Sligo Live – setting your spirit free this Halloween
OK it’s a couple of days before Halloween but now that we’ve got your attention, let us tell you briefly about the upcoming Sligo Live festival, which takes place this October 24th-29th and features...
View ArticleChristmas Session a big hit with online viewers
A Christmas feast of reels and jigs enabled viewers in countries as far afield as the USA, Brazil, Russia, China and New Zealand to get together for a Christmas online session on LiveTrad.com. A...
View ArticleIs This Ireland’s Oldest Town?
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, scene of next LiveTrad.com webcast … photo © Andreas F Borchert The title of ‘Ireland’s Oldest Town’ has been the subject of many a good pub argument over the years....
View ArticleSt. Patrick – a big trad music fan
St. Patrick contemplates who the best early harp players were One of the biggest days on the LiveTrad calendar every year is March 17th, when we celebrate St. Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland. It’s...
View ArticleLiveTrad needs your vote!
LiveTrad crew with long-legged friend at the Puball Gaeilge at Electric Picnic last year Hi Folks! (leagan Gaeilge thíos in íochtar) An t-Oireachtas is looking for members of the public to vote for...
View ArticleA holiday in the West of Ireland
Winning photo of IrelandWestTrad photo competition – ‘The Gaelic Chieftain’ on the N4 outside of Boyle, Co. Roscommon – photo courtesy Val Robus Winning a holiday anywhere is great nowadays, but it’s...
View ArticleA Century of the Céilí with the Kilfenora
In their many incarnations, The Kilfenora Céilí Band have, for over a century, been entertaining audiences worldwide with their mix of music, song and dance – all with a focus on the Céilí, the...
View ArticleIrish Set Dancing as therapy for Parkinson’s disease sufferers
Feakle, Co Clare, IRELAND - An Italian Doctor’s chance discovery of the therapeutic effects of Irish Set Dancing in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease will be the subject of an international...
View ArticleYouTube to stream traditional Irish music webcasts
We can confirm that next Friday’s live webcast from Scoil Acla will stream live on YouTube as well as on LiveTrad.com. This is the first time we will ever have streamed one of our concerts or pub...
View ArticleFarewell to Frankie – Altan play final gig on LiveTrad.com
Frankie Kennedy – founding member of ALTAN ALTAN, one of the foremost Irish groups to come from these shores over the last quarter of a century will bring the curtain down on the final Frankie...
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