1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (474+ words) DONEGAL is no stranger to a bit of wind, but this September, it will be of the symphonic variety as the Irish Symphonic Wind Orchestra makes its first ever visit to the county. More than 80 musicians from across Ireland will…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1616+ words) There are few better ways to experience Belfast than finding a corner in a great pub, ordering your drink of choice and hearing the first notes of a fiddle, flute or bodhrán strike up. Traditional Irish music remains a living…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (129+ words) Traditional folk music from Finland. The acclaimed folk group Värttinä are in Dublin as guests of the Irish Finnish Society and as a contribution from Finland to Dublin as European City of Culture. The ten piece ensemble Värttinä perform Marilaulu,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (309+ words) Tributes are pouring in this morning for Paddy Keenan, following the sad news of the renowned uilleann piper's death yesterday, aged 76. In a tribute shared online, the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) have described him as "one of the most…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (251+ words) Traditional musician, sean-nós singer, broadcaster and podcaster Doireann Ní Ghlacáin announces her debut solo album, An Tairseach: The Threshold, due for release 15th January 2027, and shares its first single, the raucous traditional song Madam I’m a Darlin’, alongside a new music…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (182+ words) OYLEGATE, the fifth solo album from Paddy Hanna, was released in 2024 on Strange Brew (Roisin Dubh) and featured in many Irish end-of-year lists. The album, marked by a graceful pop sensibility, is a journey through the euphoric highs and crushing…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (225+ words) She also shared the new single ‘Madam I’m A Darlin’’. Traditional musician, sean-nós singer, broadcaster and podcaster Doireann Ní Ghlacáin has announced her debut solo album, An Tairseach: The Threshold, due out on January 15, 2027. The album release will be accompanied…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (16+ words) Music legend announces Irish gig THIS YEAR to ‘celebrate’ 25yrs of iconic album The Irish Sun...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (607+ words) To strip a person of their language is to strip them of their identity, a tactic that has been key to the handbook of colonialism for centuries, and it has been responsible for the erosion, loss, and stigmatisation of countless…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (386+ words) Canberra Daily World-class Irish dance and music comes to Canberra Direct from Off-Broadway and London’s West End, the internationally acclaimed A Taste of Ireland Company brings its flagship show, A Taste of Ireland: The Irish Music & Dance Sensation, to Canberra…...