Five folk acts are writing and composing a song about people whose lives have been influenced by - or changed track - thanks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Inside Curragh Irish Pub, jam sessions are almost as common as sipping sessions.

Mick Moloney, an Irish American musicologist and multi-instrumentalist who was a driving force in playing, recording, producing and teaching Irish folk music at concerts and arts and dance ...