Notify make a welcome return with a new album called InConcept, due for release on 8th April 2016.  We have an exclusive track for you called Vividity which once again shows Notify to be one of the most imaginative bands around. They describe their music as "forward looking, stylistically adventuresome and…

On Thursday 14th April, Dublin folk band Lynched will perform a live concert at ITMA Dublin which will be streamed live on YouTube and here on Tradconnect.  Lynched are one of the most exciting bands to emerge from the Dublin scene in quite some time and recently released their debut album…

Here is a selection of new compositions by Monaghan fiddler Dónal Mc Cague.  We have not featured new compositions of late following our New Tune Composition  which we ran in 2014. Oisín Mac Diarmada in a bio written at the time of Dónal’s debut release Bits…

This is the new video release by The Morning Tree, a trio that we have featured regularly on Tradconnect.  They have gone through a lineup change with founding member Matteo Podda now pursuing a solo career as an Italian singer-songwriter, releasing his interpretations of Woody Guthrie's Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti.…

In November 2014 we featured the The Forgotten Children as part of our Songwriter Showcase with Christy Moore. This song was shortlisted by Christy as…

For those that liked the close harmonies of acts like The Murphy Beds and Ye Vagabonds which we featured recently on Tradconnect, you will definitely like this release from UK duo Ninebarrow.  They are a multi-award-winning folk duo that have been described by Mike Harding as sounding ‘damn fine’ and by Seth Lakeman as ‘a…

To celebrate the launch of 2 new CD collections & e-book of Irish music in London from Topic Records, ITMA is hosting an afternoon talk by Dr. Reg Hall in 73 Merrion Square. The event takes place on May 14th from 4 - 5pm. Tickets are free and early booking is advisable as places are limited.

Reg Hall’s monumental and comprehensive history of…

Press Release : Kris Drever celebrates his first decade as an acclaimed solo artist and songwriter with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses, released by Reveal Records on March 28th 2016, and a supporting tour. The album is his first for six years (during which time his band…

A selection of tracks that have been released on Soundcloud over the last few weeks. Sounds that may pass you by.  Sounds worth hearing.

If you have tracks that you want us to feature on Tradconnect then simply send them via our Soundcloud profile.

If you have a new album about to be released check…

Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for February 2016.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. If you have a new album on release send us a copy to these contact details.

Don't forget that if you have an album on…

Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for February 2016.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. If you have a new album on release send us a copy to these contact details.

Don't forget that if you have an…

Líosa Murphy is currently on a promotional tour of her 2014 album Skylark, which we are this week adding to our Download Centre on Tradconnect.  The album presents some well known traditional ballads like Nancy Spain, Síuíl a Rún and Caledonia and gives them a very modern and contemporary edge with the…

Press Release : We Banjo 3 yesterday performed for The President of the United States, the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, an Taoiseach Enda Kenny and a room full of Irish dignitaries and politicians from both sides of the House of Representatives at the Friends of Ireland Luncheon. Also in attendance was Richard…

This is the outstanding promotional video for a new show that starts this year at the Cork Opera House.  ProdiJIG :The Revolution is a new Irish Dance show, led by one of the most innovative choreographers and dancers around, Cork born Alan Kenefick. Alan’s innovative, spectacular style is at the forefront of this evolution of Irish dance. According to…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with 80 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our Download…

Legendary folk singer Christy Moore will headline Saturday night at this year’s Folkfest 2016.  Damien Dempsey will headline the Friday night and The Waterboys will headline on the Sunday night. The festival takes place on 8th - 10th July 2016.  Other confirmed acts over the weekend include “traditional flute…

The programme for the 2016 Willie Clancy Festival has just been announced.  "Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. The first and biggest of such events, it commemorates the town's best-known uilleann piper, Willie Clancy, and has been running since just after his death in 1973." This…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with 80 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our Download Centre. For…

With the festival season upon us here are a list of the Irish festivals taking place in March and April 2016.  If you know of others that are not listed below simply add a comment below and we will update this list. 

For a full list of festivals throughout the year visit our …