We have a bit of a youth theme going on this week as we were looking back at past winners of Gradam Ceoil in the Young Musician of the Year category.  Then this video was sent to us featuring a young fiddler that we had not heard of before called Sadhbh O' Brien from County Clare. …

This is a pretty interesting combination of musicians and sounds from four of Canada's most accomplished players. In November 2011, Karrnnel Sawitsky (Fiddle), Ivonne Hernandez (Fiddle), Eric Wright (Cello) and Trent Freeman (Fiddle) got together with some experimentation in…

In the lead up to the Gradam Ceoil awards for 2014 you can't help but think that a future Young Musician of the Year may come from this group of teenagers from Waterford.  Thanks to Edel Fox, a Gradam winner herself, for highlighting it.  Marvelous mature music from the next generation of musicians.  The group features Sally…

The Outside Track have announced a tour in the UK starting this month.

Its a 8 date tour that that will see them playing music from their acclaimed new Light Up The Dark. Regular members Ailie…

Check out our Top 10 Traditional Irish Albums at the moment. On the back of their recent concerts Ensemble Ériu has climbed to the No. 1 spot in the Top 10.  Another new entrant is The Dróle featuring Éamon McGivney, John Kelly, Peadar Ó Riada. 

Check out the attached and see how many you have in your collection. Lots of great music.

Don't…

10 tracks that you should hear.  Compiled from our Soundcloud News Stream and from tracks sent to us during the week.  

Follow us on Soundcloud and we will pick up on your music.  …

For anyone that missed the recent Begley & Cooney concert that was broadcast on February 13th its available at the moment online. It was broadcast as part of the Tunes in the Church series and received a very positive response. They also streamed it live on Concert Window with production, sound and…

This is a track from an excellent new album by The O' Carolan Family from Derry called A Language Within.  The members are Karen, Ciaran, and Steven and they were born and raised in Derry and have been steeped in traditional music from a very young age.  We get a lot of music through our door and this is one that…

We are delighted to announce that the winner of our Traditional Album of the Year for 2013 is The Sunny Banks by Edel Fox and…

This track called Casu is taken from Lúnasa's album with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra recorded in 2013. The tracks on the album were arranged by Niall Vallely and the majority of the tracks feature the RTÉ Orchestra.  Lúnasa are on tour in the US at the moment and their upcoming dates are as…

We featured an initial track from this album late in 2013 as the release of guitar/bouzouki albums are not a frequent event on Tradconnect.  Randy and John have released another track called Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her/Humours of Ennistymon/Geese in the Bog/Calliope House. Some well know jigs…

This is the first track from Dublin band Lynched and their new album Cold Old Fire that will be released in May 2014. Their strap line reads "Gritty folk songs from the heart of Dublin city" and when you hear this new track you will realise why.  If you follow this …

The humble harmonica makes a rather spectacular re entry into the tradition on Up and About In The Morning.  It’s a duet album featuring the talents of Noel Battle on harmonica and Roisin…

Next week we have an interview with new Clare group Crag Road. Our interest in their music came from this very well presented video shot in one of their local pubs in Clare.  Its clear from this that the visual medium, when presented well, can bring you so much closer to the personality of the…

10 tracks that you should hear.  Compiled from our Soundcloud News Stream and from tracks sent to us during the week.  

Follow us on Soundcloud and we will pick up on your music.  …

Here is the brand new video release from Luka Blooms's new album released today called Head & Heart. Beautiful stripped back track with the song front and center.  Here are some word from the man himself on this release

"Yes I still buy records, and I still love to make them. This little body of work represents a painless…

The following is a session listing for the Mid-Atlantic region of the USA.  It has been supplied via Maureen Donachie at Ceolagusrince.com and is a useful snapshot of some of the session  events taking place over the coming week. …

We covered Mike Considine and his EP Permanent Resonance last year.  He is based in Hollywood, with roots in The Burren region of Co.Clare.  Mike is a self-taught musician who plays by ear and has an intuitive knowledge of melody, harmony, rhythm and…