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Broadcast: 24/02/2019 0004-0100 NZDT

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music.

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1. Hanz Araki: Pull the knife and stick it again / The lark…

Radio Kidnappers (NZ) 104.7MHz FM.

Broadcast: 24/02/2019 0004-0100 NZDT

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music.

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1. Hanz Araki: Pull the knife and stick it again / The lark…

Radio Kidnappers (NZ) 104.7MHz FM.

Broadcast: 17/02/2019 0004-0100 NZDT

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music.

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1. Chris Armstrong: The Barachios (reels): Two tenor…

Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for January 2019.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. 

Don't forget that if you have an album on release check out our …

The lively staccato of the title Half Day Road verbally parallels the energy and drive that Liz Carroll and Jake Charron bring musically to their first full-length collaborative album. Rooted firmly in the Irish traditional style, composed and interpreted by two uniquely North American artists, Half…

In 2015 we featured the debut fiddle album by Down native Seamus Sands called Across Bridges.…

Radio Kidnappers (NZ) 104.7MHz FM.

Broadcast: 10/02/2019 0004-0100 NZDT

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music.

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1. Hanz Araki: Crock of gold / Palmer's Gate /…

We are french. We went to Ireland last summer for the first time and we really fell in love with this country. We bought a low whistle in a little shop. And the result is :  https://youtu.be/brGUvvx_HVc What do you think about it ?

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music. This time, a trawl through some older recordings.

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1.…

Radio Kidnappers (NZ) 104.7MHz FM.

Broadcast: 27/01/2019 0004-0100 NZDT

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music.

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1. Canterbury Bush Orchestra: Woolshed ramble: Duke…

The Train (Jill's Theme)

We have put on YouTube a lyric I wrote for a much loved melody by Ennio Morricone - Jill's Theme, one of the leitmotifs in the Sergio Leone movie, Once Upon A Time in The West…

 The Train (Jill's Theme)

Radio Kidnappers (NZ) 104.7MHz FM.

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music.

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1. Hanz Araki: The golden eagle / Alexander's hornpipe…

Sharon Shannon returns to Ballymaloe Grainstore in Shanagarry, County Cork on Friday 15 February after her sold-out concert…

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Broadcast: 13/01/2019 0004-0100 NZDT

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music. Number Five Hundred - who'd 'a thunk it?

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1. Jimmy…

Islander and Arbutus Yarns present Backwards to Go Forwards, a new piece of film showcasing the future of Irish traditional music; directed, filmed and edited by Myles O’Reilly.

Released on Christmas Day, Backwards to Go Forwards features some of the finest musicians of modern Irish music talking about how…

The Outside Track has just released a number of tracks from their new album, Rise Up. As a band, they "are getting quite a reputation for their very polished take on folk and traditional music.  Rise Up builds on that reputation. Their "marriage of Celtic music, song and dance has been rapturously received around the world.…

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Specialising in tradition-based instrumental music.

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1. Seamus Ennis: The ace and deuce of piping (2.08)…

Picture it, the traditional music world colliding with the rugby world…it can only be a magical thing! The Henshaw Family, who are steeped in Irish traditional music heritage, team up with the queen of trad, Sharon Shannon, to record a very special album all in aid of the South Westmeath…

Lankum, one of the most talked about bands to come out of Ireland in decades, have announced a series of US dates in January 2019. Rough Trade released their second critically acclaimed album 'Between The Earth And Sky', last fall. Since then, Lankum have won and been nominated for multiple awards (Best Group & Best Song wins at the BBC Folk Awards,…

The Workman's Club Dublin have announced 2 days of music and comedy in order to raise funds for The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. Tickets for this event are priced at just €12 and are valid for 2 days of events across The Main Venue and The Vintage Room. They have brought together some of Ireland’s most exciting artists to perform for…