TradConnect members Tom McElvogue and Des Hurley are commencing a UK tour  with Karen Tweed and Chris O' Malley. They have joined forces to bring…

Music Network Announces Line-up for Culture Night - An evening of free live music at The Coach House, Dublin Castle on Friday 21st September



Music Network today announced an exciting…

Although her repertoire is rooted in the traditional music of her native Ireland and adopted homeland of Scotland, Nuala Kennedy has also gained critical attention for her eclectic cross-genre work, featuring liltingly beautiful vocals, adventurous instrumentation, and an imaginative mix of influences. For her Noble Stranger album release tour, her American band accompanies…

This programme explores a unique strand of traditional music in Ireland: the fiddle tradition of Donegal.

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www.chanceofastart.com Supporting Tradconnect member Patrick Clifford

Now this is something that is at the heart of Tradconnect and some day if we have enough members we may start our own "Trad Fund" on this very site. For now meet member…

It is always worth admiring and aspiring to the levels achieved by our All Ireland Champions. For 2012 the  Senior Fiddle winner was Niall Ó Murchú.

On this clip he plays a well known south Sligo reel in the Senior Fiddle competition at the 2010 Cavan…

Dublin roots band I Draw Slow present a mixture of Alt-country, folk, roots, old-time, Americana drawing on traditional Irish music as well. Killiney Hill never looked so good

They have been drumming up enthusiastic reviews in Ireland since the release of their top 10 selling second album, Redhills. Irish national broadcaster RTE made Redhills album of the week and Redhills has been welcomed to the playlists of stations across the…

We Banjo 3 have just been granted the prestigious Music Network Young Musicwide Award, a professional development award for the best and brightest young music ensembles. This with the release of their first album Roots of The Banjo Tree makes for an exciting time for one of the hottest talents around.

Featuring 3 tenor banjos,…

At First Light will embark on their first tour of the North of Ireland for some time, visiting Strabane, Limavady, Downpatrick and Belfast. They will no doubt be playing lots of music from their album Idir. Check out our …

Celebrating the musicians who have given their all to compete at the very highest level in the instrument of their choice at the Fleadh Cheoil 2012 which took place again for the third time in Cavan. From across the globe they have gathered and it is worth celebrating some of the…

Jack Talty and Cormac Begley still hold the No.1 spot on our Top Ten for August 2012. Only one new entrant into the top ten this month and that is Damien Mullane with his album 13.

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

1. Jack Talty & Cormac Begley - …

Let' get behind Máirtin de Cógaín and his Kickstarter campaign.

In 2010, he released From Cork with Love as the Máirtín de Cógáin Project. It’s an album filled with songs,…

We Banjo 3 have just released details of a US tour starting at the Dublin Irish Fest in Ohio on August 2nd - 4th and finishing up in late September in Wisconsin in The University of Whitewater.

You can read a review of their Album Roots of the Banjo Tree  …

A good video of Solas with some behind the scenes interviews etc. The band performs live in Long Beach, CA on St. Patrick's Day 2012. Filmed and recorded by Voltage Productions. Special interviews and live footage of the band performing at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center. solasmusic.com…

This is an exciting prospect and by the sound of Emma's Waltz below we are in for a treat. "In a short space of time Damien Mullane has a musical cv that any veteran musician would be proud of. Still only 26, he has been described as a virtuoso with an avant-garde style of playing. Damien won numerous All-Ireland titles on both accordion and melodeon and began his…

Now here is a great end of year opportunity to learn from the masters of their art. If you are a fan, as we are, of John Carty and Arty McGlynn it will hold extra appeal. Connemara Ireland Workshops is pleased to announce a 5-day /4-night traditional Irish music workshop for October 19-23, 2012. Hosted by and held at the award-winning country…

Fiddler and TradConnect member Marie Reilly has just released a debut album called The Anvil which is a fantastic compilation of tunes from the Longford  and South Leitrim area. Inspired by the fiddle playing and music of her late father Micheal Reilly it is an inspiring album of new compositions.

The album is on our iPod at the moment and we…

We have Cara on our iPod at the moment and are about to do a review of their album Long Distance Love. Cara are something new to us and are worth checking out

Its a very accomplished album and they are a band capable of fantastic arrangements and interpretations of songs. Cara was formed in 2003, rooted in Irish and Scottish traditional music, but with…

We hope these guys are still gigging.  We have added a new Soundcloud track to this blog and you still gotta wonder are we ready for the JP Trio. Listen to the track below and you know we are entering some new and wonderful territory. Magical and trance inducing. We have been waiting for someone to break the mould and pop their heads a little bit above…