Sean-nós is Ireland’s oldest and most haunting vocal tradition — a solo singing style in the Irish language that predates every instrument, needs no backing, and moves people to silence wherever it is heard.
Every Irish trad session has unwritten rules that locals never explain to visitors. From the bodhrán to the floor, here’s what you need to know.
Discover how the banjo — born in West Africa, shaped in America — crossed the Atlantic to become one of the most beloved instruments in Irish traditional music.
In 1688, a young man of eighteen lay in bed, blind, his life…
If you’ve ever wandered into an Irish pub on a…
The same tune, played on the same instrument, can…
Every now and then in old Ireland, a musician would go missing…
Walk into an Irish trad session tonight and listen past…
Every August, something extraordinary happens in an ordinary…
