For the first time in recent memory, the Royal Oak Concert Band is set to perform on St. Patrick’s Day and is rising to the occasion with a varied selection of Irish influenced music. Now in its 61st ...

Folk artist Lee Murdock is probably best known for performing and writing songs about the Great Lakes — but he also has a huge repertoire and knowledge about Irish folk music. Murdock, who sings, ...

Maureen O'Donoghue lives in Paris and sings and plays guitar in a duo with Scotsman Jordan Kay. I attended one of their recent gigs in “La Cave Café”, Paris 75018. That night, the terrific music gave ...

Last month, the Irish bluegrass band JigJam released their latest album Across the Pond. The 12-track collection showcases a blend of Irish traditional music and bluegrass. The album is a little more ...

There’s nothing very digital about the sound of traditional folk music from Ireland and Britain, but for the past few months an album of folk tracks written by an artificial intelligence has been ...

Irish folk music is a rich cultural part of St. Patrick's Day and Connecticut band The Jolly Beggars is one of many options to get you into the spirit of the holiday on March 17 and year-round. The ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, but what about a melody? In the latest chapter of a storied career, Seamus Egan’s new instrumental solo album tells us where he is now that Solas is on hiatus.

It’s Saturday night in Nashville, and locals and tourists alike are flocking to live music venues to hear bands and singer-songwriters. But not everyone is partying at the downtown honky-tonks or ...

Paddy Moloney is an outlier. His career has not followed any sort of archetypal arc. There is none of the “sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll” tidiness to his story. In 1962, Moloney started a band called ...

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