Bould O’Donoghue is an old Irish song about a young Irish lad unparalleled in the arts of seduction. After breaking the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its ...

This relaxing tune captures the essence of traditional Irish folk music, blending soothing harmonies and gentle rhythms.

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 ...

I was once in the Irish town of Kilkenny on a Monday night, generally the quietest night for live music. Yet of the dozen pubs I chanced upon, only two didn’t have people playing, with the music ...

Irish traditional music, from “Danny Boy” to rowdy pub songs to dynamic dance numbers, is a social practice. Nora Revenaugh of Clinton, who plays the fiddle and sings in both Irish and English, ...

Paddy Moloney, the Irish folk musician and leader of The Chieftains, has died at the age of 83. A cause of death was not disclosed. In this April 2, 2012 photo, Irish musician Paddy Moloney of the ...

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 ...

This year, SpeakEasy Stage Company hosted the New England premiere of the recently reimagined revival of “A Man of No Importance,” a charming musical set in Dublin, Ireland about the redemptive power ...

SPRINGFIELD — She’s topped the Irish charts with three No. 1 singles and a No. 1 album, but for Emer Dunne, performing in the U.S. is relatively new territory. “Folk music and songs from Ireland, ...

She sang of homesickness and longing, and often collaborated with American musicians like John Prine and Emmylou Harris.

The St. Patrick’s Day holiday season kicked off Saturday with Irish folk music during a Downtown Racine pub crawl. The St. Paddy Pub Crawl included 10 taverns connected by a shuttle bus. At Littleport ...