Irish traditional music is among the most popular World Music genres of our time. Performed by Irish and non-Irish musicians throughout the world and patronized by audiences in diverse social and ...

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 under ...

It is 1984 in Detroit and Richard McMullan, an Irish-born high school teacher who happens to be musically inclined, is approached by the owner of a popular bar to gather a few bandmates and perform ...

TODAY, MANY STILL WORK TO HONOR THOSE TRADITIONS. IT’S FAST, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND IT’S FILLED WITH HISTORY AND HEART. I’VE TAUGHT DANCING NONSTOP FOR 70 YEARS, BOTH HERE IN IRELAND. THE SHARP RHYTHM OF ...

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and an Irish song tradition inspired Paul McCartney on The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There.” Paul used many of his literary and musical favorites in his songs. In The Lyrics ...

Paddy Moloney, the founder and leader of Ireland’s Chieftains, was short in stature, high-pitched in voice, and always bubbling with jokes and laughter. But Moloney, who died Monday at age 83, was a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Vynnie Meli always wanted to go to an Irish wake, so she wrote one. With ...

UPDATE: The sessions have moved to the The Noble Fox in Ashland. Every inch of the big Black Sheep Pub in Ashland, from the tall front windows overlooking the historic downtown Plaza to the red United ...