folk

Oisin Mod: "I like knowing you can have a song that's just how you are - you don't always have to try and dress things up too much."
  • Music
  • 29 Aug 22

Oisin Mod: "I like knowing you can have a song that's just how you are - you don't always have to try and dress things up too much."

Joni Mitchell awarded honorary degree from Berklee College of Music
  • Music
  • 25 Aug 22

Joni Mitchell awarded honorary degree from Berklee College of Music

Ambient musician Myles O'Reilly announces Whelan's show
  • Culture
  • 24 Aug 22

Ambient musician Myles O'Reilly announces Whelan's show

The Mary Wallopers share new single 'Frost Is All Over' and announce major tour – including National Stadium headliner
  • Music
  • 23 Aug 22

The Mary Wallopers share new single 'Frost Is All Over' and announce major tour – including National Stadium headliner

Album Review: Markéta Irglová, <i>LILA</i>
  • Opinion
  • 19 Aug 22

Album Review: Markéta Irglová, LILA

Clare Island launches new folk music festival this September
  • Culture
  • 18 Aug 22

Clare Island launches new folk music festival this September

Anna Mullarkey: "Declan O’Rourke, Lisa Hannigan and Máirtín O'Connor are huge influences. I learnt a large part of the trade through Daithí"
  • Culture
  • 18 Aug 22

Anna Mullarkey: "Declan O’Rourke, Lisa Hannigan and Máirtín O'Connor are huge influences. I learnt a large part of the trade through Daithí"

Kilkenny folk/trad festival Keep Her Lit shares timetable of events
  • Culture
  • 12 Aug 22

Kilkenny folk/trad festival Keep Her Lit shares timetable of events

Marcus Mumford reveals childhood sexual abuse: "I hadn’t told anyone for 30 years"
  • Music
  • 12 Aug 22

Marcus Mumford reveals childhood sexual abuse: "I hadn’t told anyone for 30 years"

Every Breaking Wave: Folk, Nu-Folk, Anti-Folk and more - "Enya took the template to another level entirely"
  • Music
  • 05 Aug 22

Every Breaking Wave: Folk, Nu-Folk, Anti-Folk and more - "Enya took the template to another level entirely"

Joni Mitchell surprised Newport Folk Festival with first full live show since 2002
  • Culture
  • 27 Jul 22

Joni Mitchell surprised Newport Folk Festival with first full live show since 2002

Susan O'Neill announces Whelan's show to support new EP
  • Music
  • 27 Jul 22

Susan O'Neill announces Whelan's show to support new EP

CV Lunny performance of <i>Currents</i>, filmed at Poulaphouca Dam, to premiere on Hot Press YouTube
  • Culture
  • 20 Jul 22

CV Lunny performance of Currents, filmed at Poulaphouca Dam, to premiere on Hot Press YouTube

Live Report: Orla Gartland caps off her Irish tour at The Academy, Dublin
  • Music
  • 18 Jul 22

Live Report: Orla Gartland caps off her Irish tour at The Academy, Dublin

A&R Department: 49th & Main, Loshh Aje, a boy in cords, Love Command 0 and more
  • Opinion
  • 14 Jul 22

A&R Department: 49th & Main, Loshh Aje, a boy in cords, Love Command 0 and more

Album Review: Tom Barry, <i>Lighthouse</i>
  • Music
  • 13 Jul 22

Album Review: Tom Barry, Lighthouse

Bob Dylan announces fall UK tour dates
  • Music
  • 13 Jul 22

Bob Dylan announces fall UK tour dates

Live Report: Orla Gartland Leaves Her Whelan's Crowd Breathless
  • Music
  • 12 Jul 22

Live Report: Orla Gartland Leaves Her Whelan's Crowd Breathless

Andy Irvine's guitar-bouzouki and mandola have gone missing after flying from Dublin Airport
  • Music
  • 11 Jul 22

Andy Irvine's guitar-bouzouki and mandola have gone missing after flying from Dublin Airport

Bob Dylan re-recording of 'Blowin' In The Wind' sells for €1.7m
  • Culture
  • 08 Jul 22

Bob Dylan re-recording of 'Blowin' In The Wind' sells for €1.7m

Niamh Regan returns home to perform at Galway International Arts Festival
  • Culture
  • 07 Jul 22

Niamh Regan returns home to perform at Galway International Arts Festival

PREMIERE: Kildare artist Ross. A drops candid video for 'Flowing to You, Flowing Through'
  • Culture
  • 06 Jul 22

PREMIERE: Kildare artist Ross. A drops candid video for 'Flowing to You, Flowing Through'

Album Review: Regina Spektor, <i>Home, Before and After</i>
  • Opinion
  • 28 Jun 22

Album Review: Regina Spektor, Home, Before and After

Album Review: James Vincent McMorrow, <i>The Less I Knew</i>
  • Opinion
  • 24 Jun 22

Album Review: James Vincent McMorrow, The Less I Knew

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