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Debut album is a highly cohesive body of work that reveals itself gradually through a series of original songs
This is an organic, deeply thoughtful collection infused with a curiosity and an appetite for exploration
Journalist Siobhan Long faced a stressful period in 2007 when Lynn, then a solicitor amassing a sizeable property portfolio, briefly ran out of finance trying to buy her home
The revolutionary group, reunited for the making of a documentary, now plan to perform a series of shows in Belfast and Dublin
The Journal of Music’s editor has turned a selection of his writing over the past 23 years into the formidable What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music
Karen, Lorna and Joleen McLaughlin do not cleave to any narrow definitions of folk or tradition
As he prepares for his 80th-birthday concert at Tradfest, the English folk singer-songwriter takes stock of his life and of five decades in music
Singer and box player Séamus Begley's sudden death this year left a void in traditional music. A new RTÉ documentary celebrates a formidable musician and farmer
An eclectic array of accompanists includes guitar god Steve Vai, who was inspired by Ní Uallacháin’s music almost 30 years ago
The 4 Men & a Dog bodhrán player releases his first solo album at 65, a product of picaresque encounters with artists like The Band, John Prine and Iris DeMent
Drawing deeply from the well in this new collection, the duo make some stellar tune choices, and contribute no fewer than six of their own compositions
Master luthier Jim McKillop has crafted one final instrument for musician Zoë Conway, a process preserved in the new film From a Forest to a Fiddle
The nocturnal, muzzy soundscape builds on what John Francis Flynn conjured on his solo debut and speaks the same language as both of Lankum’s most recent albums
The Patrick O’Keeffe Festival, in Co Kerry this October bank holiday weekend, continues to mine the riches of a regional music style that’s now thriving
The common ground here is a desire to take carefully selected traditional tunes somewhere new