Imagine an Ireland where everyone in the country has the chance to learn to play a musical instrument, from the fiddle to the guitar, the drums or even the saxophone. This is the driving ambition of…

2013 has been the year of the banjo for one group in particular.  We Banjo 3 have been rocking up a storm with their never ending tour of the Ireland, the US and Europe.  In case you have been in hibernation for the last while We Banjo 3 includes Enda Scahill, Martin Howley, David Howley, Fergal Scahill and their live shows include a mixture of Irish traditional, Old-Time American, ragtime and bluegrass with some semi pop type melodies thrown in for…

Any recording that includes Peadar O' Riada always brings with it an air of solid authenticity. If you liked his work with Triúr then you will like this as well. It’s stripped back traditional music recorded at his home in Cúil Aodha.  With a strap line to the album that reads "A few tunes for our Friends" he brings along two long term fiddle playing…

From the Goitse Newsletter : We have been very busy in the last few weeks between gigging, putting together new material for a 3rd Album and getting some press and promo material together. At the start of the month we spent two days in Limerick with master sound engineer Sean Horsman working on a few tracks for a top secret project. We also shot a music video to go with the…

2013 is proving to be a very fruitful year for Pádraig Rynne.  His collaboration with Guidwire's flute player and long time friend Sylvain Barou and Dónal Lunny was one of…

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This track is taken from the new CD released by North Texas School of Traditional Irish Music called Winter Air. It demonstrates that the ability to produce commercially viable recordings from within their own ranks is a goal worth reaching for. In support of a fundraiser to bring students to…

C heck out our Top 10 Traditional Irish Albums at the moment in the USA.  This month Slide and their new album Mendicity takes the top spot.  A lot of Tradconnect members in the Top 10 with We Banjo 3, Fullset, Réalta and Niamh Ní Charra also featuring.…

Sharon Shannon's short UK tour is presently under way and will be finishing up next Saturday 24th in Cambridge Junction. In total she will be playing 12 concerts across the UK.

She is also fresh from her sky diving exploits in aid of AHAR ( Animal Haven Animal Rescue ) raising much needed money in the process for this great…

On November 10th 2013 the ITMA will be holding its first ever concert at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.  It will feature a very strong line up that will include Liam O’Flynn (uilleann pipes), Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (piano) and Niall Martin (cello), Matt Molloy (flute) & Dónal Lunny (bouzouki) ,  Brooks Academy Set Dancers with…

The O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat have issued a press release announcing that in less than three weeks on May 2nd at 9 a.m., they will begin their online registration for their 12th annual …

Yesterday we wrote about the launch of the new CD called The Leitrim Equation 3 which will take place as part of Return To Camden festival on 27th October 2013 in The London Irish Centre. Today we have an exclusive track from the album.  Its the first track and its a set of Polkas: My Love is but a Lassie / Dark Girl Dressed in…

What: Gala Concert at the 15th Return to Camden Town Festival celebrating ‘Leitrim Equation 3’ – Leitrim County Council’s musician-in-residence programme.

Who: Dónal Lunny, John Carty, Séamus Begley along with 20+ Leitrim…

For any fiddle fans out there, or non fiddle fans for that matter here is a chance to win a copy of one of the best fiddle albums of the year without a shadow of a doubt.  Mixing the best of traditional fiddle with some modern arrangements musician David Doocey has hit on a bit of a doozy.  Its classic traditional fiddle…

This week we uploaded a new track from Niamh Ní Charra's tribute album to Terry "Cuz" Teahan called "Cuz". Cuz emigrated from Ireland  in 1928 at the age of 23 and brought the music of Sliabh Luachra with him to his new…

Enda Seery has released a new track from his second whistle album released earlier in the year.  The album was called Peace of the Countryside and in addition to the normal whistle and flute numbers it also featured a number of songs.  This…

This is about as good as it get in traditional music.  The first album release by Téada with new member Séamus Begley on board.  The rest of the group comprise Oisín Mac Diarmada on fiddle, Paul Finn on accordion, Damien Stenson on flute, Seán Mc Elwain on guitar and Tristan Rosenstock on bodhrán. Confident and assured it shows Téada settling into…