How to dance the undanceable music of Tommy PottsFormer Riverdancer Colin Dunne takes on challenge of ‘The Liffey Banks’ albumMon May 15 2017 - 05:00
Alan Reid & Rachel Conlan - A Quare Yield review: slow and steadyALAN REID & RACHEL CONLAN A Quare Yield ***Independent releaseThu May 11 2017 - 15:44
Floriane Blancke - Kaleidoscope review: an aptly titled, ornately patterned collectionThu May 04 2017 - 15:44
Liam O’Connor’s exceptional solo album ‘The Loom’Five stars for an album that proves we are living in a golden age of traditional musicTue Apr 18 2017 - 06:44
Saileog NÍ Cheannabháin - Roithleán album review: Trad in a state of fluxSaileog NÍ Cheannabháin - Roithleán album review: Trad in a state of fluxThu Mar 02 2017 - 11:00
David Munnelly, Joseph McNulty, Shane McGowan - 3’oh album review: The Mayo-Sligo connectionDAVID MUNNELLY, JOSEPH McNULTY, SHANE McGOWAN3’oh ****Independent releaseThu Feb 23 2017 - 11:00
Chris Wood - So Much to Defend album review: Haunting folk for every persuasionCHRIS WOODSo Much to Defend *****Chris Wood MusicThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:00
Rose Elinor Dougall – Stellular review: fear and loathing with a pop sensibilityThu Jan 26 2017 - 11:00
Jig Jam - Hello World album review: To the Kentucky manner bornJIG JAMHello World ***Independent releaseThu Jan 12 2017 - 11:00
Éilís Kennedy: Westward review – a fresh-faced beautyÉilís KennedyWestward 4 starsIndependent ReleaseThu Dec 29 2016 - 11:00
The best of traditional music: 2016 TG4 Gradam Ceoil award winners announcedThis year’s recipients cast a light into traditional music’s beating heartWed Dec 14 2016 - 05:00
Kevin Burke & John Brennan - The Pound Ridge Sessions album review: Irish fiddle meets west coast guitarKEVIN BURKE AND JOHN BRENNANThe Pound Ridge Sessions ***Loftus MusicThu Dec 08 2016 - 11:00
Matt Molloy & John Carty - Out of the Ashes album review: tunes with verve and vitalityMATT MOLLOY & JOHN CARTY WITH ARTY McGLYNN, BRIAN McGRATH & NOEL O’GRADYOut of the Ashes ****Racket RecordsThu Nov 24 2016 - 11:00
The last man standing at the listening post for cultural globalisationMicheál Ó Suillleabháin recounts his journey from growing up in a house with no music to establishing the Irish World Academy of Music and DanceThu Nov 17 2016 - 05:00
John McSherry - The Seven Sons album review: A world humming with good vibrationsJOHN MCSHERRYThe Seven Sons ****Compass RecordsThu Nov 10 2016 - 11:00
Shirley Collins - Lodestar album review: epic tales of murder, unrequited love and cross- dressingThu Nov 03 2016 - 13:00
Planxty - Between the Jigs and the Reels album review: Four decades of bursting trad’s boundariesPLANXTYBetween the Jigs and the Reels ****Universal MusicTue Oct 25 2016 - 17:00
Lasairfhíona - One Penny Portion album review: Enriched by wistful vulnerabilityThu Oct 20 2016 - 11:00
Heidi Talbot - Here We Go 1, 2, 3 album review: genteel, with touches of magicWed Sept 21 2016 - 13:41
Traditional authenticism bound by music and running with timeIn ‘Edge of Light’, four top traditional artists perform along the rim of a fresh Irish dayWed Sept 14 2016 - 06:00
Éist Anois Agus Arís/Songs in Their Native Language album review: too much cut and hasteFri Aug 19 2016 - 10:32
Srutháin Cheoil album review: a vibrant coalition that lets the raw edges peep throughThu Aug 04 2016 - 11:00
Raw Bar Collective -Ag Fogairt An Lae album review: muscular music in full flowThu Jul 14 2016 - 11:37
New Road - Stone Walls & Street Lights album review: a glorious soundscape with wide horizonsThu Jul 07 2016 - 11:30
‘Uilleann pipes make a comprehensive argument for their own majesty’Donal Dineen explores the ‘staggering’ sound of the traditional instrument, with the help of rich visualsThu Jul 07 2016 - 06:00
