In 2005, against nearly everyone's advice, the indie icons released two very different records on the same day: ‘I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning’ and the darker, more electronic ‘Digital Ash in a Digital ...

By CAROLYN BROWNFor the Valley Advocate Socks in the Frying Pan, the high-spirited, traditional music-playing trio from ...

The December event will feature Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy, and their family performing alongside local singers in a ...

The great Robbie O’Connell needs no introduction to most readers of this column. A singer and songwriter with a fabulous ...

Check out some of our favourite Irish releases from the week below Side 4 Collective, First First is a beautifully rhythmic, ...

Oireachtas na Gaeilge, the biggest Irish-language arts festival of the year, ended last weekend with up to 14,000 people soaking up the atmosphere in and around Belfast city centre during the five-day ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

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, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A few years ago, Armagh singing legend Micheál Quinn was at the Inishowen Singing Weekend in Donegal. Brían Mac ...

Autumn. The days get colder, the nights get longer, and you really don’t want to do anything but drive up to your cabin in the woods and hibernate until the snowdrops start blooming. (You’ve got a ...

The series follows Imelda as she travels to Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, from An Rinn in Waterford to Múscraí in Cork, on to west Kerry, Conamara and further north to Toraigh, off the coast of Donegal ...

If you were in the market for a shillelagh this weekend, Ed Leon had plenty of them to sell at the Naperville Irish Fest. All handmade as part of Leon’s newly launched business, Blackthorn & Bramble, ...