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Notify make a welcome return with a new album called InConcept, due for release on 8th April 2016.  We have an exclusive track for you called Vividity which once again shows Notify to be one of the most imaginative bands around. They describe their music as "forward looking, stylistically adventuresome and…

On Thursday 14th April, Dublin folk band Lynched will perform a live concert at ITMA Dublin which will be streamed live on YouTube and here on Tradconnect.  Lynched are one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the Dublin scene in quite some time and recently released their debut album…

Here is a selection of new compositions by Monaghan fiddler Dónal Mc Cague.  We have not featured new compositions of late following our New Tune Composition  which we ran in 2014. Oisín Mac Diarmada in a bio written at the time of Dónal’s debut release Bits…

This is the new video release by The Morning Tree, a trio that we have featured regularly on Tradconnect.  They have gone through a lineup change with founding member Matteo Podda now pursuing a solo career as an Italian singer-songwriter, releasing his interpretations of Woody Guthrie's Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti.…

In November 2014 we featured the The Forgotten Children as part of our Songwriter Showcase with Christy Moore. This song was shortlisted by Christy as…

For those that liked the close harmonies of acts like The Murphy Beds and Ye Vagabonds which we featured recently on Tradconnect, you will definitely like this release from UK duo Ninebarrow.  They are a multi-award-winning folk duo that have been described by Mike Harding as sounding ‘damn fine’ and by Seth Lakeman as ‘a…

Playlist. Kidnappers Ceilidh, no. 363

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Broadcast: 27/03/2016 0004-0100 NZST

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To celebrate the launch of 2 new CD collections & e-book of Irish music in London from Topic Records, ITMA is hosting an afternoon talk by Dr. Reg Hall in 73 Merrion Square. The event takes place on May 14th from 4 - 5pm. Tickets are free and early booking is advisable as places are limited.

Reg Hall’s monumental and comprehensive history of…

This debut release by Dublin folk singer Aoife Scott delivers a very satisfying mix of new material alongside some equally admirable covers. The pressure of being part of the Black family with mother, Frances, and aunt, Mary, having established such strong reputations before her, seems not to have affected her approach.…

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Press Release : Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting tour. The album is his first for six years (during which time his band…

A selection of tracks that have been released on Soundcloud over the last few weeks. Sounds that may pass you by.  Sounds worth hearing.

If you have tracks that you want us to feature on Tradconnect then simply send them via our Soundcloud profile.

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Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for February 2016.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. If you have a new album on release send us a copy to these contact details.

Don't forget that if you have an album on…

Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for February 2016.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. If you have a new album on release send us a copy to these contact details.

Don't forget that if you have an…

Líosa Murphy is currently on a promotional tour of her 2014 album Skylark, which we are this week adding to our Download Centre on Tradconnect.  The album presents some well known traditional ballads like Nancy Spain, Síuíl a Rún and Caledonia and gives them a very modern and contemporary edge with the…

Press Release : We Banjo 3 yesterday performed for The President of the United States, the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, an Taoiseach Enda Kenny and a room full of Irish dignitaries and politicians from both sides of the House of Representatives at the Friends of Ireland Luncheon. Also in attendance was Richard…

As part of my website www.irishtradguitar.com I have listed a number of highly rated trad guitarists, many of whom I have referred to in Vol.1 of my book “Accompanying Irish Music on Guitar”. These players have all had a different impact on the development of styles and it is worth stating that this is a…

This is the outstanding promotional video for a new show that starts this year at the Cork Opera House.  ProdiJIG :The Revolution is a new Irish Dance show, led by one of the most innovative choreographers and dancers around, Cork born Alan Kenefick. Alan’s innovative, spectacular style is at the forefront of this evolution of Irish dance. According to…