Fiddle-player Matt Cranitch and accordionist Jackie Daly have been jointly awarded November’s Cork Person of the Month Award.

So says Oisin McManus - a piano player with The Tumbling Paddies, which is a six-piece band from County Fermanagh that fuses Irish traditional music and pop music. The band formed nine years ago ...

In 1962, Moloney created a band to play traditional Irish music, and to celebrate and widen appreciation of Irish music. Thus was born The Chieftains. Six Grammy Awards later, and famous ...

Needless to say the ebb and flow of Irish music is reflected in the Companion. New genres are being created all the time, with bands and singers using traditional music as a foundation on which to add ...

That’s when the team of Irish musicians Sorcha Costello and Mary MacNamara will perform here, sponsored by the Bridger Folk ...

A live music event is raising funds for some plants for Amman Valley schools. An Irish band will perform Irish and Welsh folk music at Betws Rugby Club on Saturday, November 23. The night has been ...

“He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother” sang the Hollies in their 1969 golden oldie and the same could be said about Fintan Vallely’s recently updated version of The Companion to Irish ...