Via RTE Culture. Irish trad band Beoga have been announced as the opening act for Ed Sheeran's Irish tour this summer. The Antrim-based five-piece group first worked with Sheeran when they co-wrote his massive hit…

To celebrate 7 years online we are revisiting some of the 300+ tracks that are now in our archive. This is the first track we added all those years ago. It is from 'Pickin' Time' the debut album by Garry O'Meara.  On it he introduces us to the music that has inspired him over the…

The following events, sessions and concerts are extracted from the very popular Karen Ryan email news roundup. It covers upcoming events in the London region. If you know of other events simply add them as a comment to this blog. Scroll to the bottom.

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The young Ulster traditional music group ‘Spleodar’, whose members hail from counties Antrim, Monaghan and Tyrone,  are the Siansa Gael Linn 2018 winners!   After a glorious evening of music and song in the National Concert Hall on Sunday, 22 April 2018, they were chosen from among eight finalists of a high standard for this prestigious…

Today we take great pleasure in launching the new EP by Armagh duo Méabh and Tiarnán Smyth. Coming from a very musical family, their talents were developed from an early age in the prestigious Armagh Pipers Club, famed for its notable alumni which includes Niall & Cillian Vallely, Jarlath Henderson and Brian Finnegan.…

The Henry Girls are back with a brand new album called ‘Far Beyond the Stars’, and it is once again receiving very positive reviews. It was album of the week on RTE Radio One. They said:

“Over the past few years, The Henry…

A searing portrait of one of Ireland’s most renowned traditional musicians – concertina player Noel Hill, as he recovers from a serious assault which left him a battered shadow of his former self. At the turn of the century, Noel Hill and his young family moved to the rural idyll of Connemara. In 2008, he was brutally assaulted by a builder with…

Scottish Singer/songwriter Heather Innes released her latest album “Here Comes the Day” in late 2017. The album recorded in Scotland and produced by Stuart Duncan, Kate Kramer & Heather Innes features songs by Ben Sands, Martin Donnelly, Kieran Goss and Kimmie…

Alyth McCormack has just announced dates for her upcoming tour of Germany which we include below. On the tour she will be performing a programme of traditional and contemporary songs and music from Ireland and Scotland and, in a new direction for Alyth, some of her own songs based on her experiences growing up on the Island of Lewis, on…

This is Myles O’Reilly intriguing documentary on the making of The Blue Room recording by the Martin Hayes Quartet. This new venture by Martin Hayes expands on many of the musical ideas that he has pursued in his long standing partnership with Dennis Cahill. He says:…

Reclaim your Sunday evenings with Down in the City: An Alternative Sunday Service, a series of three events taking place in The Sugar Club, Dublin in April, May…

Welcome to the Louth traditional Irish music pub session guide which has been created in partnership with LouthCreate.ie and Louth Arts Department. The goal of this guide is to provide a simple listing of pubs in the county that host traditional Irish music sessions on a weekly basis.…

This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Monaghan and other counties throughout Ireland. 

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This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Tipperary and other counties throughout Ireland. 

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This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Mayo and other counties throughout Ireland. 

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This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Offaly and other counties throughout Ireland. 

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This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Sligo and other counties throughout Ireland. 

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This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Tyrone and other counties throughout Ireland. 

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This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Meath and other counties throughout Ireland. 

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This is a temporary holding page for a series of session guides that will cover Roscommon and other counties throughout Ireland. 

For now visit our Ireland Session Listing Page for details of sessions near…