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 ...

March 17 is St. Patrick's Day and whatever your annual tradition is, searching for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow might be on the list. Unfortunately, while you're unlikely discover a hidden ...

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, ...

With an Irish bouzouki on his knee and harmonica resting on his chin, Andy Irvine performed a medley of original and classic Irish folk songs Thursday night in the tightly-packed Andover Room at the ...

“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 ...

When Irish folk singer Fearghal Kenneally wrote a song about Joe Biden's presidential election victory for a bit of fun, he hoped to generate a bit of a buzz in Ireland and maybe earn a few summertime ...

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — The beautiful thing about Irish folk music, in Karan Casey’s view, is how totally it reflects the people who make it. Casey, a longtime practitioner whose solo work stretches back ...

With St. Patrick’s Day just a few days away, I want to share my love for County Mayo, Ireland. Not only is Ireland’s Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick, in this wonderful county, so is the town of Westport ...

CUMBERLAND – Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St. will present an evening of Irish traditional music featuring Lúnasa on ...

Ireland has thousands of folk songs, some of which are known all over the world. They often sing about history, Irish heroes, and the fight for independence. Ciaran is a comedian based in West Belfast ...

Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland's premier folk music conference, is officially underway at the INEC Gleneagle, Killarney, and runs until Sunday, 19th January. This event brings together more than 90 ...