Okay, okay, it’s 2026 and the future is bright, the future is playing traditional music. This year promises to be a milestone ...

Each January, Dublin comes alive with the sound of fiddles, flutes, and bodhráns as TradFest, Ireland’s largest traditional ...

Editor’s note: On Wed, July 5, 2023, IrishCentral's sister publication the Irish Voice newspaper, in New York, went to print for the last time. Founded 36 years ago by Niall O’Dowd and edited by ...

March 17 is St. Patrick's Day and whatever your annual tradition is, searching for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow might be on the list. Unfortunately, while you're unlikely to discover a hidden ...

Houston musicians Shula Barbé, Matthew Lewis, and Larry Mallette perform traditional Irish music for an interview with Houston Matters. This weekend (June 2-4), Houston hosts the Gulf Coast Cruinniú, ...

St. Patrick's Day is on Monday, March 17. Whatever your annual tradition is, whether it's attending a parade or dining on corned beef and cabbage, make sure to wear green in support of the Emerald ...

When The Friel Sister take the stage at the Barre Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Friday, they’ll bring their youthful sounds of Irish and Scots music. Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel are Glasgow-born but ...

Hayes can still hear differences in the tradition in various parts of Ireland but an increased homogeneity is the inevitable result of people’s wider musical exposure.

County Fermanagh musician Róis draws on the faded Irish tradition of keening to shape her award‑winning album Mo Léan.

In 1995, The Rolling Stones teamed up with The Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk band from Dublin, to cover “Rocky Road to Dublin” on the album Long Black Veil. The song, which is originally from ...