‘Whack fol lol le rah!’ Inside the roaring resurgence of Irish trad music
From Jack O’Connell’s viral rendition of ‘Rocky Road to Dublin’ in Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ to Irish band Kingfishr selling out a headline US tour, trad music is connecting with younger generations in a huge way. Roisin O’Connor speaks to veterans Máirtín O’Connor and Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, as well as relative newcomers like Kingfishr, Amble and David Keenan, to find out what’s behind it
