Since Planxty was probably my all time favorite band of the trad-folk revival many moons ago, it has been an unfulfilled dream to see them reunited and doing a U.S. tour. While the starting four of ...

Irish music giant Liam O'Flynn, who helped form influential folk band Planxty, has died aged 72. The uilleann piper, who collaborated with Kate Bush and Sinead O'Connor, had been suffering from a long ...

Tonight's 'No Disco' features an hour-long special dedicated to legendary Irish band Planxty. Presented by Leagues O'Toole, the programme features exclusive interviews with founding members Christy ...

Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny and Liam O'Flynn have reformed legendary trad band Planxty for a series of gigs in Vicar Street in early 2004. In 1971 folk singer Christy Moore gathered some ...

The first of two programs exploring the renaissance of Irish Music. Dormant Irish music traditions were awakened when bands like the Chieftans, Planxty and the Bothy Band became internationally ...

In the first of the latest run of the series by Jim Comet, the Cork music aficionado picks his favourite concert records Jim Comet, centre, picks David Bowie and the Velvet Underground amid his ...

Planxty dragged traditional Irish music kicking and screaming into the 20th century. Now they're aiming to swing it firmly into the 21st century, writes Siobhán Long With a shared penchant for ...

Planxty drew from a deep well of traditional music and set the standard for others to follow. Siobhán Long on a new book about the raggle taggle kings of trad They belong in that pantheon populated by ...

Not content with the success of Planxty, Dónal Lunny set about reimagining what Irish trad music could be. The band he created are still going strong, writes Ed Power. He's worked with Kate Bush, ...