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Stiúideo Cuan’s 2026 national tour brought together two commissions by Colm Ó Foghlú and Aoife Ní Bhriain at the Whyte Recital Hall on 18 October. Adrian Scahill reviews.
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Barry Kerr has received three nominations, while Tommy Sands will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and Dolores Keane will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The awards take...
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Traditional singer Macdara Yeates has just released his second solo album, 'Mudlark Ballads', featuring songs drawn from Dublin's singing tradition, including two...
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Stiúideo Cuan’s 2026 national tour brought together two commissions by Colm Ó Foghlú and Aoife Ní Bhriain at the Whyte Recital Hall on 18 October. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Traditional singer Macdara Yeates has just released his second solo album, 'Mudlark Ballads', featuring songs drawn from Dublin's singing tradition, including two uncovered in the National Library of Ireland. Kara Shea O’Brien reviews.
Irish National Opera presented 'Testament' by Tarik O’Regan and Colm Tóibín at the Dublin Theatre Festival last week (8 October). Adrian Smith reviews.
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Uilleann piper and former RTÉ producer and presenter Peter Browne pays tribute to Paddy Keenan, the uilleann piper and former member of the Bothy Band, who died on 9 September 2026.
Fintan Vallely pays tribute to Eithne Vallely, fiddle player and teacher, who was involved in running the Armagh Pipers Club for almost sixty years and died on 21 August 2026.
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast on 2–9 August was a transformative event, writes Robert McMillen, filling the city with eight days of music and dance and offering a glimpse of a different future.
TG4 has just finished broadcasting 'Cara sa Cheol', a six-part series bringing together musicians from Irish and immigrant backgrounds. In this essay, James Camien McGuiggan considers the questions of Irishness, identity and belonging that the series opens up...
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New Ross Piano Festival celebrated 20 years on 23–27 September with a programme featuring Rebeca Omordia, Judy Carmichael, Fabrizio Chiovetta, Anna Fedorova, Markus Groh and...
Trá Pháidín launched their new album 'Cloch ‘s Claí' at Amharclann Chois Fharraige on Saturday 26 September. Toner Quinn reviews.
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Crash Ensemble's two most recent recordings focus on works by Irish composer Sam Perkin and Canadian Bekah Simms. Brendan Finan reviews 'Children in the Universe'...
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The fiddle-player Martin Hayes has recently published a memoir of his life in music, 'Shared Notes: A Musical Journey'. Toner Quinn reviews.
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