In August this year we launched Alyth McCormack’s 'Homelands' album on Tradconnect, and we also added it to our Download Centre, where broadcasters can download it for free.  At the time we spoke to…

Ennis Trad Fest kicks off next week and looking at their schedule there is a lot to look forward to. There will be several new albums launched, many of which we have already featured here on Tradconnect as part of our…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with over 65 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through TradRaidió, our…

This is the latest Kickstarter from Dublin duo ATLAS. To support them click on the red link below. This is what they say on their Kickstarter page. "This debut ATLAS album is something we have been thinking about for a number of years and it is of the utmost importance to us that we do as professional a job as possible in the making of it. We have…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with over 65 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our Download…

We keep returning to Across the Sea To Ireland by Rhoda Barfoot. We keep returning to Galway Bay and Danny Boy. Often late at night , and often in a “have you heard this?” kind of tone. Add in Mo Ghile Mear and it’s hard to pick the best…

Our track of the week comes from Open the Door For Three.  Clocking up close to 250 plays on our Soundcloud file over the last seven days, it is from their new album called The Penny Wager. The band includes members Liz Knowles(fiddle), Kieran O'Hare (uilleann pipes, flute, whistle) and Pat…

Cúig are  Miceál Mullen(Banjo/Mandolin), Rónán Stewart (Fiddle/ Uilleann pipes), Ruairí Stewart (Guitar), Eoin Murphy (Accordion) and Cathal Murphy (Bodhrán/Drums). They…

Press Release : “Senator Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ard-Stiúrthóir, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann will launch Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2016 before an invited audience in glór on Friday, 23rd October, 2015. After a gap of almost 40 years the world’s greatest celebration of traditional Irish Music Song and Dance returns to Ennis from 14th to 22nd…

This is track No.2 from the new album by Open The Door For Three.  The album is called The Penny Wager and the band includes members Liz Knowles (fiddle), Kieran O'Hare (uilleann pipes, flute, whistle)…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with over 65 radio broadcasters globally,making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our Download Centre. For artists this makes an online launch a truly global event with radio stations around the world…

We featured AnTara recently as part of our Worldwide Launch Series and it is an album worth checking out.  See this article. 

AnTara was formed when Matthew and Tommy met as neighbours in East Clare and…

Recovered from an envelope that had nearly been discarded, this track called Tippin Along is from an album called Silver Threads that was recorded in 2013. Much underrated, and featuring a number of new…

Co-sponsored by the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE), O'Neill-Malcom Branch, Folklore Society of Greater Washington, the Institute of Musical Tradition. This special 2015 Comhaltas concert tour of North American features the tops in Irish Traditional Entertainment, direct from Ireland.

Echoes of Erin, the 43rdth Annual Concert Tour of North America…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with over 65 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our…

Dublin band Lynched made a well deserved BBC appearance on Later ...with Jools Holland this week.  They are most definitely the band of the moment and the best thing to come out of Dublin in quite a while.  Their debut album was likewise outstanding. We wrote: "A variety of styles and influences have collided on Cold Old Fire to make it the…

On the 7th of November there promises to be a classic night of Irish traditional music and a rare chance to hear some of London's best musicians on their own terms. It will be a night of celebration of a rich and colourful past.

Reg Hall has been an integral part of the Irish music scene in London since the 50s…

Welcome to Tradconnect’s Worldwide Album Launch Series. For these launches we are working with over 65 radio broadcasters globally, making new traditional releases available for immediate free download through our…

The Ballads of Child Migration is an album of brand new songs from Boo Hewerdine, Jez Lowe, John McCusker, O'Hooley & Tidow, Chris While & Julie Matthews, Coope Boyes & Simpson and John Doyle all inspired by the heart-breaking true stories of Britain's child migrants who were sent to Canada, Australia and Africa between 1869 and…

The prestigious annual award, named after Clare’s cultural ambassador and visionary, Muiris Ó Rocháin, is sponsored by glór and developed in partnership with Dr. Tim Collins who is an adviser to glór and coordinated the original concert in 2013.



glór’s annual award to celebrate outstanding contribution to traditional music has this year…