LEGENDARY Irish singer Christy Moore has vowed to keep his iconic music going “as long as we can” – and he also revealed how ...

Okay, okay, it’s 2026 and the future is bright, the future is playing traditional music. This year promises to be a milestone ...

The bagpipes, accordions, bodhráns, fiddles and the pipes (the pipes!) have come a calling. It’s Early March in Savannah and if you aren’t Irish well that’s nothing a Guinness and a Bushmills single ...

In 1995, The Rolling Stones teamed up with The Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk band from Dublin, to cover “Rocky Road to Dublin” on the album Long Black Veil. The song, which is originally from ...

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

World-renowned traditional Irish band Lúnasa performs at the Pantages Theatre on March 14. They are touring in support of their tenth album, “Live in Kyoto.” Flute and whistle player Kevin Crawford ...

Around 20 prominent Irish and Northern Irish singers have teamed up to record a charity single to support COVID-19 research and "heal a broken land." Irish Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Irish music is a huge part of the country's culture, and no St. Patrick’s Day party is complete without ...

On Christmas Eve, U2's Bono joined fellow Irish singer Imelda May for a cover of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" during a ...

The Irish seem born with a love of music. At social gatherings, everyone's always ready to sing his or her "party piece." Performances are judged less by skill than by uninhibited sincerity or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary culture and the arts. The artistic sense of an ‘original spin’ on Irish traditional music reflects the ...

Moloney recorded or produced more than 70 albums of Irish music and is credited with bringing traditional Irish music to a wider audience. He died July 27. Originally broadcast in 2006 and 2009. This ...