Aug 31 2019 - 05:00
The best trad gigs of the week: From Altan to David PowerBantry hosts Masters of the Tradition, Carrick on Bannow hosts Phil Murphy WeekendSat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00
The best traditional gigs this weekTrad master class in Bantry, Altan celebrate 30 years and away with the Faeries in FarmleighSat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00
The best traditional music events this weekNuala Kennedy and John Doyle play in Dublin while Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann kicks off in DroghedaSat Aug 10 2019 - 05:00
Martin Hayes & Brooklyn Rider – The Butterfly review: Masterclass in risk-takingCollaboration between fiddler and string quartet is best savoured slowly, again and againFri Aug 09 2019 - 05:00
Are you going to the Fleadh? This week’s best traditional gigsAlso: Skibbereen Arts Festival, Zoë Conway & John McIntyre, John SpillaneSat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
Goítse – Úr review: Folk quintet shine on fourth albumBand’s reputation for high-octane arrangements is copper-fastened by this collectionFri Aug 02 2019 - 05:00
The four best traditional music gigs to go to this weekBelfast Trad Festival, Kevin Burke, Muldoon’s PicnicSat Jul 27 2019 - 03:00
The fairy tune from the Blasket Islands given new lifeMuireann Nic Amhlaoibh has put words to Port na bPúcaí, an ancient air full of mystery. And the results are startlingThu Jul 25 2019 - 06:00
The week’s best trad music gigsGerry O’Beirne in Dublin, Seán Keane on Achill and plenty more besidesSat Jul 20 2019 - 03:00
Take me to church . . . The best trad gigs this weekIarla Ó Lionáird and Steve Cooney play St Nicholas’ Church, Galway, while arts festival also hosts iconic folk singer/songwriter Peggy SeegerSat Jul 13 2019 - 03:00
Moving Hearts get back on the beat: The best trad gigs this weekThe return of Traidphicnic and Andy Irvine’s trip to Cobh are among the other highlightsSat Jul 06 2019 - 03:00
It’s about Termonfeckin time: An Irish tradition gets a makeoverThis year’s International Festival for Irish Harp is pushing the instrument's boundariesSat Jun 22 2019 - 05:00
Gatehouse: Heather Down the Moor review – Rollicking RoscommonGatehouse celebrate their home place in all its gloryThu Jun 20 2019 - 11:50
The best traditional gigs in Ireland this weekAn influential duo in Wicklow, a leading fiddle player and Moving Hearts in DublinSat Jun 15 2019 - 03:00
