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Bernadette Morris - life informs art for northern songstress

Having travelled the world since releasing her debut album All the Ways You Wander, including tours in Australia and the US, Bernadette Morris returned to the studio, this time recording an EP of her own original material.

Music • 06 Feb 18

Donal Lunny drives Coda's Train Of Spirits

Train of Spirits has just pulled into the station. Coda's long awaited second album has just been released - the album was produced by the legendary Dónal Lunny and recorded in Clew Bay Recording Studios, Westport.

Music • 29 Jan 18

Joanna Hyde and Tadhg Ó Meachair have just released their debut album, One For the Foxes

If you only buy one trad music album this Christmas...

Via TradConnect: If you are looking for some of the best traditional music from 2017, then this release might do the job nicely.

Music • 22 Dec 17

Ye Vagabonds rule - watch the new video from the trad contenders

Ahead of their highly anticipated debut album, brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn, who form Ye Vagabonds, have released the second single from the album, entitled Half Blind.

Music • 10 Oct 17

The Canadian fiddle sensation inspired by the Irish trad masters

Trad Matters: Legendary Irish fiddlers like Tommy Peoples, Martin Hayes, John Carty and Matt Cranitch continue to inspire emerging artists at home and abroad, and multi-award winning Canadian fiddler Kiérah Raymond is no exception.

Music • 19 Sep 17

Trad Matters: 5th generation piper Kevin Rowsome is The Very Man

Dublin-born uilleann piper Kevin Rowsome has put over five years of research into ancient traditional Irish music for his new album 'Cuisle Cheol na bPíob'.

Culture • 13 Oct 16