Lisa Lambe – Juniper (Blue Élan Records, 2020) Lisa Lambe, one of Ireland’s finest vocalists, a talented actress, songwriter, and former lead singer of the…
View More A Love Letter to Nature through Exquisite Folk Rock from Irish Vocalist Lisa LambeTag: Irish music
Transfixing Gaelic Songs from Scotland and the Northlands
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie – Tuath – Songs of the Northlands (Naxos World Music, 2020) Tuath – Songs of the Northlands celebrates the…
View More Transfixing Gaelic Songs from Scotland and the NorthlandsClannad to Release In A Lifetime Anthology
On April 3, 2020, BMG Records will release the album In A Lifetime, a career spanning anthology from one of the most successful Irish bands…
View More Clannad to Release In A Lifetime AnthologyArtist Profiles: JigJam
JigJam is an award-winning ensemble from Ireland. The quartet combines traditional Irish music with bluegrass and Americana. they call this genre iGrass. Multi-instrumentalists Jamie McKeogh…
View More Artist Profiles: JigJamArtist Profiles: The Gloaming
Dublin-based The Gloaming is a five-piece ensemble featuring some of the globe’s finest Celtic musicians, including singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, fiddle maestro Martin Hayes, hardanger…
View More Artist Profiles: The GloamingIrish harping Added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Irish harping has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The harp is Ireland’s national symbol and has been played…
View More Irish harping Added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityArtist Profiles: Enya
Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, better known as Enya, was born on May 17, 1961 in County Donegal, Ireland. She was brought up speaking Gaeilge (Irish).…
View More Artist Profiles: EnyaArtist Profiles: Brian Dunning
Brian Dunning was a professional flutist in Ireland, playing regular classical and jazz gigs, before arriving to the United States in 1977 to study at…
View More Artist Profiles: Brian DunningNew Fiddle Colors in Irish Traditional Music
Martin Hayes and Brooklyn Rider – The Butterfly (In A Circle Records, 2019) The Butterfly brings together five extraordinary masters of bowed instruments, Irish fiddler…
View More New Fiddle Colors in Irish Traditional MusicArtist Profiles: Sephira
Sephira is comprised of two classically trained Irish musicians who have forged their own musical niche combining classical music and Irish traditional music: Joyce O’Leary…
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