There are not many times in life when you get completely blown away by the pure scale of a musical project undertaken by an individual.  This however is such an occasion. We have just received a review copy of  The Hogan Collection by Tradconnect member…

You don't often hear the words single, these days in reference to tracks released from an album, especially a traditional album.  Tradconnect member Jacob McCauley and his new group Nua have made such a reference to this track from their soon to be…

We have been following the progress of Sligo based band Moxie for some time and saw them recently in Dublin.  We also reviewed their debut album/EP earlier in the year, and they have now made an additional track from that album available.  Its called Spike Island Lassies and features compositions by Ed Reavy and Arty…

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Bretagne - Breizh

Today will be the first real opportunity for Irish/UK residents to see Concert Window in operation.  Prior to this most of the performances have been scheduled at Eastern Time so you would have to stay up till 1.00 am or 2.00 am for the shows.  We have done just that and over the last week or so have seen Dylan Foley and site…

Chris Corrigan has released a new album called The Crooked Mountain Road.  Its a follow up to his 2006 debut album called The Shadowed Gateway. Born in Liverpool in 1973 Chris began playing piano and violin at an early age. When his family moved to Armagh in 1984 his music teacher, Eithne Vallely of the Armagh Pipers Club encouraged him to take up…

We are delighted to welcome all of the new Goitse enthusiasts to our newsletter and hope everyone that saw us perform in the last few weeks enjoyed the shows. Here is an insight into our experiences on our 12-day American tour.

We started the tour with the bad news that James “Banjo Barvey” Harvey was denied…