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…

Our album of the month for April 2014 will be from The O' Carolan Family.  In our review we wrote. "A Language Within from the O' Carolan Family is one of those unassuming recordings that hits all the right notes from the off.  Like The Friel Sisters debut from this year or Lá Ag Ól Uisce from 2013 its one…

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…

Atlantic I/O is a high profile trans-Atlantic collective that brings together master musicians from Ireland and America for a refreshing dive into the Irish Tradition, via jazz, funk, pop and electronica.  This specially commissioned touring project is the result of a six month writing collaboration that will be showcased in a highly anticipated…

We are back into festival season once again and one of our newer festivals TradAsh has just published their list of tutors for this year's festival which runs from 24th-27th April. TradAsh for anyone that does not know is based in Ashbourne Co. Meath.  It…

We do love a good idea, especially when its succinct and powerful.  Irish band Solas have come up with just such an idea and they have called it Tell Your Story.  On a recent Facebook posting they have stated that they have been working on the idea for some time and are now ready to launch it.  It will be a series of short…

It's been a varied few months for the Kan lads - BBC Folk Awards, Kan babies learning to walk and talk, strange forays into choral composition and some fantastic gigs too. Full stories below.

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We've got gigs planned for Ireland and England this…

The TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards take place tonight 12th April at University Concert Hall, Limerick.  Over the last few weeks Tradconnect has celebrated the awards with a series or articles, news and interviews.  These articles are gathered together below.

It was early in February this year…

TG4 have just announced the line-up for Gradam Ceoil TG4 Awards 2014 and it looks likely to be one of the best award ceremonies in recent years.  It takes place on 12^th April this year in University Concert Hall, Limerick.…

Sylvain Barou, from Brittany has just released a new track from his self titled album from 2012.  Considered by many as one of the outstanding flute players of recent times in both Breton and traditional Irish styles he has been an ever present force on the traditional scene here.…

Check out our Top 10 Traditional Irish Albums at the moment with audio where they are available to us. The Gloaming this month take the top spot following the January release of their album. Some new entrants this month with Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello and Danny O' Mahony also included

Check out the attached and see how many you have in your…

The 7th annual Minnesota Irish Music Weekend will be held from June 13-15, 2014, in St. Paul, MN. Presented by the Center for Irish Music, the Minnesota Irish Music Weekend is a unique festival that pairs world-class traditional Irish musicians and teachers with learners of all ages and abilities for a weekend of workshops,…

This is a selection of the best tracks that we have discovered on Soundcloud over the last week or so.  Some have been featured on the site and some not. 

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This is a first listen to the new album by Tommy McCarthy and Louise Costello called Grace Bay.  It was released towards the end of last year and we hope to do a more formal review of it later.  For now enjoy The Corner House which "they learned from the playing of Louise's father Denny, a box…

TG4’s newest, most exciting traditional Irish music series, Bosca Ceoil, is calling out for audience members to take part in this innovative and energetic programme recording in Monroes Live, Galway.…

Buille are set to embark on a rare mini-tour of Ireland from 30^th April - 3^rd May to mark 10 years of being in existence! The tour will start in the bands adopted homebase of Cork before heading north to their other home of…