Damien O’Kane – Areas of High Traffic (Pure Records, 2015) Often the first impressions that come to mind when handed a Celtic CD are of…
Lustrous and Fresh Areas of High Traffic
Tag: Irish folk music
The Best Ballads of The High Kings
Decade – The Best of The High Kings (Celtic Collections, 2017) The High Kings, a well-liked Irish band that specializes in folk ballads released “Decade”…
Artist Profiles: Mel Mercier
Mel Mercier is a lecturer in Music at UCC where he specializes in Irish Traditional Music, Ethnomusicology, Javanese Gamelan, Indian Classical Music and Ewe Dance…
Artist Profiles: Melanie O’Reilly
One of the most sensational musical pioneers to explode on the Irish scene, Melanie O’Reilly is now firmly established in the pantheon of creative Irish…
Artist Profiles: Micheal Ó Domhnaill
Micheal Ó Domhnaill was born and raised in Kells, County Meath, Ireland. Mícheál and his sisters, Triona and Maighread grew up in Kells, spending their…
Artist Profiles: Mirella Murray
Mirella Murray (accordion) grew up in Claddaghduff, Ireland. Her father John Joe, is a leading sean nos dancer,from Inishark Island, Ireland, and has a deeply-rooted…
Artist Profiles: Moving Cloud
Moving Cloud was based mainly in Ennis, County Clare. This quintet was one of the finest traditional bands playing for dancing in Ireland in the…
Artist Profiles: Arty McGlynn
Arty McGlynn, born in Omagh, County Tyrone, was one of the leading guitar players in Ireland. He started playing guitar at the age of eleven,…
Artist Profiles: Nollaig Casey
Nollaig Casey has a great international reputation as an exponent of Irish traditional music on the fiddle. She is a winner of several All-Ireland titles…
Artist Profiles: Robbie O’Connell
Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Robbie O’Connell brings an inspired vision and new voice of Ireland to American audiences. Robbie O’Connell was born in Waterford, Ireland and…