THREE IRISH ARTISTS are among ten acts to be named on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Artist of the Year list.The list, which is ...

From U2 to Aslan, Ireland has produced some of the very best live bands in the world. These five performances are up there with the best of what Irish music has to offer, boasting hard-hitting ...

That's a folk group, that performed largely vocal-less Irish traditional music while sitting down and whose image was largely 'guys in the back corner of a pub', beating some of the biggest groups ...

"Shining trad music in a pop light gives it a cooler look to younger people - and it's the younger people that are going to keep these things alive." So says Oisin McManus - a piano player with ...

Choosing a baby name is no easy task, but it’s an opportunity to reflect on culture, tradition, and sometimes, a bit of ...

It explores the influence of Irish music hall hits on the north woods repertoire including a profile of a touring vaudeville ...

SXSW is held across the city of Austin, Texas, every year "It is going to be detrimental to them; they've managed to source serious funding for music showcasing." Irish artists who have boycotted ...

I write about popular culture and the arts. The artistic sense of an ‘original spin’ on Irish traditional music reflects the range of musical influences that make up the distinctive brew of ...

As a part of its 2024 World Tour, “A Taste of Ireland -The Irish Music & Dance Sensation” came to Bloomington on Nov. 8 at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. Members of the Bloomington community came out to ...