With their exquisitely produced, award-winning recordings and heartwarming, dynamic live performances, Altan has captivated audiences from Donegal to Tokyo to Seattle. Throughout, there has been the unwavering commitment to bring the beauty of traditional music, particularly that of the Donegal fiddlers and singers, to contemporary audiences in a way that brings out all its qualities and destroys none. In fact, Altan has always believed that Irish traditional music is a modern music in every sense and its growing influence and popularity have proved them right.