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Tune up - Martin Hayes celebrates the cream of Irish musicianship

Kate Ellis on cello and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on fiddle and viola are just two of the musicians appearing at this year's Masters of Tradition in Bantry, Co. Cork.

Festivals • 18 Aug

Chicago Police Chief Francis O'Neill is the subject of the latest Lyric Feature

Lyric Feature: The Chicago Police Chief who collected trad tunes

Derry-born composer Seán Doherty is best known for his choral compositions, but in Sunday's Lyric Feature, 1001 Gems, he goes back to his roots in Irish traditional music.

The Lyric Feature • 05 May

Mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain (Pic: Miriam Kaczor)

Something for the Weekend: Gemma Ní Bhriain cultural picks

Dublin-born mezzo-soprano Gemma Ní Bhriain is busy performing both at home and across Europe...

Something For The Weekend • 30 Apr

Martin Hayes selects his fave trad tunes for The Rolling Wave

Fiddle player Martin Hayes grew up in Feakle in Co Clare in a house where music was cherished, respected and loved.

Music • 13 Feb

An interview with Martin Hayes: 30 years of questions in one hour

It is just over thirty years since I paused on my way out of J. McNeill's music shop on Capel Street in Dublin to look at the tapes for sale, writes Toner Quinn.

Music • 14 Oct 24

Other Voices: Lemoncello, Mohammad Syfkan , Martin Hayes & more

The final episode of Other Voices' second Anam - Songs for Hearts & Minds series features Dublin-based alt/folk duo Lemoncello and trad legend Martin Hayes...

other voices • 30 May 24

Daniel Craig leads an all-star cast in Glass Onion

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Culture 5 • 25 Nov 22

Watch: Other Voices: Dignity live from the U.S. Embassy Dublin

Music • 15 Sep 22

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill perform for a RTÉ Christmas concert in 2016

Dennis Cahill remembered - classic performances from the archives

In Memoriam • 26 Jun 22

Shared Notes: Martin Hayes on the joys of the session

Books • 08 Dec 21

Fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes talks to The Works Presents

the works presents • 21 Nov 21

Palme d'Or-winning body horror Titane screens at this year's French Film Festival

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Culture 5 • 12 Nov 21

Poet and essayist Doireann Ní Ghríofa features in the new series of The Works Presents

The Works Presents returns for a new series

the works presents • 04 Oct 21

Masters of Tradition - Martin Hayes on keeping trad music alive

Music • 29 Sep 21

Drawing from the Well - Aoife Ní Bhriain celebrates Tommie Potts

Music • 23 Jun 21

Martin Hayes performs live from the National Concert Hall stage with jazz pianist Cormac McCarthy and Brian Donnellan on bouzouki, harmonium and concertina

Martin Hayes on his culture recommendations

Martin Hayes is one of Ireland's best-loved musicians. He has enjoyed global success as a soloist, with Dennis Cahill, and as part of supergroup The Gloaming.

Martin Hayes • 08 Dec 20

Martin Hayes features in the Rolling Wave podcast

This week's featured podcast on The Rolling Wave is an interview recorded last summer with fiddle player Martin Hayes.

Music • 21 Jul 20

Do We Value Our Trad Musicians Enough? | The Rolling Wave Podcast

Aoife Nic Cormaic introduces some of the best interviews and features from the popular Irish traditional music show on RTÉ Radio 1.

Podcasts • 23 Mar 20

Rolling Wave live: Martin Hayes & Steve Cooney in conversation

In late 2019, Trad Ireland/Traid Éireann held a symposium in Dublin Castle with the aim of 'exploring opportunities in the traditional arts'. The Rolling Wave on RTÉ Radio 1 was invited to take part...

The Rolling Wave • 02 Mar 20

Listen: Maestro Martin Hayes boards the Mystery Train

Master of traditional music and Gloaming mainstay Martin Hayes joined John Kelly for a fascinating chat on the Mystery Train Sunday Service...

Mystery Train • 18 Feb 20

Watch: Martin Hayes & Cormac Begley at the Irish Folk Awards

Enjoy an incredible performance from this year's RTÉ Radio 1 Irish Folk Awards ceremony, as masters of folk Martin Hayes and Cormac Begley perform An Cat is a Máthair and McGrettrick's Reel live at Vicar Street.

RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards • 01 Nov 19

Lankum's Radie Peat features in Imagining Ireland

Listen: Imagining Ireland celebrates the Irish in England

Some of Ireland's finest musicians and writers took to the stage of the Barbican in London earlier this year, for a night celebrating and exploring the Irish experience in England.

Music • 01 Apr 19

Shelly McNamara, Ruth Negga, Martin Hayes, Minister Josepha Madigan and Yvonne Farrell at today's announcement.

Negga and Hayes among Cultural Ambassadors for Ireland

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan has announced the appointment of five new Cultural Ambassadors to 'assist in & enhance' the promotion of Ireland in the global arena under the Government's Global Ireland 2025 initiative.

Culture • 07 Jan 19

Martin Hayes is nominated for Best Folk Instrumentalist at this year's RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards

RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards: Best Folk Instrumentalist

Have a listen to the nominees for Best Folk Instrumentalist at this year's inaugural Folk Awards...

RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards • 18 Oct 18

Listen: Martin Hayes Quartet live at The National Concert Hall

The Martin Hayes Quartet performed at a sell-out concert in the National Concert Hall in Dublin last October. The concert was recorded for RTÉ Radio One and is featured on popular traditional and folk music showcase The Rolling Wave.

Music • 23 Jan 18