NEWS: 05 Dec 2008
Leading Irish traditional group Dervish are the hosts and stars of a special Christmas show on RTÉ Radio One.
NEWS: 14 Mar 2008
Dervish will give their new multimedia-enhanced live show its first airing in Dublin next month.
NEWS: 13 Feb 2008
Trad favourites Dervish will be making a Dublin appearance in April.
NEWS: 08 Jan 2008
Lunasa and Dervish are among the acts chosen to represent Ireland at the Conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters in New York.
INTERVIEW: 17 Dec 2007
With their Eurovision adventure as a focal point, it may have been a strange and unusual year for Dervish – but they've bounced back with a superb new album.
REVIEW: 30 Oct 2007
Far more than on any previous album, Cathy Jordan is at the forefront and she shreds the rulebook and pulls, from God knows where, the best vocal...
NEWS: 06 Jul 2007
One of the summer’s most eclectic line-ups is assembling in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim between August 3 and 5 for the Sliabh An Iarainn Music & Arts Festival.
NEWS: 13 Mar 2007
What does the patent lack of enthusiasm about the choice of Dervish as Ireland’s Eurovision song contest representatives tells us about our attitude...
FRONTLINES: 08 Dec 2006
The national broadcaster has been warned it is taking a gamble by picking a a trad act to represent Ireland in Helsinki.
NEWS: 06 Dec 2006
Why is the thought of a trad group representing Ireland in the Eurovision too much for the media to get its head around?
NEWS: 15 Nov 2006
Ireland’s entry for the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Helsinki in 2007, will be performed by the Co Sligo based traditional Irish band Dervish.
NEWS: 14 Nov 2006
Ireland’s entry for the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Helsinki in 2007, will be performed by the Co Sligo based traditional Irish band Dervish.
NEWS: 29 Sep 2004
Dervish, The Redneck Manifesto and Kila are among the artists lined up for Dundalk's inaugural festival
NEWS: 16 Jan 2004
Dervish are to follow in W.B. Yeats, Ray McSharry, Westlife and Mother Theresa of Calcutta's footsteps and receive Sligo's highest civic honour, the Freedom...
REVIEW: 16 Jul 2003
The opening track of Spirit – their first album of new material in nearly four years – reflects that nothing-to-prove status: no newfangled innovations,...
REVIEW: 13 Sep 2001
Dervish have been on the road for ten years now, and theirs is a joyful synthesis that has long since been amply demonstrated on live recordings like Live In...
REVIEW: 18 Aug 1999
Manic genius. Dervish have been anointed with such a spectrum of talent that they've never wanted for vision when it comes to broadening their repertoire.
REVIEW: 18 Aug 1999
Manic genius. Dervish have been anointed with such a spectrum of talent that they've never wanted for vision when it comes to broadening their repertoire.
REVIEW: 29 Mar 2001
Ten years together now and, while they never really tried to invent the traditional wheel, Sligo's Dervish have been nothing but exemplary ambassadors for...
REVIEW: 25 Aug 1993
Dervish are a good-time trad band, whose charismatic singer, Cathy Jordon, never fails to have a humorous quip ready between songs. Before a fairly packed...
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