Hailing from the North-East of England, The Young’uns are rather unique folk artists as they tackle songs of conscience with warmth and insight in a thoroughly contemporary way. They have been the winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards “Best Group”…

Over the coming months we will be revisiting some classic traditional albums from yesteryear as part of a new series of digital reissues.

We will be working with Gael Linn on the reissue of The…

Buoyed by the success of their debut EP Rose & Briar in 2015, and continuing support from respected musicians like Lisa Hannigan, Roy Harper and Glen Hansard; brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn, who form Ye Vagabonds, have announced their highly anticipated debut album, due to be released on Friday 13^th October 2017 on Inglenook…

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Commercial: A new community initiative seeks to bring together musicians from Armagh, Louth, Meath and Monaghan to create a new orchestra to perform arrangements of Irish Traditional Music. The Oriel Traditional Orchestra will perform repertoire from and inspired by the Oriel region with new compositions by members and local composers as well as…

Born to a musical family deeply rooted in Irish culture and traditions, French flute player Lucie Périer has toured with bands Les Round'Baleurs and Trio Tarare for over a decade and has just released a debut album with breton band Trio Tarare (fest noz).…

Hi all on Tradconnect I am delighted to start up a tune of the month on my you tube channel https://www.youtube.com/Mrwhistleman1000 



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Atlantic Arc Orchestra is a specially commissioned Irish collaborative project that brings together some of the world’s most respected traditional musicians. The group is a traditional collaboration with artists from Ireland, Scotland and Brittany and they are about to embark on a 5 date tour of Ireland supported by the Arts Council's Touring…

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!).…

A Chairde. The summer is over! Festivals are all packed away until next year and programmers are busy wracking their brains for next year’s ‘big surprise’ acts! We in Kíla-land are busying ourselves by gathering tunes and songs to keep us warm during winter! Harvesting stray notes and chords, harmonies and movements in need of the shelter of a tune or a song.…

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Be in with a chance to win tickets for the 'Tradition Now' festival of concerts that will take place at The National Concert Hall, Dublin between 3rd and 8th October 2017.

The festival a collaboration between The National Concert Hall and the Arts Council. Details on how to enter this competition are detailed at the bottom of this article.

With a focus on…

Clare fiddler Therese McInerney has delivered on the promise we wrote about earlier in the year on her debut recording, Down the Strand. She takes the listener on a journey through her…

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Humanity has revered creativity throughout time, from the ancient Greeks to modern-day painters, poets, writers and musicians. It’s one of those ineffable wonders that is extremely hard to define but you absolutely know it when you see it. Or hear it in this case. Eddie Kelly was born in 1933 near Eyrecourt, Co. Galway and is a preeminent…

Via RTE Culture. Rí Rua is the lead single for genre-defying group This is How we Fly’s new album Foreign Fields. The album was recorded over three wintery nights in January of this year in Dublin’s cosy Fumbally Stables, as…

Once again John O'Connor and Custys music store in Ennis excel with these short tune and interview videos, perfect for the social media age. This time he talks to Florence Fahy talks about her new album, 'Tunes from the Flaggy Shore', her £21 Wheatstone concertina, purchased by her father in London 62 years ago, and…

This is the progressive sound of northern band Cúig, with an original composition called Change. Hailing from Armagh and Tyrone they keep it mellow at first on this new single before building up the traditional elements that close the track out. The bands inspiration comes from just about anything they say. Guitarist…

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“Strong Bow” is the 4th studio album by multi-award winning Canadian fiddler, Kiérah. It is the follow up to the highly acclaimed “Stonemason’s Daughter”, released in 2013 and winner of a 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award.

On "Strong Bow" she raises the bar, as both musician and composer, with a collection…