Punch Brothers: All Ashore review – a thrilling marriage of head and heart

Master and patron: traditional music loses two pivotal figures

Liam O’Flynn and Garech de Brún enriched and strengthened our musical tradition

National Concert Hall needs to go beyond classical music

‘The building looks imposing, officious. Getting people in the door is a big thing’

A mandolin for all seasons – An Irishman’s Diary about Chris Thile

Chris Thile: ‘Tony Furtado told me to listen to Planxty, and my mind was blown’

‘For all of my omnivorousness as a musician, I come from the British Isles fiddle tune tradition, and from Irish music in particular’

Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau album review: A meeting of masterly minds

Sarah Jarosz: ‘I was the only 11-year-old going to the bluegrass jam with my mom’

At just 25, the singer already has Grammy nominations and praise from the likes of Elton John powering her career

Clare Memory Orchestra: A marriage of classical and trad loses the sheet music

Dave Flynn has found an innovative way to blend his two musical loves

JigJam: Oh Boy! | Album Review

Chris Thile on being bold and audacious

The virtuoso mandolin player says he wouldn’t be caught dead copying past masters – and that the only genre that matters is ‘great music’

Is jazz dead? It smells just fine to Brad Mehldau

The pianist doesn’t believe in fidelity to an ensemble or genre, having been influenced by classical, pop and rock, but jazz is the default lens through which he views his art

Bach: Sonatas and Partitas Vol 1