Traditional Celtic folk duo Kinnfolk released their self-titled debut album on March 7, 2020—just one week before the COVID-19 pandemic swept into Virginia and shut everything down. The timing was unfortunate, as most of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day events (the bread and butter of Celtic musicians!) were cancelled. But the pair still count themselves…

In recognition of the extremely difficult environment that traditional musicians are facing at the moment, we are opening up our download centre to traditional musicians for free, subject to some conditions detailed below.

For artists launching a new album, or with an album on release in 2019 or 2020 this provides a…

This is a new track from Cork folk band "The Diviners" who pay particular attention to the type of songs and tunes they are drawn to, searching for depth and authenticity in every composition.

This track is titled “The Man Barnsfield” and it has been achieving…

This is an interesting track from Dublin duo Varo featuring Lucie Azconaga on fiddle and Consuelo Nerea Breschi on vocals. They perform traditional Irish songs and tunes with arrangement influences from the baroque and classical traditions, weaving around the melodies with harmonies, drones and countermelody.

Lucie, from France,…

This Friday 22nd May Beoga launch their brand new album "Carousel", live on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. They will be joined by Foy Vance, Lissie, Ryan McMullan, Stephanie Rainey, Niall McCabe and Devin Dawson to perform tracks from the album. There's also exclusive interviews and a live Q&A with the band, so tune in from 8pm (GMT+1)…

Irish bluegrass band Mules & Men released a new single, John Keavney to all digital platforms in March this year. The release comes in anticipation of the upcoming “Roscommon County Line”…

This is the latest single from Norwegian musician Anders Lillebo. It is an original composition with a contemporary sound and features James Taylor on guitar, Jens Linell (SVER) on percussion and Petter Tysland on steel guitar. In 2017 he released his debut album, 'Departure', recorded in Ireland in collaboration with producer Jack…

Your guide to the best new traditional Irish, Scottish and Celtic music in May 2020 as featured on Soundcloud. If you have tracks that you want included or featured on Tradconnect then just drop us an email.…

Fresh from releasing their new single ‘In A Rocket’, which features vocals from Lissie and was co-written by James Bay, Beoga now share the track’s uplifting new video.

The video depicts the many creative and unusual ways in which the band as well as their family, friends and…

This is the new video release by MOXIE and it is called Rise. According to the band it was shot in 2018 when they had just started writing music for their upcoming album. You can find out more about the album and support their music by visiting their …

Described by the Irish Times as the finest singer and actor of her generation, Lisa Lambe is now poised to attract a global audience with her forthcoming album, Juniper. Lisa says she imagined Juniper as a colorful story of nature, time and place: “The title track was sparked by a boldly gnarled juniper tree…

For the troubled times we live in, here is the latest single from the Outside Track. They write: 'What a strange few weeks it has been for us all. We had our tour in Germany abruptly cut short on March 12th, and since then have been in our respective parts of the world, in self-isolation, like most of you. We do, however,…

Two highly respected Canadian musicians, Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres embrace a bewildering breadth of styles - mainly traditional, although much of their material is recently composed and some of it leans towards blues, bluegrass, jazz and even early classical music. Pierre comes from a family steeped in traditional French Canadian music…

Leading traditional music centre, The Coleman Irish Music Centre in Gurteen, Co. Sligo will launch its new website (www.colemanirishmusic.com) with full eCommerce shopping facilities later this month. Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ardstiúrthóir of…

Ahead of her highly anticipated debut album, Idle Mind, due out April 26^th, Irish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Anna Mieke, has shared this beautiful single and video.

Anna Mieke says: “Lyrically, Creature was inspired by a performance I saw a few years ago in a tent in a field in Tipperary - of a dancer creating…

Beyond the Bellows & The Bow is an outstanding new release by sisters Aoibheann and Pamela Queally, from Kilmaley in West County Clare. Their music is heavily influenced by the rhythmic and melodic style of the Clare tradition,…

As a fourth-generation fiddle player, Gerry 'Fiddle' O'Connor knows the value of the shared tune. Having garnered much of his fiddle style from his mother Rose (who played in a céilí band until she was six months pregnant), music was in the blood. "My mother's people are all fiddle players," he explains, "and on my father's side they were all brass and reed…

Here is a playlist of the latest tracks that we are featuring on the site.  If you want to connect with Tradconnect and have your music featured on the site, post your raw news update in our Newsdesk and if it has video/audio links and images attached we will…

What do these 150+ traditional artists have in common? What one thing connects them and ensures that their music receives the most airplay across the globe? The answer is a lot simpler than you may imagine.

All of these artists have released new albums over the last three years…

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