A PARTICULAR IDEA of Ireland’s traditional music is fixed in the global imagination. You may have seen it play out in “The Banshees of Inisherin”, an Oscar-nominated film: as locals quaff Guinness, ...
Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 400 ...
Past traditions meet a new style. Folk singer/songwriter Mickey Coleman is the latest sensation to hit the Irish folk music scene. A former champion Gaelic football player from County Tyrone, Coleman ...
There’s no need to wait for March: The Emerald Isle is coming to the City of Green on Saturday in the form of a traditional Irish music session. It’s like one that may be found in Ireland, often in a ...
BLOOMINGTON — The High Kings have staked a well-deserved claim on the throne of Irish folk music. This Celtic folk band has set a fine standard on performing songs rooted in the Emerald Isle, making ...
TODAY, MANY STILL WORK TO HONOR THOSE TRADITIONS. IT’S FAST, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND IT’S FILLED WITH HISTORY AND HEART. I’VE TAUGHT DANCING NONSTOP FOR 70 YEARS, BOTH HERE IN IRELAND. THE SHARP RHYTHM OF ...
The St. Patrick’s Day holiday season kicked off Saturday with Irish folk music during a Downtown Racine pub crawl. The St. Paddy Pub Crawl included 10 taverns connected by a shuttle bus. At Littleport ...
Paddy Moloney, a co-founder of the Irish folk band The Chieftains, died today. He was 83 years old. The news was announced by the Irish Traditional Music Archive. No cause of death was given. Moloney ...