martin hayes

We talk to Irish fiddle player Martin Hayes at Celtic Connections, the day after The Martin Hayes Quartet delivered an outstanding, hugely energetic performance, about how he got from Clare to here.

The Blue Room is Martin Hayes’ first new project since the remarkable success of The Gloaming featuring Dennis Cahill, Doug Wieselman and Liz Knowles. Watch an excerpt of them performing along with an interview with the Quartet about the recording process.

We have a pair of guest-list places to giveaway for The Gloaming ‘Sold Out’ show at Union Chapel this Friday 26th February, the same day on which their new album “2” is released on Real World records.

In 2, The Gloaming meet and exceed the expectations encouraged by their debut. It’s another enthralling, captivating interpretation of Irish tradition. For some reason it’s all rather emotional – that emotion tends to be joy, frequently mixed with wonder.

The Gloaming announce new album ‘2’, to be released on February 26…enhancing traditional Irish music’s rich, melancholic tones with modern hues of jazz, contemporary classical, and experimental music. Listen to Fáinleog (Wanderer) here.

Irish music supergroup ‘The Gloaming’ announce new album and two live shows in London and Dublin for February 2016. Watch them performing Samhradh Samhradh live in Cork.

Watch the latest documentary from Myles O’Reilly in which he accompanies Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill​ on their tour of India. A tour that Martin has been particularly looking forward to as he confesses his 25 year love affair with Indian classical music. They are joined by Irish musician and composer Matthew Noone and the fusion of music that takes place is spectacular.

The Gloaming is a time between night and day a world between worlds, the music of this quintet occupies the spaces between the tradition and the modern, the mystery and the beauty.

The Gloaming features five well known virtuosic musicians: Iarla Ó Lionaird, Thomas Bartlett, Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Here’s a taster of their self titled debut album due out 20th Jan 2014.

Folk Radio UK and The Barbican are offering readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to see The Gloaming with Iarla Ó Lionaird, Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh this month!

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill recently stepped into the NPR offices to record a fantastic Tiny Desk Concert, watching Hayes and Cahill play is just poetry in motion, you just need to let yourself go!

The Gloaming features Iarla Ó Lionaird, Thomas Bartlett, Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Download their free EP ‘Live in Dublin’.