Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 400 ...

Immerse yourself in the soothing melody of an Irish Folk Ballad, crafted to provide a relaxing escape from the hustle and ...

A PARTICULAR IDEA of Ireland’s traditional music is fixed in the global imagination. You may have seen it play out in “The Banshees of Inisherin”, an Oscar-nominated film: as locals quaff Guinness, ...

“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 ...

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, making ...

A folk singer described as "the finest Irish male folk singer-storyteller this side of Christy Moore and Paul Brady" is set ...

Past traditions meet a new style. Folk singer/songwriter Mickey Coleman is the latest sensation to hit the Irish folk music scene. A former champion Gaelic football player from County Tyrone, Coleman ...

CUMBERLAND – Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St., will present two concerts this weekend. Symbio, an electro-folk band from Sweden, will perform on Friday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m.; and ...

Friday’s performance at HopMonk is the band’s only Bay Area performance. What: Irish folk band Téada When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 21. Doors open at 7 p.m. Where: Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Ave., ...

Blayne majored in music in college, but his interest was mostly in folk music and jazz until a few years ago. He heard a Boulder band called Suicra playing Irish music on the radio and suddenly "I was ...

With vibrant Irish folk music melodies played by a live band lingering at the Embassy of Ireland in China, a warm-up before the marking of the occasion of Team Ireland's participation in the China ...