RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta to mark 50 years with gala concert
Musical celebration to invoke themes of courage, identity, and pride of place
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh reinvents Ireland’s biggest songs
The Kerry singer’s new record melds traditional songs and orchestral arrangements
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Irish Chamber Orchestra: Róisín Reimagined – Surprises from the past
A revelatory collection and a high-water mark for a singer with a fathoms-deep voice
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2021 gives two fingers to adversity with a striking line-up
Ranging from opera to a skatepark installation, the programme marks an extraordinary balancing act
Kilkenny Arts Festival mixes risk and safe-bets in search of magical chance
From Rough Magic’s Tonic to Mozart’s Requiem, the festival starts August 6th
Online gigs to ring in the new year and get you through early January
The Academic, Mick Flannery and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh among those offering streamed shows
Ireland’s Edge live: Day 2 of Dingle festival features conversation with Chief Justice
‘Thinkers, changemakers, inventors, advocates and artists’ at west Kerry event
How to learn a language in lockdown
It is possible to pick up an impressive new skill – without leaving the house?
2019 was the year of the harp, exceptional new tunes and bold exploration
The year in trad: Harp is moving front and centre at festivals as numbers playing increase
Moving Hearts get back on the beat: The best trad gigs this week
The return of Traidphicnic and Andy Irvine’s trip to Cobh are among the other highlights
‘Nobody gets rich from folk music, which is a great leveller’
Doolin Folk Festival brings Persian, Irish, Swedish and American folk sounds together
Day of action highlights gender imbalance in Irish music business
‘You might go to festivals and see 70 per cent, 75 per cent or 80 per cent men on stage’
‘We’d be hypocritical standing in a church promising to raise our kids as Catholics’
While many non-believers still opt for a Catholic baptism to appease parents or secure school places, others choose a very different christening ceremony
Your guide to going out and staying in this week
They Called Her Vivaldi show comes to Peacock Theatre and RTÉ Contempo Quartet kicks off tour in Kilkenny
Gaeltacht artists: ‘It’s career suicide to move here'
It is a great challenge to get by as an artist in the Gaeltacht. So why is it that so many cannot bring themselves to leave?
Musician, mayor, TV producer, goldsmith: how they survived college
Four graduates reveal how they found third-level life
What’s on: something for the weekend
Dublin Chinese New Year Festival, GAA spring series and the Merriman Winter School in Limerick
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