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Elton John says Irish music is having a moment - The legendary singer-songwriter reveals his excitement about a new wave of ...

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 ...

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LONDON - When Kneecap performed at Glastonbury music festival this year — a performance that the British Prime Minister opposed before the band even took the stage — bandmember Mo Chara told the crowd ...

WAPAKONETA —In honor of Auglaize County’s 175th anniversary, a concert of traditional Irish music by the band Mad Maudlin will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 26 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, ...

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

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - From artists such as Vivaldi, Verdi, and Bocelli, Italy has produced some of the best and most famous musicians of all time. Now, the country is making way for a new name: Gadan. With ...

When Avourneen‘s Adam Goldstein polled his friends on the best breakup records, two made the top of the heap: Beck’s Sea Change and Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks. The latter is one of Goldstein’s ...

Irish hip-hop group Kneecap drew headlines during their weekend two performance at Coachella 2025, but not for the reasons a buzzing band typically claims. The group performed in the Sonora tent in ...

Banna Chluain Meala Irish Youth Marching Band, with 80 people and a color guard, is coming to town. Mary and Tommie Leach, who moved to Albany from Clonmel, Tipperary in the 1950s, were big fans. “My ...