Banjo albums have been thin on the ground so far in 2015, with a few exceptions. The arrival of Paul Meehan's album 'The Lower Road' as well as a new release by Kenny Donagher and Kerrie Herrity called 'Box & Banjo' may just change that.
This is a rather impressive EP that has come to us this week from Low Lily. The trio of musicians previously went under the name Annalivia and their music is grounded in American folk with a range of other influences from Irish and Scottish traditional to Old Time Appalachian and bluegrass.
We generally get behind these campaigns and ask our many members to consider doing the same. We have covered Lorcán before on Tradconnect and this will be his much anticipated new album. On his Fund It page he provides some background.
Detailed below are the Top 10 traditional Irish albums for August 2015. Each month we feature the top 10 albums and write follow up articles and present sounds from all new releases. If you have a new album on release send us a copy to these contact details.
The Fleadh Cheoil concluded in Sligo this weekend with what by all accounts was another outstanding festival. Here is an unofficial list of the winners that we have gathered so far from various sources.