Irish nu‑folk artist Gráinne Hunt returns to Alluvial with American drummer Jules Stewart for an intimate night of harmonies, ...

You may think you know Irish, but have you ever listened to the new wave of Irish folk music? If your answer is no, Celtic Utopia (Útóipe Cheilteach) can help you out. The documentary from 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 ...

Irish folk music has played a significant role in shaping the history of commercial country music in Nashville. Nashville has a long-standing Irish heritage, with a consistent Irish population and ...

Lankum, a contemporary Dublin folk band consisting of brothers Daragh and Ian Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada, and Radie Peat, also took home the Best Folk Album award for their 2023 LP "False Lankum." ...

Singer Eddie Keogh can’t quite convey how shocked he is by his band’s success. Because, it should be noted, Kingfishr plays Irish folk music. “It’s more likely that you would win the lotto,” Keogh ...

The Mary Wallopers: (From left to right) Róisín Barrett, Ken Mooney, Andrew Hendy, Sean McKenna, Charles Hendy, and Finnian O’Connor (Sorcha Frances Ryder) On a grey day in central Manchester, the ...

Your Roots Are Showing, Ireland's premiere folk music conference, will return for its 3rd annual edition from 15th to 19th January 2025 at the INEC Gleneagle, Killarney, Co. Kerry. Organised by the ...

This year, SpeakEasy Stage Company hosted the New England premiere of the recently reimagined revival of “A Man of No Importance,” a charming musical set in Dublin, Ireland about the redemptive power ...

A legendary rock band is working on new music with a different sound. The Edge revealed in a new interview with BBC Radio 2 that U2 is working with producer Brian Eno on “crazy new music” for their ...

During the pandemic, Trapper Schoepp found himself listening to a song from Paul Brady called "Arthur McBride." It was his gateway into the world of Irish folk music. At it's heart, Trapper's new ...

How many Irish composers do you know? Aficionados of Irish classical and folk music will of course know of many. Outside of this, the average music lover's knowledge of Irish composers is likely ...