"Shining trad music in a pop light gives it a cooler look to younger people - and it's the younger people that are going to keep these things alive." So says Oisin McManus - a piano player with The ...

A Dungannon piper has said it is vital that "more and more young women" are taking an interest in traditional music. Twenty-four year-old Maeve O’Donnell started playing the tin whistle when she was ...

Irish traditional music is among the most popular World Music genres of our time. Performed by Irish and non-Irish musicians throughout the world and patronized by audiences in diverse social and ...