Another unconventional life is outlined in The Absence: The Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer, by Budgie, aka Peter Clarke (White ...

Music and song is the royal road into the psyche of the Irish and this book is a profound meditation on the journey toward becoming that was taken by the Irish of New York in the 19th century.

Via The Journal Of Music: A round-up of new and recent music books including studies of singer Colm Ó Caodháin, music collecting in the Aran Islands, and music in Irish film and television, as ...

Here are 4 classic artists taking on Irish music. Skip to main ... artists who have covered Irish songs. ... time Van was searching for his Irish roots,” Moloney said, per the book The ...

We need to amplify Irish artists on Irish radio – not from a position of territorialism or nationalism, but from one of ...

Irish traditional music is among the most popular World Music genres of our time. Performed throughout the world and patronized by audiences on a global scale in diverse social and cultural ...

In 1983, the band, U2, released “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” a fiery protest song that firmly cemented the Irish rockers in the history books. Written about demonstration that turned violent in ...

At the Courthouse Tavern in Cork, Irish folk-rock band ... also deftly demonstrates how music transcends borders. The characters Remmick has turned into vampires join him in a frenzied circle, while ...

DUBLIN — The 40-year-old Irish singer Lisa O’Neill’s north Dublin flat is filled with books, ... Irish, singing songs of the day ... devoted to modern and historic Irish traditional music.