Little to no mention of Grammy nomination for Irish artist Elaine Kelly. Bad form...

What's peoples opinion of adults learning and getting into trad?

It seems most people learn the music as youngsters and carry it into adulthood as opposed to adults starting from scratch.

I play guitar (to a decent standard) and would love to be able to play in sessions- have a big interest in Banjo/ mandolin (have both instruments but never devoted enough time to them till now).

Sessions can look somewhat daunting- how long would it take someone to be able confidently join one?

Hello all,

So I don't hijack someone else's thread, I have a question for the hive mind that I'd like some feedback on.

How do you all feel about setting "levels" for sessions?

I've been wrestling a bit with this, lately. I live in an area where there many beginning trad players. There are a couple of intermediate-advanced players, and we've been kicking around the idea of starting a session that isn't necessarily an "advanced" session, but one where we can "let loose" with tempo, variations, etc. I certainly would not want beginners to feel unwelcome, or that they couldn't start a set, but how do we communicate (tactfully!) that tempos will be faster, some notes will be different than they're used to playing, and we probably won't be round-robin-ing, either.

Is there a diplomatic way of doing this, or is this not realistic in a beginner-heavy area?

I had this album on tape for years, it got lost and I got a vinyl copy recently. However, has anyone seen a CD or digital version of it on any platform?

If not the whole album, I'm particularly looking for version of Deus Meus.

If not, I will just have to rip a version from my LP, but that isn't necessarily ideal for obvious reasons.

Thanks is anticipation.

I'm a self taught tenor player, never played sessions before and rarely with other people. What do I do?

I'm more of a bluegrass player and I understand the session structure there. Everyone has their solo, and everyone's solos are backed with simple chords (incase of the banjo). But Irish music seems to work differently. Everyone plays together, so is everyone consequently backing each other?

What do I have to know before I start looking to attend sessions in terms of theory? And in general? I hear modes being mentioned often E Dorian etc.

Hey everyone, I’m a guitar player from America that has gotten the opportunity to study in Ireland next year for the full year. I’ve been to Ireland a couple times before and loved going to the informal trad music sessions in small pubs. Is there a place for a guitar player in these sessions? Does it depend on the group? What exactly is the role of guitar in trad music, if it has one?

As the title, some more information. Was a mix off version artists and songs. 2 CD album. I remember 3 songs, Dúlamán performed by Donal Lunny, Coolfin and friends and An Dreoilín by Sean Monaghan. The last is “Bean and Ti” song by a woman but no idea who.

Anyone able to help please and thanks

Hi, guitar player here in a band that's trying to get a few shows put together in Dublin and the neighboring counties in the coming months. Been asking around different venues and promoters in the hopes of putting together some bookings but either they don't respond to the inquiries, or they can maybe get us one gig every 2 months... It seems a lot of events that take place in the venues we're looking at are arranged by the same few promoters over and over again, but what is one to do if the venues nor promoters respond to your emails or aren't getting you consistent bookings??

We've done a few shows and are building up a small following. We're by no means a "big" band but it seems that very few live venues are willing to even consider newer, smaller bands.

I just got my first Irish flute and am naturally using a piper grip since I’ve owned a low whistle for years. I curious how common using the pipers grip on an Irish flute. Curious if it’s bad practice and limiting, or if it’s very common amongst experienced players.

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I've played this in a session before, but I cannot place the name of this tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RulAK-gjiLA

Please help 🙏!

Reels (113) by Sean Softley

https://open.spotify.com/track/2vRpevytjBvCmpFYcMyzOg?si=Th3tpFmYRiGgnw6MglmlEQ

Any really good gigs at Tradfest that anyone’s been to? Have been blown away by Pavee Club

Come enjoy Irish music and culture at this volunteer run festival in Dallas Fair Park!

In this recording of Joe Heaney and his student, https://www.joeheaney.org/en/emigration-and-american-wakes/, at around 26:41 they talk about Celtic Thunder (the 1977 group) performing a song called A Stor Mo Chroi. Any chance there exists a recording of this song from them?

An bhfuil fhios agaibh cé a scríobh Rí na Síoga? Do bhí sé ar intinn agam gur scríobh Turlough Ó Carolan é, ach measaim go bhfuil sin mícheart anois. 'Bhfuil fhios ag éinne?