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An Irish "trad session" in Hamburg, Germany. Irish traditional music sessions are mostly informal gatherings at which people play Irish traditional music. [1] The Irish language word for "session" is seisiún. This article discusses tune-playing, although "session" can also refer to a singing session or a mixed session (tunes and songs).
Ian Lynch hosts and produces a monthly podcast, Fire Draw Near, which "investigates Irish traditional music and song in all of its myriad forms". A companion compilation album, featuring his discoveries, was released in 2021 on Rough Trade Recordings. [17]
The Holy Cross Accordion Band Attical at the Fleadh Cheoil in 2014. The Fleadh Cheoil (Irish pronunciation: [ˌfʲlʲaː ˈçoːlʲ]), or "music festival" in English, is an annual Irish arts festival and competition run by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (Irish pronunciation: [ˈkoːl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ ˈcoːl̪ˠt̪ˠoːɾʲiː ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]), or CCÉ, a non-profit organisation which aims to ...
A traditional music session, known in some circles in Irish as a seisiún, a word invented in the 1990s. An Irish bouzouki Irish traditional music includes many kinds of songs, including drinking songs, ballads and laments , sung unaccompanied or with accompaniment by a variety of instruments.
The Chieftains are a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous with traditional Irish music. They are regarded as having helped popularise Irish music around the world. [1]
Irish music enthusiasts gather at a pub to play music and drink beer. A pub session (seisiún in Irish; seisean in Scottish Gaelic; seshoon in Manx Gaelic) is performing music in the setting of a local pub, in which the music-making is intermingled with the consumption of ale, stout, and beer and conversation. [1]
Irish dance music is isometric and is built around patterns of bar-long melodic phrases akin to call and response.A common pattern is A Phrase, B Phrase, A Phrase, Partial Resolution, A Phrase, B Phrase, A Phrase, Final Resolution, though this is not universal; mazurkas, for example, tend to feature a C Phrase instead of a repeated A Phrase before the Partial and Final Resolutions, for example.
Shaskeen are a musical group based in Ireland, who perform Irish traditional music. They formed in London in May 1970 and are still performing and recording as of 2024. The band currently consists of Eamonn Cotter (flute, tin whistle), Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Geraldine Cotter (tin whistle, piano), Patsy McDonagh (accordion), Katie Theasby (singer, flute), Dave Sanders (fiddle), Mary ...