Cormac Begley at Tradition Now: A glorious rollercoaster of an experience
To think solo concertina can take unequivocal possession of the main auditorium is an act of imagination
Cormac Begley
‘A beast of a musician’: Video showing concertina master Cormac Begley goes viral
Other Voices posts video of musician playing concertina garnering more than half a million views
Ye Vagabonds: Nine Waves – A loving marriage of old and new
The Mac Gloinns are back with a brace of original songs among the traditional
Cormac Begley: B – The musical gift that keeps on giving
This swooping, soaring album showcases his bass and baritone concertina skills
Cormac Begley: ‘You want to stand over your work and know it had integrity’
Concertina player on his new album ‘B’, west Kerry and different types of breath
The Dance: Fascinating close-up portrait of a creative process
Pat Collins’s documentary captures the development of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Mám
July in Ireland: The return of destination dining and a festival feel
Travel News: Mini-festivals, art in gardens and fabulous feasts on the menu
St Patrick’s Day: Virtual events taking place at home and abroad
About 670 sites in 66 countries will take part in the largest Global Greening event
‘Other Voices’ team hosting virtual German-Irish concert
Friday’s event will see renewed collaboration between Lisa Hannigan and European instrumental collective stargaze
Lankum: The Livelong Day review – A fierce and fragile masterpiece
Lankum march to the beat of their own tune too: in all its anarchic glory
Carlow Arts Festival: Wide awake to the virtual and the real
Jo Mangan hopes to open public’s eyes to new ideas as well as offering the classics
Gig of the Week: Anam allows other voices to be heard at DCU
The arts and culture festival will bring a rush of activity to the north Dublin university
St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend
From Dublin's St Patrick’s Festival to Kilkenny Tradfest and a Co Wicklow slime lab
Fingers crossed for a dry Paddy’s weekend
The Big Day Out expands to three among the myriad of delights for the St Patrick’s Day weekend
St Patrick’s Festival 2019 aims to leave a lasting legacy
This year’s event mixes the old and the new as it explores and revitalises Irish traditions
New artist of the week: Tebi Rex
Plus songs and videos to catch from Charlotte Gainsbourg and Myles O’Reilly
‘Corners of Dublin are being gentrified all the time. I’m not impressed’
Singer Lisa O'Neill's album of traditional Irish songs is haunted by stories and real lives from the past but she is just as concerned with the present
Ticket Awards 2017: The best music of the year
Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Lorde, and SZA reigned supreme this year, while the Irish music scene has never been so vibrant
Martin Hayes: ‘I’m a complete guerrilla performer from the side of a mountain’
Experimentation and evolution are essential to music, says Hayes, who doesn’t miss the days of career-long contracts with labels
Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treasure: Jack Talty & Cormac Begley’s Na Fir Bolg
In the hands of these artists, the deceptively simple concertina is bent and stretched and brought to new heights
Ensemble Ériu: it’s trad music, but not as we know it
Traditional music is in fine, contemporary hands with Jack Talty and Neil O’Loghlen
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