Noel Hill has taken the humble concertina from the house dances of County Clare on the west coast of Ireland to stages throughout the world. The concertina, like Irish music itself, is currently ...

One of trad music's finest concertina players has resisted recording his music for 17 years. He talks to Brian O'Connell about his new album There has always been a certain resistance among sections ...

Hill’s music brought him back to life... “It is through the slow airs that you will hear all that pain and tragedy.” The image grabs you right at the start when a lone vehicle plows down a Connemara ...

Templar’s Hall in Old Poway Park will be the setting for a unique concert 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. Concertina player Noel Hill, of County Clare, Ireland, will be performing traditional Irish music, ...

Despite the inevitable deluge of slicked-up, overblown productions aimed at consumers of all things “Celtic,” excellent self-produced CDs by great Irish musicians continue to appear, as these two ...

Louise Mulcahy (uilleann pipes/flute), Noel Hill (concertina), Paddy Glackin (fiddle) and Stephen Rea (spoken word). This exciting combination of esteemed soloists and masters of their art, sees three ...