The Bothy Band: Traditional music’s most influential group blaze back after four decades
The revolutionary group, reunited for the making of a documentary, now plan to perform a series of shows in Belfast and Dublin
The revolutionary group, reunited for the making of a documentary, now plan to perform a series of shows in Belfast and Dublin
Louth Contemporary Music Society’s engaging weekend festival also featured the Esposito Quartet, Sigma Project and Explore Ensemble
In C will be performed by Irish traditional musicians, led by Zoë Conway in St. Nicholas’ Church of Ireland, Dundalk on Saturday, June 17th, as part of this year’s Louth Contemporary Music Society festival. louthcms.org SOLD OUT
The West Ocean String Quartet’s album Atlantic Edge celebrates the majesty of our west coast
Unusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistry
Stockton’s Wing’s ‘A Retrospective’ tour is also among this week’s highlights
Winner of the inaugural Liam O’Flynn Award talks sensors and the sonic arts
Gradam Ceoil winners will take to the stage in Belfast for the second year in a row
Banquet held in Dublin’s Mansion House for some 230 people incarcerated in laundries
Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told
2FM's morning show is a joyless exercise, but the station has more appealing presenters waiting in the wings
The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words
An extract from a new book on the history of Irish uilleann pipers paints a picture of the inimitable, self-assured Dubliner
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
Irish musicians gather at Mansion House to launch MusicTown festival
Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy has been drawing students from around the world for two decades. Now the winter school’s driving forces, who include Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, are handing on the baton
By staying ahead of the technological curve, the Irish Traditional Music Archive has become a one-stop shop for anyone curious about our cultural heritage, as its director, Nicholas Carolan, explains
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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