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Behind the music - Joanna Mattrey and Christine Tobin

BAN BAM's 2025 composers Joanna Mattrey and Christine Tobin will premiere their new works on 3 April at The Complex, as part of BAN BAM, with a further performance in Belfast later in the year. We asked Joanna and Christine the BIG questions . .

Behind the Music • 26 Mar

Behind the music - Paul Dunworth

Irish singer songwriter Paul Dunworth has released his new single, The Tenderloin, with his EP The House Of Donn to follow on Friday. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 04 Apr 24

Behind the Music - David Murphy

Session musician, producer and multi-instrumentalist David Murphy, who has played pedal steel guitar for acts such as The Delines, The Lost Brothers, John Blek, and Arborist, has released his debut single, Citi na gCumann. We asked him the BIG questions .

Behind the Music • 04 Feb 24

Mark Prendergast: "Recently I've started sleepwalking. I don't like sleepwalking."

Behind the music - Man Alive

Kodaline guitarist Mark Prendergast has released his debut EP with his new project Man Alive. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 21 Sep 23

Behind the music - The Spiritual Leaders

Cavan-based, indie electronic trio The Spiritual Leaders have released their new album, This Fictional Place. We asked frontman Fergus Brady the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 30 Mar 23

Martin Hayes to debut new band at NCH in 2020

Renowned fiddler Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble will play their debut concerts at the National Concert Hall next March.

Music • 13 Nov 19

President Higgins welcomes The Gloaming home

Trad fusion group The Gloaming have been welcomed home by President Michael D Higgins as they returned to the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Monday night.

Music • 05 Mar 19

The Gloaming: new album, new concerts, new video before the band takes a break next year

Watch: The Gloaming's new video for Meáchan Rudaí

Ahead of the release of their new album on Friday, we're hosting an exclusive look at the new video from The Gloaming.

Music • 21 Feb 19

Colm Tóibín hails release of new Gloaming album

Brooklyn author Colm Tóibín has hailed the return of trad supergroup The Gloaming with their third album, describing the band's music as "a rare and exhilarating kind of beauty".

Music • 15 Jan 19

The Gloaming are back for their only Irish performances next year, playing a seven-night residency at the National Concert Hall on March 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11

Chance to win pair of tickets to see The Gloaming!

We have a pair of tickets to giveaway to acclaimed trad group The Gloaming at the National Concert Hall before they go on sale.

Music • 18 Oct 18

The Glaoming: on your screens Easter Sunday night

The Gloaming NCH concert airs Easter Sunday on RTÉ One

Irish band The Gloaming were recorded at the National Concert Hall in Dublin on the final night of their recent residency and RTÉ will show the concert on Easter Sunday night.

Entertainment • 02 Apr 18

The Gloaming: new live album takes the tunes out of studio settings and expands them

The Gloaming to release live at NCH album

On the back of their only live appearances of 2018. - seven sold-out Dublin concerts in March - the Live at the NCH album will be issued by Real World records in March.

The Gloaming • 03 Feb 18

Long Time Gone -David Byrne: first solo LP in 14 years

The Gloaming's Bartlett teams up with David Byrne

Thomas Bartlett, a member of acclaimed Irish traditional group The Gloaming, is one of the guest stars on former Talking Heads' frontman David Byrne's first album in 14 years.

David Byrne • 09 Jan 18

Go behind the scenes with The Gloaming for new album

Acclaimed Irish trad group The Gloaming are about to release their new album and TEN has an exclusive behind the scenes look at the recording process.

Entertainment • 17 Feb 16

RTÉ TEN'S TV Highlights for Thursday February 4

John Kelly meets Iarla Ó Lionáird and a new teen drama series, EIPIC, begins on TG4.

Entertainment • 04 Feb 16

The second album from The Gloaming is released on Feb 26 2016

New album from The Gloaming due in 2016

Trad supergroup The Gloaming have announced plans to release a follow up album to their award winning self titled debut next year.

Entertainment • 11 Nov 15

The Gloaming: three of the band are involved in Yeats anniversary events taking place in Dublin in September.

Music and poetry event to celebrate WB Yeats 2015

The Gloaming's fiddle-player Martin Hayes and the band's singer Iarla Ó Lionáird will take part in a Yeats 150th anniversary event at Dublin’s National Concert Hall on Saturday, September 12.

Entertainment • 19 Aug 15

The group won the Best Traditional Track award for Samhradh Samhradh from their acclaimed, self-titled debut album

Gloaming among BBC Folk Awards winners

Irish trad supergroup The Gloaming were among the winners at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in Cardiff.

Entertainment • 25 Apr 15

The Gloaming - Debut album success continues

The Gloaming win Choice Music Prize

Trad supergroup The Gloaming have won the Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2014 for their acclaimed self-titled debut, with The Script winning the Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year for their hit Superheroes.

Entertainment • 06 Mar 15

The Gloaming to play WOMAD at end of July

In advance of their much-anticipated Kilkenny Arts Festival gig at St Canice’s Cathedral on August 13, Irish trad supergroup The Gloaming play the WOMAD festival in Wiltshire on July 27.

Entertainment • 24 Jul 14

The Gloaming - at St Canice's Cathedral, August 13

Martin Hayes blends the music at Kilkenny

In a packed Kilkenny Arts Festival programme, fiddle-player Martin Hayes’s cross-genre collaborations will attract particular interest.

Entertainment • 22 Jul 14

Hozier and The Gloaming on Other Voices tonight

Man of the moment Hozier and trad supergroup The Gloaming are among the acts to play on the first of the new series of acclaimed music show Other Voices on RTÉ Two tonight.

Entertainment • 30 Mar 14

Trad, country and rugby for Saturday Night Show

Trad supergroup The Gloaming, rugby stars the Wallace brothers, and fast-rising country crooner Derek Ryan are among the line-up on The Saturday Night Show this week.

Entertainment • 24 Jan 14

The Gloaming