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 ...

Social media has always thrived on bringing in new trends and innovation, yet the platforms have got a newfound love for traditional Irish music.

Dublin-based Irish folk trio Saltaire will be the first-ever Irish band to perform at the Ziro Music Festival in Arunachal Pradesh. The band also conducted a workshop on Irish music as part of ...

A brilliant young duo will present a selection of traditional Irish repertoire at Castletown House in Kildare this September, ...

A weekend of music, song and dancing in Milltown Rathconrath next month will celebrate two local men whose contributions to ...

Many people associate Irish music with folk songs played in pubs, poignant lyrics rooted in oral tradition, distinctive instruments like the fiddle, the penny whistle, drums and the uilleann pipes, a ...

How many Irish composers do you know? Aficionados of Irish classical and folk music will of course know of many. Outside of this, the average music lover's knowledge of Irish composers is likely ...

St. Louis has its share of musical claims to fame, and our latest is also one of our greatest: St. Louis is home to one of the top Irish bluegrass bands on the planet. We’re talking about JigJam, the ...

Ireland has left its mark on classical music in some beautiful ways. Tonight, hear James Galway and his golden flute, a beautiful Gaelic blessing, and Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony, shaped by Irish ...

"Achtung Baby" by U2 has been named as this year's RTÉ Choice Music Prize Classic Irish Album. U2's 1991 album was announced as the Classic Irish Album by Will Leahy RTÉ Gold on February 22, ahead of ...

On Tuesday 29 September 2026, Gaelic speakers are invited to a Ciorcal Comhrá social evening at the Black Stuff in Pulvermuhl ...