Emerging from a quiet session, this April sees the launch of an exciting duet album from two great friends.

For the past few years, accordion player John Cronin and banjo player Daithí Kearney have enjoyed playing a regular session in Wallis’ Bar in Midleton, a town not usually celebrated for Irish traditional music.  John came to the town in the…

The Magic Square features a number of Boston musicians that ran into each other when playing in the thriving trad scene that exists in that city. The group are Dan Isaacson, Elliot Grasso, Aaron Olwell, Dave Cory…

UCD Trad Soc And Arts Council Of Ireland Present Liam O Connor and John Blake.Support From Cormac Murphy and Oisin Mac Cinneide.

Liam O'Connor, one of Ireland's leading fiddle players, was born into a musical family in Dublin. His father Mick O'Connor is a noted flute-player, music collector, researcher and member of the Castle Céilí…

Portlaoise-born Colm has been playing Bodhrán and Ceili Band drums since childhood and has been a prominent contender in the All Ireland competition since his earliest years of playing both Bodhran and Drums; in fact Colm qualified for the All-Ireland finals in his very first year of playing. He is a winner of numerous titles down through the years with his proudest achievements being the…

The virtuoso flute and whistle player Kevin Crawford has gifted us once again with a superb exposition of the finest in flute and tin whistle playing with his latest solo album ‘Carrying the Tune’.  His last solo album was entitled ‘D’ flute album (1994) so…

Its good to hear some of the old tunes reinvented and presented again for our entertainment. I loved Dónal McCague's version of this on his Bits 'N' Pieces album which was one of the highlights of last year. Its nice…

Time to get ready for those St. Patrick's day gigs. Some of us go out busking. Some of us have paying gigs lined up. Some of us may just be going on a pub crawl with a tin whistle in our pocket. No matter what your venue, here's a thought when pulling together your set list:

Put something your audience will recognize up front.…