- 16/07/2026What is a Trad Session? A trad session is an informal gathering of musicians who come together to play Irish…
- 16/07/2026Nothing in music sounds quite like the uilleann pipes. Not Scottish bagpipes — which are louder, brasher and designed for…
- 16/07/2026You’re sitting in a pub listening to a session and someone says “nice set of reels.” You nod and smile,…
- 16/07/2026The tin whistle is where most people’s relationship with Irish traditional music begins. It’s the instrument Irish schoolchildren learn in…
- 16/07/2026The fiddle is the most widely played instrument in Irish traditional music. More people play it, more recordings feature it,…
- 16/07/2026No other group has done more to bring Irish traditional music to an international audience than The Chieftains. Over a…
- 16/07/2026The bodhrán is the most loved and most maligned instrument in Irish traditional music. Loved because, in the hands of…
- 16/07/2026You want to listen to Irish traditional music. You have three broad options: a dedicated trad radio station like Radio…
- 16/07/2026Set Dancing & Céilí: The Dance Tradition Irish traditional music is dance music. That’s not a metaphor — it’s a…
- 16/07/2026Sean-nós means “in the old style.” It’s the traditional unaccompanied singing of Ireland — performed solo, almost always in Irish,…
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