Altan fiddler and whistle player Ciarán Tourish is from Buncrana, in east Donegal, also the home of Dinny McLaughlin, and so, though he started on…
Artist Profiles: Ciarán Tourish
Tag: Irish folk music
Artist Profiles: Clannad
Clannad, who hail from Co. Donegal in the North West of Ireland, take their name from the Gaelic word for ‘family’, which is most appropriate…
Artist Profiles: Breda Smyth
Breda Smyth is a multifaceted woman: musician, TV presenter, doctor and mother. Already with one solo album under her belt, her debut album Basil &…
Artist Profiles: Beginish
Beginish was a traditional Irish music band that attracted a lot of attention in the late 1990s. Band members included: Paul McGrattan, from Dublin’s north…
Artist Profiles: Aoife Clancy
Aoife Clancy had little idea of the extent other father and uncles’ international stardom as The Clancy Brothers while she was growing up in the…
Artist Profiles: Andy Irvine
Andy Irvine is one of the great Irish singers, his voice one of a handful of truly great ones that gets to the very soul…
Artist Profiles: Eamonn Coyne
Éamonn Coyne, who now lives in Edinburgh is originally from Dublin (Ireland). He learned his playing from a variety of sources and is a member…
Artist Profiles: Celtic Fiddle Festival
Celtic Fiddle Festival was initially Kevin Burke, Johnny Cunningham, Christian LeMaître, and Soig Siberil, representing Ireland, Scotland and Brittany. Burke, Cunningham and LeMaître were three…
Sharon Shannon’s Globetrotting Songs
Sharon Shannon – Sacred Earth (Celtic Collections, 2017) Irish accordionist is a masterful musician who is comfortable playing traditional music as well as exploring the…
Artist Profiles: The Breath
The Breath is a Manchester-based innovative folk band inspired by Celtic music, rock, ambient electronic, and other influences. The group is led by vocalist, lyricist…