Mary Mac Namara's new album Note for Note is once again a stripped back release that takes us back to her debut called Traditional Music From East Clare.  She described that album as "sparsely decorated and gently paced" and the same applies here.  On her website she has taken the time to set out her views on what East Clare music…

Our album of the month for November 2014 will be Magnetic South by Four Star Trio.  

It is the second album by musicians Con Fada Ó Drisceoil, Johnny McCarthy and Pat “Herring” Ahern.  The music of Sliabh Luachra is centre stage as you can imagine.

If you like your slides and polkas, then this group unravel a…

This Songwriters Showcase is a new collaboration with the legendary Christy Moore.  Providing an outlet for composers and writers is an essential goal of Tradconnect and it is hoped that this showcase will highlight some great new writers and performers. We are honored to have Christy listening to this material and giving his…

We covered this debut album earlier in the year when we spoke to Justin as part of an official online album launch. In the main, this is an album of solo fiddle music played with relaxed ease by a musician who was inspired by…

This is Track 3 off the new Mary Mac Namara album called Note for Note.  It's back to basics with an album that revisits the style and feel of her outstanding Traditional Music From East Clare debut all those years ago. She explains her approach to the recording in the liner notes stating that “Down through the years I have…

Skipper’s Alley are a young 7-piece traditional Irish music band based in Dublin, Ireland.  They came together in May 2013 with a basic idea to play, interpret, and arrange old traditional Irish music and, in the short time they have been doing that, they have managed to keep themselves quite busy. They are in post production on their new album and…

Earlier in the week we had an official online launch for Draíocht Na Feadóige, the new debut recording by Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha.  She has appeared on other albums over the years and is very busy with our national broadcaster presenting a number of traditional music shows for RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.…

This is a track from the new album called A Brace of Pistols by San Francisco based Celtic folk band The Gallowglasses. The band members are Donovan Ryan, Lee White, Mark Boronkay and Michael McNelly.  

Its a fairly well balanced album mixing some slower instrumental tracks like The Trip to Sligo/Morrison's and…

Here is your chance to win one of the best new folk albums that has been released in a very long time.  We wrote earlier in the year that "folk music can still be innovative and exciting as shown by this debut from Dublin band Lynched.  

A variety of…

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Rónán Regan and Irene Guckian must take great delight in the musical entwinement of their fiddles as they explore the music of Leitrim and the surrounding hinterland.  Their interest in this area has formed the basis of an MA thesis by Irene, with her research covering the South Leitrim and Longford area which is historically known as Conmhaicne.  They…

Ré is a live album recorded as part of the "Tunes in the Church" concert series in St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church in Galway.  Included below is an exclusive track from the album plus a video of Rian the show.  In trying to describe that stage show Rian, and this record Ré, it is best to quote…

Welcome to the Tradconnect Official Album Launch Series.  For members and readers this series of articles will introduce you to a new traditional album for the first time. We are working with artists to bring a little bit more excitement to the “online launch”.  The first time you share a track from a new recording with your fans and…

This is a first listen to a track from the new album by Leo Mac Namara from Scariff, Co. Clare. It features Triona Marshall of the Chieftains who he met up with at the 2013 Masters of Tradition Festival.  

We posted one of the Custy's Short Video interviews recently where they both spoke…

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Magnetic South by Four Star Trio is the second album by musicians Con Fada Ó Drisceoil, Johnny McCarthy and Pat “Herring” Ahern.  The music of Sliabh Luachra is centre stage as you can imagine. If you like your slides and polkas, then this group unravel a gem of an album that paints a vivid picture of the music, the area, and the people that inhabit it. As a listening…

This is a live track taken from one of Danny Diamond's recent album launch gigs, for his new fiddle album called Fiddle Music.  It will become one of those "must have" fiddle albums and when we interviewed Danny recently he said

 "I aimed to make something innovative but with the…

This Songwriters Showcase is a new collaboration with the legendary Christy Moore.  Providing an outlet for composers and writers is an essential goal of Tradconnect and it is hoped that this showcase will highlight some great new writers and performers. We are honored to have Christy listening to this material and giving his…

Here are a couple of tracks by Miltown based musician Liam O' Brien.  They were released onto Soundcloud last week and are testament to the fact that good music can exist outside the official album release.  In fact the slow demise of the album format will mean that musicians will need to adopt to a steady stream of releases.  

Liam is…