A collection of links to bands and musicians. I know there are millions more out there and I have probably missed out one or two obvious ones. These are all sites of (in my opinion) great bands and musicians. They appear here in alphabetical order.
Altan
One of the best Irish bands today.
Ash Plant
A Danish/Irish group of very high standard
At First Light
Exciting new Irish Band
At The Racket
Great "old style" band
Christy Barry
Flute player from Doolin
BoneZone
Excellent Scottish/Danish/(Irish) band
Cormac Breatnach
Whistle player now living in Co. Wicklow. You don't hear it much better!
Maire Breatnach
Great Irish fiddle player. No relation of Cormac's.
Ronan Browne
Excellent uilleann piper
Joe Burke
Accordion master Joe Burke
Liz Carroll
Wonderful fiddle player from Chicago
Éamonn Coyne
One of the finest banjo players
Danú
Powerful band. Trad. music as I like it!
Dervish
The world famous band from Sligo
Tim Edey
Magnificent box and guitar playing
Flax in Bloom
Trad Irish Music from Denmark
Four Men and a Dog
The official 4MAAD Website
Ditte Fromseier Mortensen
Danish fiddler with an Irish twang
Fromseier Rose
Brilliant piano/fiddle duo
Frankie Gavin
(Un)official Frankie Gavin Site
Gráda
Great band - great music
Rachel Hair
Brilliant young harpist from Scotland
Noel Hill
Concertina Player Noel Hill
Andy Irvine
Needs no introduction
Kane Sisters
Fiddle players Liz & Yvonne
Paddy Keenan
One of the best, if not the best uilleann piper today
James Kelly
Wonderful fiddle player
Kitty Lie Over
Mick O'Brien and
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
Lúnasa
Top class traditional band based in Galway
Sonnich Lydom
Danish box, harmonica and fiddle player
Dougie MacLean
Scottish singer/songwriter. His cd's are great, but catch him live if you can
John McSherry
Great uilleann piper and whistle player
Josephine Marsh
A fine box player from the West of Ireland
Matt Molloy
Needs no introduction
Christy Moore
Christy is God!
Mórga
Brilliant young band
Dave Munnelly
One of Ireland's finest box players
Nábac
Great young Galway based band
Gerry O'Connor
Fiddle player and maker
Fiontán Ó Meachair
Brilliant Mandoline music
Tommy O'Sullivan
Great singer and guitarist
Niamh Parsons
In my opinion the best female vocalist in Ireland
Tommy Peoples
Legendary fiddle player
Planxty
Needs no introduction
Providence
Great band, great musicians
Ailie Robertson
Talented and innovative Socttish harpist
Michael G. Rose
Piano player extraordinaire
Sharon Shannon
Ireland's best box player - simple as that!!
Cora Smyth
Fiddle and whistle in a class of their own
Téada
Great young Irish band. "Best Traditional Newcomers 2003" (Irish Music Magazine)
Trad Lads
Irish/ Danish band
ULC
Uhrbrand, Lydom, and Cahill play some great Danish folk music with a jazzy touch. Winner of the Danish Music Awards 2004 (Best Danish Folk Album)
Gavin Whelan
Dublin Whistle Player and Piper
Desi Wilkinson
Great Belfast flute (etc.) player
Updated: 8/1 2012
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