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‘Pondelorum’ is Eoin Dillon’s third solo album having released his debut solo recording ‘The Third Twin’ in 2005 (named one of the best traditional albums of the year by RTE Radio One) followed by 2010’s ‘The Golden Mean’.  He has been playing the pipes and whistles since the age of 15.  As a…

With 317 plays over the last 7 days this is our track of the week. It is taken from the new flute album by Carlow flute player Ciarán Somers called 'Now'. He is well known and respected as a solo performer and for his work with the group ‘Pipers Union’…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with 100 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our Download…

Andy Irvine's nine-day tour of the United States began last Friday and will be taking him through Michigan, Massachusetts, Maine, and New York (see www.andyirvine.com for details).  Regular readers of the column will know that I’m not generally in the habit of announcing tours, but it’s a post Irvine made to…

Music Under the Mountains is an annual festival of traditional Irish music hosted in Hollywood County Wicklow. The festival has been in running since 1991 and has attracted some of the countrys biggest names in traditional Irish music including The Chieftans, Altan, Liam O’Flynn, The Kilfenora Ceili bandand Martin Hayes (to name but a few!). They have just…

Oxtered to the Bothy are a Glasgow based collaboration of young musicians, each coming from different musical backgrounds. The principle focus of the band is to create a new fusion between Scottish themed music various other musical styles. These include influences of rock, funk, Balkan and in particular jazz. All the music played is…

Three of the country's most dazzling traditional musicians - fiddle player, Zoë Conway;  guitar and bouzouki player, Dónal Lunny; and button accordion master, Máirtín O'Connor - will come together in …

One of Traditional music’s most energetic and impressive acts has just announced new dates for an Irish Tour, which kicks off later this month. Artists Caitlín Nic Gabhann and Ciarán Ó Maonaigh deliver a spirited performance of music and dance rooted in the tradition; brimming with soul and life. Through fiddle, concertina and dance,…

Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for August 2016.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. We have also just announced a €3,000 prize for our Album of the Year 2016, sponsored by The INEC Killarney so get your albums to us…

This is a first listen to a track from the new flute album by Carlow flute player Ciarán Somers called 'Now'. His flute playing has been described as a remarkable blend of strong, robust and woody tone combined with an electrifying rhythmic energy.

He is well known…