Here is a new idea. A summer school of music from a band. On July 24th - 29th this year The Outside Track will run their first summer school at Cromarty Old Brewery, Scotland.

Participants will receive group and individual tuition in their chosen instrument (harp, fiddle, accordion, flute/whistle…

In her first visit to Australia, and hot on the heels of successful tours in the US and Germany, Co Tyrone singer Bernadette Morris continues on her travels across the globe, delivering her own take on Irish traditional songs and new writings from the likes of Barry Kerr and John Spillane. 

The National Celtic Festival in…

NUA is an award-winning innovative new trad trio, from Toronto in Canada and on June 5th they will release their second album called Flow.

They have released this track called Rest in Pineapple and the…

TREELAN comprise the multi-genre talents of hand-drum percussionist Éamonn Cagney, the guitarist Niwel Tsumbu & accordionist Martin Tourish. Donegal native ÉAMONN CAGNEY has travelled the hand-drumming world, from Africa to East Asia, studying under many of the masters of his art,…

In late 2015 Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist Matthew Horsley released his debut album of Irish traditional music called Australian Waters.  It consists of a selection of jigs, reels, hornpipes, slow airs and more, ranging from classic piping repertoire to tunes never before recorded on the pipes. Inspired by the classic…

County Antrim band, Beoga are about to release a new album called ‘Before we change our mind’ and this is the first track from it. We have an official launch of the album on Tradconnect in the next week when the album will be available to over 90 broadcasters as part of our Download Centre.

Their unique sound features the twin dueling accordions of Damian…

Our track of the week, with close to 250 plays over the last 7 days is The Hills of Sweet Lislea by Goitse. It is taken from Inspired By Chance' , their fourth studio album which they say reflects the unexpected inspirations that have brought the band to where they are now. Self-produced, and recorded…

Folk legend Christy Moore released his new album Lily yesterday on the  Columbia label by Sony Music. Included below are samples that have just been released. You can order the CD from iTunes or …

Folk legend Christy Moore releases his new album Lily today on the  Columbia label by Sony Music. You can pre-order the CD from iTunes or Tower…

Press Release : Musician, singer, recording artist, actor and raconteur Finbar Furey is is returning with his bandto pay the Ballymaloe Grainstore on Bank Holiday Sunday 5 June. Finbar…

On June 10th German composer, guitarist and whistle player Olaf Sickmann will release a new single called Still Walking.  The track combines classical influences with soundtrack-like music and traditional Irish elements to create a kind of New Celtic Music.…

Press Release : Hailing from Dingle, West Kerry, Pauline is one half of celebrated singing duo LUMIERE, a project which has seen her perform throughout the world in recent years including a performance in Carnegie Hall in 2014.

This vocalist and songwriter galvanised the Irish music scene with her stunning…

Our Track of the Week this week comes from Modal Citizen, the new release by Clare native Josie Nugent. Her goal for this recording was to create a series of compositions integrated with the music that she grew up with and…

Album Launch : “Chance plays a part in all our lives and is always certain to feature in the music business,” according to Goitse on the release of their new album. After five years touring the world, Goitse acknowledged the role of lady luck by releasing ‘Inspired by Chance’ as the title of their latest studio album at…

Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for April 2016.  Each month we feature the top 10 albums, write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. We have also just announced a €3,000 prize for our Album of the Year 2016, sponsored by The INEC Killarney so get your albums to us at this …

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with 90 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our Download…

We are happy to announce that our Album of the Year 2016 will once again be sponsored by The INEC Killarney, with a total prize of €3,000 for the winning album.

This is the second year that the INEC have come onboard with Tradconnect.  Last year’s winner was…

We are happy to announce that our Album of the Year 2016 will once again be sponsored by The INEC Killarney, with a total prize of €3,000 for the winning album.

This is the second year that the INEC have come onboard with Tradconnect.  Last year’s winner…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with 90 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our Download…

This week's ‘track of the week’ is Prisme by US band Molly’s Revenge. We released the single exclusively on Tradconnect during the week and since then it has become the most played track over the last 7 days.

Band members include David Brewer (highland bagpipes, border pipes,…