The other great thing about music today? Very few people are content to restrict themselves by listening to just one or two ...

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 ...

“In Ireland, folk music is a living tradition,” a crotchety old drunk in a Galway pub once told me. It wasn’t simply about revering the past by teaching children the songs of their forefathers, he ...

Each January, Dublin comes alive with the sound of fiddles, flutes, and bodhráns as TradFest, Ireland’s largest traditional ...

Performed by former World Irish dance champions, and featuring dancers from Lord of the Dance, Riverdance, and the recent ...

SPRINGFIELD — She’s topped the Irish charts with three No. 1 singles and a No. 1 album, but for Emer Dunne, performing in the U.S. is relatively new territory. “Folk music and songs from Ireland, ...

Hayes can still hear differences in the tradition in various parts of Ireland but an increased homogeneity is the inevitable ...

It's a bit monotonous, but Irish folk music doesn't need complex melodies. Since it's well-played by human musicians, it sounds pretty okay, really. I wouldn't call it catchy. *Maybe someone could get ...

Direct from Off-Broadway and London’s West End, the internationally acclaimed A Taste of Ireland Company returns with its ...