Moze Jacobs chats to Seamus Poillot who runs Qualiphaunt, an initiative offering inexperienced players or musicians the opportunity to perform on stage at the renowned DeBarras Folk Club in Clonakilty There is something about DeBarra’s Folk Club in West Cork that stirs up echoes of a glorious rock music past. […]

One of Ireland’s favourite music festivals, The Baltimore Fiddle Fair takes place this year from May 8-11, with musicians from Quebec, Spain, Finland, Scotland, England, USA and from all over Ireland. The Baltimore Fiddle Fair is one of the most loved and respected festivals in the country, famous for its […]

Charlie Magill played a stadium for the first time in his life and musical career in Thomond Park, Limerick last summer. Over 25,000 people watched the band Esmeralda Road – of which he is the guitarist, lead singer, composer and lyricist – as simultaneously the band watched the audience. Like […]

Traditional Irish music is a bit of a miracle. In many other Western European countries, homegrown music with roots that go back centuries (or even millennia) might be played at rural festivals and during cultural celebrations: A reminder of times long gone and largely obsolete. Here in West Cork and […]

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