Michael Coleman

News

'We have lost the most loved musician' – Remembering...

Renowned accordion player died on 20 February aged 81. The...

Feb 23, 2021

News

Previously Unheard Michael Coleman Tracks to Be Made Public This...

The recordings were made in the home of fiddle-player Lad O...

Feb 4, 2021

Opinion

Is It Time to Separate Irish Traditional Music from Irishness?

‘Trad Nation’, a new book by fiddle-player and scholar Tes...

Nov 26, 2020

News

RIP Fiddle-player Ben Lennon

Influential Leitrim musician passes away.

Mar 30, 2020

Reviews

From Broken Dream to Musical Healing

Adrian Scahill reviews 'Aisling Ghéar', a stark...

Mar 22, 2018

Reviews

The Master's Return

Frankie Gavin and Malachy Bourke's fiddle tribute to...

Oct 14, 2015

Opinion

The Manufacture of Irish Traditional Music

Is Irish traditional music a newly constructed music – ...

Jun 15, 2015

Radar

Michael Coleman's Fiddle at the Cobblestone

Feb 22, 2013

News

The Otherworld: Music & Song from Irish Tradition

The Otherworld: Music and Song from Irish Tradition is a...

Dec 12, 2012

Opinion

Let Go of the Language of the Past

The language we use around traditional music isn’t about...

Dec 1, 2009

Opinion

The Thing Itself

How do we recognise the real thing in traditional music?

Jan 1, 2009

Opinion

Southside Sessions

A review of the inaugural TRADITION:DL, the Dún Laoghaire...

Sep 1, 2007

Reviews

Live Reviews: Temple Bar Trad 2006, Festival Concerts – Saturday...

Various venues, Temple Bar, Dublin / 26-29 January 2006

Mar 1, 2006

Opinion

Jazz Musicians are from Mars, Traditional Musicians are from...

Throughout the world – from Brazil to Scandinavia – jazz...

Mar 1, 2005