The term implies a cycle of death and rebirth, where in reality folk music is a constant thing, albeit constantly shifting – like that old idea of a river as both permanent in status and ever-changing ...

Forget your traditional Italian popes sipping espresso; we’re talking deep-dish spirituality, tamales instead of pasta ...

Emma Stuart from Manorcunningham spent her Easter in Athens. In a special feature, she tells us how Holy Week brought ...

Upcoming events in Lake County include the local eBird Global Big Day event on May 10 at the Green Mountain Scenic Overlook & ...

Whether you’re seeking new music meccas to a pop paradise in London or tranquil retreats in the wilderness, The Independent’s ...

Spectrum of Spring”: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, May 7-11, at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 N. Stockton ...

In October 2022 the controversy over the women’s team brought “rebel” music and The Wolfe Tones ... the origins of Irish folk, Dominic Behan’s politics, the largely middle-class nature ...

The parent and Toddler Group will meet every Thursday in the Skreen-Dromard Community Centre from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.

To celebrate Christy Moore's 80th birthday this week, we're revisiting a classic interview with the Irish folk hero – in which he tells the late, ...

When Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings met at a Tempe nightclub in the 1970s, neither knew it was the beginning of an outlaw ...

We are thrilled to introduce the judges for American Songwriter’s 2025 Song Contest! This year’s panel features a diverse ...

He once said that The Clancy Brothers, a traditional Irish band, changed his life. Their music made him realize that Irish folk could be ... the strip-searching of women in Armagh Prison ...