Calum Bell is a dynamic 24-year-old professional musician specializing in Irish traditional music. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, Calum excels on the flute, fiddle, bagpipes, and banjo, with a particular flair for flute playing that captivates audiences. From his early days performing with the Bell Family Band at the age of six to running Boston’s sought-after Irish music sessions, … [Read more...] about Calum Bell
2025
Peter Brice
Peter Brice sings old songs in a traditional style, and plays Irish traditional music on the button accordion. A native Annapolitan and an exponent of Baltimore, Maryland's Irish traditional music community, Peter's work blends singing and musicianship with musicology and history, humor, colorful design, and a vision for traditional culture as the foundation for an intellectual life. A lifelong … [Read more...] about Peter Brice
Darragh Carey-Kennedy
Darragh Carey-Kennedy is an Irish traditional banjo player from Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. He has toured worldwide with the band Fiárock in places such as Florida, Madrid, London and Toronto. He graduated with First-Class Honours in the BA Irish Music course at the Irish World Academy in the University of Limerick. Darragh has won numerous All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil titles in a range of different … [Read more...] about Darragh Carey-Kennedy
Anna Colliton
Anna Colliton’s distinctively buoyant and imaginative playing has made her one of the leading exponents of the bodhrán, the traditional Irish frame drum. Anna has appeared with Eileen Ivers, Cherish the Ladies, Comas and the Paul McKenna Band among others, worked as a sub with the original company of the Broadway hit “Come From Away,” and completed a three-year residency at Walt Disney World in … [Read more...] about Anna Colliton
John Coyne
John Coyne, a native of Limerick City has been based in Boston for the past 17 years. Prior to that he has lived in Rhode Island, Mississippi, Florida, Dublin and Pennsylvania. Throughout this time, he has played traditional Irish music primarily on bouzouki. Over the years he has forged a unique self-taught style of accompaniment that pairs melodic counter melody with a driving rhythmic backing … [Read more...] about John Coyne
Francis Cunningham
Francis Cunningham hails from Crusheen, Co. Clare. Described as one of the finest young exponents of the concertina with a strong emphasis on the Clare tradition. In 2019, he released an album with Carl Hession and Eimear Coughlan featuring 40 original compositions by Carl entitled ‘Úrnua’. A multi All-Ireland concertina winner, and sought-after tutor he has performed in Europe and the US and has … [Read more...] about Francis Cunningham
Liz Doherty
Liz Doherty is a musician, educator and entrepreneur from Buncrana, Co. Donegal. She is the Founder and Director of I Teach Trad, a new company devoted to developing and delivering training and professional development courses for teachers of Irish traditional music (iteachtrad.com). She has also created a unique method for helping all traditional musicians master the skills of music reading which … [Read more...] about Liz Doherty
Mickey Dunne
Mickey Dunne is a member of the Dunne Family, one of the great musical families of Ireland with a heritage stretching back many generations. They have entertained hundreds of thousands of Irish people at Fleadh Ceoils, Munster Finals, Galway Races, Fairs, etc., spanning a half century. The Dunnes played a major part in keeping alive Ireland's musical legacy, and all of them were master players … [Read more...] about Mickey Dunne
Danielle Enblom
Danielle Enblom is a dancer, fiddler, choreographer, and ethnochoreologist specializing in Irish (sean-nós and old-style step dance) and North American dance forms. She holds a research-based master’s degree in Ethnochoreology (dance anthropology) from Munster Technological University, Ireland, and a Diploma in Traditional Irish Music from University College Cork, Ireland. Growing up immersed in … [Read more...] about Danielle Enblom
Nicolle Fig
Nicolle Fig was born in Mexico City. Years later, she moved to Texas and then Ireland, where she developed a passion for Irish culture, its music, and its people. Nicolle specializes in bodhrán and traditional singing. Nicolle’s distinctive lyrical style of bodhrán playing has made her a highly sought-after musician and accompanist, both at home and abroad. She is also an in-demand teacher. Her … [Read more...] about Nicolle Fig