This week’s best shows in traditional musicMel Mercier and the remarkable Irish Gamelan orchestra at UL, Fleadh Cheoil na Mumhan and moreThu Jul 13 2017 - 17:00
Waxahatchee: Raw power with killer instinctsWAXAHATCHEEOut In The StormMerge Records4Wed Jul 12 2017 - 15:30
This week’s best shows in tradidional musicFolkfest kicks of in Killarney, John Spillane heads for CorkFri Jul 07 2017 - 06:14
Shannon McNally - Black Irish: mature, emotionally ragged snapshots of life lived close to the boneWed Jul 05 2017 - 15:30
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh and Garth Knox - All Soundings Are True: pricking the edges of traditionalThu Jun 29 2017 - 15:44
Kathryn Williams: Songs from the Novel ‘Greatest Hits’ – fruitful collaboration with author Laura BarnettThu Jun 15 2017 - 15:44
Adèle Commins and Daithí Kearney: A Louth Lilt – a globetrotting musical adventureThu Jun 01 2017 - 15:44
Sonny Condell & Patrick Kehoe – Seize The Day album review: a seamless collaborationThu May 25 2017 - 15:44
How to dance the undanceable music of Tommy PottsFormer Riverdancer Colin Dunne takes on challenge of ‘The Liffey Banks’ albumMon May 15 2017 - 05:00
Alan Reid & Rachel Conlan - A Quare Yield review: slow and steadyALAN REID & RACHEL CONLAN A Quare Yield ***Independent releaseThu May 11 2017 - 15:44
Floriane Blancke - Kaleidoscope review: an aptly titled, ornately patterned collectionThu May 04 2017 - 15:44
Liam O’Connor’s exceptional solo album ‘The Loom’Five stars for an album that proves we are living in a golden age of traditional musicTue Apr 18 2017 - 06:44
Saileog NÍ Cheannabháin - Roithleán album review: Trad in a state of fluxSaileog NÍ Cheannabháin - Roithleán album review: Trad in a state of fluxThu Mar 02 2017 - 11:00
David Munnelly, Joseph McNulty, Shane McGowan - 3’oh album review: The Mayo-Sligo connectionDAVID MUNNELLY, JOSEPH McNULTY, SHANE McGOWAN3’oh ****Independent releaseThu Feb 23 2017 - 11:00
Chris Wood - So Much to Defend album review: Haunting folk for every persuasionCHRIS WOODSo Much to Defend *****Chris Wood MusicThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:00
Rose Elinor Dougall – Stellular review: fear and loathing with a pop sensibilityThu Jan 26 2017 - 11:00
Jig Jam - Hello World album review: To the Kentucky manner bornJIG JAMHello World ***Independent releaseThu Jan 12 2017 - 11:00
Éilís Kennedy: Westward review – a fresh-faced beautyÉilís KennedyWestward 4 starsIndependent ReleaseThu Dec 29 2016 - 11:00
The best of traditional music: 2016 TG4 Gradam Ceoil award winners announcedThis year’s recipients cast a light into traditional music’s beating heartWed Dec 14 2016 - 05:00
Kevin Burke & John Brennan - The Pound Ridge Sessions album review: Irish fiddle meets west coast guitarKEVIN BURKE AND JOHN BRENNANThe Pound Ridge Sessions ***Loftus MusicThu Dec 08 2016 - 11:00
Matt Molloy & John Carty - Out of the Ashes album review: tunes with verve and vitalityMATT MOLLOY & JOHN CARTY WITH ARTY McGLYNN, BRIAN McGRATH & NOEL O’GRADYOut of the Ashes ****Racket RecordsThu Nov 24 2016 - 11:00
The last man standing at the listening post for cultural globalisationMicheál Ó Suillleabháin recounts his journey from growing up in a house with no music to establishing the Irish World Academy of Music and DanceThu Nov 17 2016 - 05:00
John McSherry - The Seven Sons album review: A world humming with good vibrationsJOHN MCSHERRYThe Seven Sons ****Compass RecordsThu Nov 10 2016 - 11:00
Shirley Collins - Lodestar album review: epic tales of murder, unrequited love and cross- dressingThu Nov 03 2016 - 13:00
Planxty - Between the Jigs and the Reels album review: Four decades of bursting trad’s boundariesPLANXTYBetween the Jigs and the Reels ****Universal MusicTue Oct 25 2016 - 17:00
Lasairfhíona - One Penny Portion album review: Enriched by wistful vulnerabilityThu Oct 20 2016 - 11:00
Heidi Talbot - Here We Go 1, 2, 3 album review: genteel, with touches of magicWed Sept 21 2016 - 13:41
Traditional authenticism bound by music and running with timeIn ‘Edge of Light’, four top traditional artists perform along the rim of a fresh Irish dayWed Sept 14 2016 - 06:00
