The chance to prove that it’s never too late to learn an instrument or how to play traditional Irish music is being offered ...

ExCo There are no twee costumes or backing tracks here. Instead you get incredibly talented musicians and dancers who simply ...

It’s ironic that every student in Ireland is schooled in the poetry of Seamus Heaney and Eavan Boland, yet opportunities to mine the “profound artistry” of Irish traditional music are few and far ...

Hayes can still hear differences in the tradition in various parts of Ireland but an increased homogeneity is the inevitable ...

Common Ground on the Hill presents a free, fun, community music get together on the First Wednesday of the month, except ...

Clare is rich in traditional music, and you’ll never be short of a session if you know where to go, writes Deanna O’Connor. Maura O’Connell, Martin Hayes, Willie Clancy, the Kilfenora Céilí Band—even ...

Including releases by Maighread and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor, and Tara Breen ...

The family of murdered teacher Ashling Murphy have said that they start every new year following her death four years ago, ...

It has included a prominent appearance in Danny Boyle’s blockbuster 28 Years Later, reaching the semi-final of Britain’s Got Talent, travelling to India to perform in British ...

An extra weekly freebie treat is its 'Sunday By The Fire' sessions which next will see experimental folk musician J asmine Padgett entertain customers this January 11; followed by fiddler and singer ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely ...