Your guide to the best new traditional Irish, Scottish and Celtic music in August 2018. If you have tracks that you want included or featured on Tradconnect them email them to us.…

HI FOLKS!  We are making the final preparations for our upcoming Fall tour of Ireland and very excited that we'll be over in support of our brand new release, “Heart Of The Home” which kicks off at the Dunamaise Arts Center in Portlaoise, Co. Laois on Sept 15th and will play a total of fourteen dates around Ireland…

This is the first single, and video from the new We Banjo 3 album called 'Haven' released in July of this year. This track is called 'Light in the Sky'.…

After a year of hibernation below the surface in Ireland’s capital, Dublin, Moxie has crafted their intricate acoustic Irish music into a fresh Urban Style. The band are ready to present their genre-defining, boundary-busting music …

Dublin-based band SLOW MOVING CLOUDS combine roots in the Irish and Nordic folk traditions with post-punk drones, baroque strings, and soaring falsetto vocals – creating an immersive, atmospheric sound, unlike anything you’ve heard before.

Building on the success of their 2015 debut album Os, the group…

Ten of the UK and Ireland’s finest traditional poets and musical artists including vocalists using five languages, medieval instruments: crwth and northern triplepipes as well as fiddle, harp, accordion and electronics will join together in a music residency to re-invigorate and create new music inspired by past peoples and languages…

Islander presents ‘Quiet Lights’, an exciting new small-scale festival with a big heart, which aims to shine a light on the new wave of Irish folk and traditional talent that are quietly forging new paths, recollecting old tales and making new stories.

From Friday 7^th to Sunday 9^th September, music from…

This is the first track available from the new album by Tommy Fitzharris and Dónal McCague. The album is called The Bank of Turf and the track include the jigs Paddy in London, Jackie Smalls and The Reaper. More to follow.…

Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2018 has reached its conclusion and by all accounts, Drogheda 2018 has once again been an outstanding success. For many it is the culmination of many years work and with the competitions over the real party can begin.

For those looking for a list of results you can find them listed…

Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for July 2018.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. 

Don't forget that if you have an album on release check out our …

Boxing Banjo is a new traditional group from County Mayo featuring Dara Healy (accordion), Mick Healy (banjo), Joseph McNulty (fiddle) and Sean O’Meara (guitar).

Their debut…

The acclaimed fiddle player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh is to embark on a select few dates around Ireland this Autumn to test out brand new material with his trademark 10-string hardangar d’amore fiddle and electronics.

Taking time away from his other groups: The Gloaming and This is How we…

The Legacy of Stephen Grier is a landmark recording of carefully selected tunes from one of Ireland’s treasured (but as yet unpublished) nineteenth-century collections. This is a long-awaited follow-up by Séamus McGuire (fiddle) and John Lee (flute) to The Missing Reel (Gael Linn,…

The Dog In The Fog, the first ever album by Manchester’s Dezi Donnelly on fiddle and Mike McGoldrick on flute and uilleann pipes.  Making an album of traditional tunes – their ‘bedrock’ - with just the two of them is…

Pipes is the brand-new 12 track solo album from piper John Mulhearn. Well known as a performer, composer and full-time teacher at Scotland's National Piping Centre, John will release his latest album on Monday 13 August.

Pipes is John’s first full length album since 2009 and a complete departure…

Produced by the double IFTA Award-winning team at Gifted Empire Productions, FleadhTV is going from strength to strength this summer. The shows from the four provinces of Ireland, the Connacht, Leinster, Munster & Ulster Fleadh’s have been topping the TG4 ratings in the month of…

Summer is here, and with it comes the season of festivals, summer schools, concerts and masterclasses. The summer will peak with the annual Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann which takes place on 12th - 19th August in Drogheda. Attracting over 400,000 people over the course of the week it is the biggest traditional…

This year's Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann will take place in Drogheda, Co Louth on 12th - 19th August, and with it there is the opportunity for traditional music fan’s in the Dublin region to consider a day trip to the festival. In addition to public services which you…

Legendary fiddler Tommy Peoples has died at the age of 70. Born in St Johnston, Donegal he "moved to Dublin in 1965 and his involvement in traditional music led to participation in groups such as the Green Linnet Céilí Band, 1691, and The Bothy Band, as well as solo performance. He lived in County Clare for over 30 years where he…

Your guide to the best new traditional Irish, Scottish and Celtic music in August 2018. If you have tracks that you want included or featured on Tradconnect them email them to us.…