Its one of those weeks when a lot of information comes to us at the same time with a common thread.  You know by now that we are fans of The Yanks from New York and their debut album of the same name. You can read our review here.  We came across…

Its competition time again and we have a copy of Colm Naughton's great debut album to give away.  Its called The Space Between the Notes.  This debut album consists of 13 tracks of which 3 are songs. 

To win a copy simply name one of the West of Ireland counties that Colm plays his music in. Add…

Our album of the month for August 2013 is the fantastic solo piping album from Joey Abarta. "For Joey Abarta a lifetime of Swimming Against The Falls has ended and the swim has taken him to his rightful place. He has delivered a…

This weeks track features The Yanks with the addition of some drums and a saxaphone. Its taken from an album launch at the Catskills Irish Arts Week.  You also need to stick with the track until the end.  Featuring Josh Dukes on drums it builds and builds. For those that don't know, Josh is part of the Old Guard Fife + Drum Corps, a division of the US Army that plays…

Its competition time on Tradconnect and to celebrate the great concert series, Tunes in the Church we have a copy of the album by the same name to give away. Cormac Begley, son of legendary Kerry accordion player Brendan Begley is the visionary behind the…

Gael Linn recording artists celebrate the 60th anniversary of an organisation which has played a central role in promoting Irish music. You can savour the richness and beauty of Irish music from two of Ireland’s leading groups. T with the Maggies is one of the finest-ever fusions of Irish female voices, while Téada revel in vibrant traditional music.…

With July over here is a list of festivals and music schools taking place across the country and further afield in the US and Europe throughout August 2013.   We are always trying to build the most comprehensive list of festivals so if you know of any that are not included then please add a comment below.  If you want to check out our 2013 festival…

Caoimhín Ó Fearghaíl, Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Tomás Ó Gealbháin have just released an album of outstanding quality called Lá ag Ól Uisce. It is perfectly paced traditional music that is sweet and melodic. Music the way it should be played.  We will get to a review shortly but for now it is worth noting that the album will be…

Our track of the week this week goes to Séan Ó Fearghail for the track titled The Fly in the Porter/Paddy Fahy's/Old John's taken from the album Lá ag Ól Uisce

We have also compiled our Tracks of the Week together for your ease of reference. You can now catch up on some of the great music that is being recorded across the globe. Our first…

Not strictly trad but supporting a good cause.  THE RESERVE is a seven-piece Castlebar based band with a focus on original material combined with some strong classics.  Born out of the well-known band The Reserved Moments, to date they have released a single,It’s Crazy/Tough on You (2010) and an album Distracted (2012). Three members of the…

Track of the Week goes to a track from Colm Gannon called An Spealadóir Bantry Bay.  We have featured Colm on Tradconnect before and have reviewed his second solo album called The Rights of Man It was shortlisted for our Album of the year award in 2012 and is an…

For Masters of Tradition, Hayes has brought together seven of the most compelling artists in Irish music today for a unique concert celebrating the art form.  Joining Hayes on fiddle are vocalist Iarla Ó Lionáird, fiddler Cathal Hayden, guitarists Dennis Cahill and Seamie O'Dowd, Máirtín O’Connor on accordion, and uilleann piper David Power. This concert will take place at The…

In 2012 we ran a poll for Album of the Year which was won by Caitlín Nic Gabhann for her fantastic album simply titled Caitlín.  The…

In order to assist artists with the promotion of new music we are creating this " New Music" section on the site. This follows a poll we carried out asking what musicians wanted from an online resource like Tradconnect.  The common issue raised was the need to be able to post new tracks that artists have added to Soundcloud and Bandcamp somewhere…

Check out our Top 10 Traditional Irish Albums at the moment. This month we have a couple of new entrants with The Yanks debut album making an appearance.  Also now included the the fresh new release from Edel Fox and Neil Byrne called The Sunny Banks.

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

To coincide with ten successful years of touring and recording Quebec’s Le Vent du Nord released their seventh album ‘Tromper Le Temps' in 2012. It is an extremely good album and we will follow up with a review. Renowned as ambassadors of Francophonie they are acknowledged as one…

We cover all bases here on Tradconnect and are always looking for the quirky, off beat, off the wall and contemporary twists that our young trad musicians are adding to our traditional music.  We never envisaged 99 Red Balloons by Nena showing up on a trad site but here it is.  And we very much like it.  

It's by a young trad…