TG4 will air a special docu/concert of The Bothy Band, considered Ireland’s ‘forefathers’ of Irish traditional music, on Sunday, March 31. The program, which tells the story of one of Ireland’s ...

Word of the reunion of The Bothy Band spread like wildfire at the end of last year, after the group played together again almost a half-century after they blazed into traditional music and nearly 45 ...

ONE of the most influential Irish trads bands of all time is reforming to play their first Irish concert since 1979 at Belfast’s TradFest. The Bothy Band are set to return to the stage to play their ...

Veteran Irish trad act The Bothy Band have been forced to cancel their upcoming shows in the National Concert Hall in Dublin as founding member Dónal Lunny recovers from major surgery. The band were ...

Sligo Live Festival is proud to announce a very special festival headline concert featuring the incomparable Bothy Band on Saturday, October 26 in the Knocknarea Arena at 8.30 pm. The Bothy Band is ...

SHEFFIELD — Growing up in London, fiddle player Kevin Burke received the best education in Irish traditional music that anyone could ask for. When Burke came of age in the 1960s, the influx of Irish ...

Scheduled live reunion concerts of trad/folk outfit The Bothy Band, set for July and August at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, have been cancelled, according to an announcement from promoters on ...

Co-produced by Mícheál Ó Domhnaill & Dónal Lunny. The Bothy Band – an incendiary mix of driving folk-rock rhythms fused with complex contrapuntal layers of harmonic curiosity and robust melodic skill.

From his days with The Bothy Band, some thirty years ago now, to the present, Kevin Burke, who was born in London to Irish parents, has been one of the most widely admired fiddlers on the Irish ...

Journeys and relationships are at the core of Leonard Barry’s new album. Taking its inspiration from the sea and all things maritime, Littoral is a collection of tunes that resonates deeply with this ...

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THE Bothy Band are set to return to the stage to play their first Irish concert for 45 years at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall. The show on Sunday February 25 will be part of the city’s annual TradFest ...