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Inside Curragh Irish Pub, jam sessions are almost as common as sipping sessions.
FOLK music legend Bob Dylan has officially announced Irish tour dates for 2025 – and die-hard fans are in shock. The ...
BLOOMINGTON — The High Kings have staked a well-deserved claim on the throne of Irish folk music. This Celtic folk band has set a fine standard on performing songs rooted in the Emerald Isle ...
For more than a decade, the Irish folk group The High Kings has followed in the footsteps of legendary Celtic balladeers such as The Clancy Brothers during the golden age of Irish folk bands in ...
Dervish, one of the world's most imaginative interpreters of Irish folk music and recently recognized with a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, have confirmed a new tour of North America this spring.
There's the sound of banjos, fiddles and tin whistles everywhere, as Irish trad music enjoys a roaring resurgence. It's resonating "fiercely" with young people, who "roar out the lyrics" in pubs ...
Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 400 years ago, was on full display this weekend at ...
INTERVIEW: The raucous traditional folk outfit are touring the UK, causing mayhem. They stopped off to unload to Louis Chilton about Bono, the royals, posh festival audiences and why folk music ...
All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Myron Bretholz and Gus Voorhees about the evolution of English and Irish folk music. Myron and Gus are both gifted musicians and aficionados of ...
Five folk acts are writing and composing a song about people whose lives have been influenced by - or changed track - thanks ...
What: Irish folk band Téada When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 21. Doors open at 7 p.m. Where: Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol Admission: $20 for general admission, $25-$30 for seated ...