All Folk'd Up is a contemporary Irish folk rock group based in County Tyrone "Shining trad music in a pop light gives it a cooler look to younger people - and it's the younger people that are ...

So says Oisin McManus - a piano player with The Tumbling Paddies, which is a six-piece band from County Fermanagh that fuses Irish traditional music and pop music. The band formed nine years ago ...

At London's Irish Cultural Centre, China-born Li Yan performs regularly at their weekly Irish music sessions where he plays the traditional instrument the bodhran and sings Irish songs in Chinese.

The Irish traditional music scene continues to "privilege the contribution of men" over women, a new research paper suggests. A number of women who are experienced musicians have also faced ...

Athy musician Joseph Gorman launched his 14-track debut album The Modern Irish Ballad last Sunday evening in the Clanard ...

“Wild Mountain Thyme” is an Irish folk song with strong roots in Scottish ... and Broadway star Megan Hilty joined the Choir and Orchestra in tenderly performing the new musical setting.

I write about popular culture and the arts. The artistic sense of an ‘original spin’ on Irish traditional music reflects the range of musical influences that make up the distinctive brew of ...

The Edge then discussed the “sci-fi Irish folk music” he and Bono are working on with longtime collaborator Brian Eno: And then Bono and I are working on some crazy kind of sci-fi Irish folk ...