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Album reviews

A Love Letter to Nature through Exquisite Folk Rock from Irish Vocalist Lisa Lambe

Angel Romero April 8, 2020 No Comments folk-rockIrish musicLisa Lambe

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…

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Transfixing Gaelic Songs from Scotland and the Northlands

Angel Romero April 4, 2020 No Comments Brian Ó hEadhraCeltic musicFiona MackenzieGaelicIrish musicScottish music

Brian Ó hEadhra & Fiona Mackenzie – Tuath – Songs of the Northlands (Naxos World Music, 2020) Tuath – Songs of the Northlands celebrates the…

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Clannad to Release In A Lifetime Anthology

World Music Central News Room March 22, 2020 No Comments Celtic musicClannadIrish music

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…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: JigJam

Angel Romero February 15, 2020 No Comments BluegrassIrelandIrish musicJigJam

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…

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Artist Profiles: The Gloaming

Angel Romero February 15, 2020 No Comments IrelandIrish musicThe 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…

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Irish harping Added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

World Music Central News Room December 13, 2019 No Comments Cormac de BarraharpIrish musicMoya Brennan

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…

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Artist Profiles: Enya

Angel Romero September 28, 2019 2 Comments Celtic musicEnyaIrish music

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).…

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Artist Profiles: Brian Dunning

Angel Romero September 15, 2019 No Comments Brian DunningfluteIrelandIrish musicNightnoise

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…

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Album reviews

New Fiddle Colors in Irish Traditional Music

Angel Romero August 30, 2019 No Comments Brooklyn RiderIrish musicMartin Hayes

Martin Hayes and Brooklyn Rider – The Butterfly (In A Circle Records, 2019) The Butterfly brings together five extraordinary masters of bowed instruments, Irish fiddler…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Sephira

Angel Romero September 8, 2018 No Comments IrelandIrish musicSephiraviolin

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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