Louth contemporary folk band Kern are gearing up for Milwaukee Irish Fest having just won the TradFest Temple Bar Showcase. 

The band is made up of Brendan McCreanor (uilleann pipes), SJ McArdle (voice and guitar) and Barry Kieran (fiddle). The band has released a debut album, False Deceiver, produced by…

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, released their debut album in late 2017. This week their release a video for the track…

We have just added the following track to our Soundcloud archive and it features button accordionist Séagda Coyle and his debut album called ‘Rip The Bellows”. Last year the album was…

We recently launched Event Horizon on Tradconnect and it is now available as a free download to radio broadcasters as part of our Download Centre. Event…

Sixteen traditional musicians will take to the stage in the Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork on 2nd February at 7 pm to compete in the final for the Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal.  The event will be broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, and Facebook.

This year’s competition focuses on accordion, concertina and…

Commercial: Ireland’s most exciting new music festival It Takes a Village, happening at Trabolgan Holiday Village in Cork, April 13th – 15th, have revealed their second line up announcement adding to the, already, stellar list of names like Young Fathers, Talos, Fujiya & Miyagi, Le Boom and Brian…

It is rare to find a group of singers and musicians who can combine strong backgrounds in Irish traditional, folk and contemporary popular music with an a capella singing ability developed through classical choral music. This is the potent mix Coda bring to their music.

Drawing on vocal…

Having travelled the world since releasing her debut album ‘All the Ways You Wander’, including tours in Australia and the US, Bernadette Morris returned to the studio, this time with her own original material…

With their sound being described as innovative and highly energetic it’s not hard to see why Blás are being described as one of the must see bands to come out of Ireland in recent times. They are newly formed and are presently promoting their self titled debut album. The band consists…

For her new album, Elmwood Station, New England flute and whistle player Sarah Bauhan gathered together a group of musicians she’s been playing with for many years – and added a couple from the next generation for good measure.

A collection of original and…

Commercial Feature : It’s a life on the road, and they love it. For the last decade the members of the Celtic band Outside Track have spent six months of every year on tour, covering the globe from Europe to the Americas, and Australia to India. It’s a hectic, dizzying schedule, but they wouldn’t be without it; playing to audiences is…

Happy New Year to All and welcome to 2018! We had a really great year and finished up in fine style on our Irish Christmas Tour with Ashley Davis in Silver Spring, MD. What a wonderful three weeks it was. From Dallas to Cleveland to Maryland and everywhere in between we had the best of fun and best of audiences too. Thank you to everyone that came along to the…

Armagh Pipers Club, the traditional music teaching organisation, has two major fundraising initiatives under way.  It is organising a benefit concert in Dublin’s Liberty Hall Theatre, where many of the biggest names in Irish music are coming together on Saturday 20 January. 

The Club is…

Géza Frank from Austria, is one of central Europe’s most in demand pipers and one of his generations most virtuosic whistle players. Jean Damei from France is known for his creativity and innovative style using very rare guitar tunings. They came together over four years…