- 27/09/2026Nothing in music sounds quite like the uilleann pipes. Not Scottish bagpipes — which are louder, brasher and designed for…
- 24/09/2026You’re sitting in a pub listening to a session and someone says “nice set of reels.” You nod and smile,…
- 16/09/2026What is a Trad Session? A trad session is an informal gathering of musicians who come together to play Irish…
- 15/09/2026The tin whistle is where most people’s relationship with Irish traditional music begins. It’s the instrument Irish schoolchildren learn in…
- 01/09/2026No other group has done more to bring Irish traditional music to an international audience than The Chieftains. Over a…
- 28/08/2026Set Dancing & Céilí: The Dance Tradition Irish traditional music is dance music. That’s not a metaphor — it’s a…
- 19/08/2026Sean-nós means “in the old style.” It’s the traditional unaccompanied singing of Ireland — performed solo, almost always in Irish,…
- 11/08/2026Regional Styles of Irish Traditional Music Ireland is a small island — you can drive from coast to coast in…
- 10/08/2026The Irish pub is not a venue for traditional music in the way a concert hall is a venue for…
- 02/08/2026If you’ve ever listened to an Irish fiddle player and thought “how do they make the melody sound so alive?”…
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