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Changing the face of trad' The success of Ryan Coogler's vampire film "Sinners", which features Irish ballads and reels ...
Here's a look at the history and origins of Irish music. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (the Music Festival of Ireland), the world’s biggest traditional Irish music celebration, still sees over ...
The jolly scene also obscures the dynamism of Irish music in the 21st century, he adds, as folk artists are producing new and inventive interpretations of the genre. Lankum—a band whose ...
It's a bit monotonous, but Irish folk music doesn't need complex melodies. Since it's well-played by human musicians, it sounds pretty okay, really. I wouldn't call it catchy. *Maybe someone could ...
A graduate of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, Bríd has toured extensively and ...
He was 83 years old. The news was announced by the Irish Traditional Music Archive. No cause of death was given. Moloney was a hugely important fixture in the Irish folk music scene. For more than ...
Donation Options Search Search Search Guitarist Dennis Cahill, a South Side native, became world-renowned as a master of traditional Irish music. Jordan Koepke Share Dennis Cahill started out ...
Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland ...
The 'music of human interaction ... One venue owner compared the phenomenon to Beatlemania, as "clamouring" fans of Irish folk flock to see their favourite trad acts. The success of Ryan ...