Traditional Irish music on the web. At MadForTrad.com (or Irish Music .com) we have Irish Music CDs, Irish music tutorials, news from the Irish traditional Music scene , Irish tunes, folk festival and session listings and much, much more.

Learn an instrument today with our
Irish Music CD ROM Tutorials

“MadForTrad has pioneered a wonderfully effective and disarmingly simple way of learning Irish music. I would not hesitate to recommend the MadForTrad CD ROM and Internet curriculum.”
- Dr. Mick Moloney, NY University

Irish Music CD ROMs
for Primary Schools

MadForTrad.com are pleased to offer an exciting set of CD ROMs for primary school children, which supports the Primary Music Curriculum (1999). High quality video clips show performances and interviews from some of Irish Music's finest exponents.

“I think this sets a new standard for quality of service”
- Bob Jacob, Maryland, USA

“I love this site! I just purchased your Fiddle Tutorial and am having a whale of a time. Best innovation in a long time.”
- Peggy Niederer, Minnesota USA

“I just received the new Concertina CD-ROM tutorial put out by MadForTrad. I am very impressed. It has enough material to keep any serious player busy for some time.”
- Lon Mercier, Oregon USA

“Thank you for making your tutorials for Mac and QuickTime also. So many sites leave us poor Mac people out of the loop ”
- Brian Hanson, Florida USA

“I have been using the Whistle CD ROM for about 4 weeks. It's excellent!! It is a very solid product and I would highly recommend it.”
- Jim Frey, Wisconsin USA

“With some of the most highly respected performers and teachers in the world of traditional music, and extremely user-friendly, intelligently designed, interactive CD ROM Tutorials, MadForTrad offers the cutting-edge, website-supported, pedagogical tool for the transmission of tradition into the 21st century.”
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Mel Mercier

University College Cork

“I received a copy of your Bodhran tutorial CDROM over the weekend. It's wonderful, just what I've been looking for. The attention to detail is excellent. I'll be spending many happy hours pouring over the examples.”
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Martin Ditcham

Mary Black Band

and session percussionist with:

U2, Rolling Stones, Diana Ross

and Elton John

Our secure CD store contains hundreds of great value titles.

Included in our catalogue are many classic trad albums, all the latest releases and many hard-to-find recordings.

Recent additions to our shop include Fiddle Fair 2, a fantastic live album from The Baltimore Fiddle Festival, A Lovely Madness by the excellent new group Beoga, No Place Like Home, by banjo virtuoso Gerry O’Connor along with many more great new titles.

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“They give you the opportunity to literally hire one of the most prominent musicians on your favourite instrument as your private tutor. ”
- Folkworld Magazine, Germany

“MadForTrad have broken new ground with their new multimedia tutorial. Each stage is illustrated well with simple and easy to follow musical notation. An excellent idea and one that lets everyone proceed at his or her own pace.”
- Bodhránii.net

“The tutorials represent a great source of information, particularly since the teachers are such highly skilled and regarded players.”
- Philippe Varlet, Washington USA

“This tutorial presents a useful approach to learning Irish music on anglo concertina by an experienced, knowledgable teacher.”
- Concertina.net

‘Tune of The Week’ is the very popular jig, ‘The Rambling Pitchfork’. A tune which is a big favourite with pipers, it has been recorded and played by many over the years.
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