The Early Traditional Irish Session invites musicians who have already begun to familiarize themselves with the style, culture, and etiquette of playing Irish tunes in a session setting. This session ...

Jonathan Chai started playing violin at age 4. “I was a very serious classical musician. Still am,” Chai says. Yet when Chai is spotted two Saturday afternoons a month in the circle of musicians ...

In Ireland, it is common for musicians to gather in pubs to play traditional music. For the last year and a half, husband and wife Mikey and Katie Dunlavey of the Wild Swans have encouraged the same ...

Several musicians played a lilting Irish jig as they sat cozy in the corner of a stone-and-wood pub, the fiddle and flute players harmonizing. Two more walked in past the stone hearth and pulled ...

Holyoke - If you are a beginning Irish musician who wants to play at sessions but are not yet ready to play up to speed, the Lower Valley Beginner Irish Session is for you. This is a slow Irish music ...

On a recent Wednesday evening at Riptide Brewing Company, 987 3rd Ave. North, music from a Pandora radio station played over speakers and conversations floated throughout the bar. But the start of a ...

For anyone who has ever set foot in an Irish pub, it's a familiar sight: a group of musicians clustered in a tight circle, filling the beer-stale air with the bright strains of jigs and reels. The ...

Kilmaine Saints will perform March 8 at Appalachian Brewing Co. (Photo still from video, from the band's Media Page) Don't Edit Don’t just celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, there’s live Irish ...