IrishCentral Contributor Patrick 'Paddy' Gannon on Ireland's blind harper Turlough O'Carolan and his ties to Co Leitrim.

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Canada has produced some truly great folk singers, from Joni Mitchell to Neil Young to Gordon Lightfoot. But there’s a name ...

Throat singing could be the next big thing in Tralee. That’s if the reputation of legendary quartet Huun-Huur-Tu is anything to go by. The throat singing and music group, from the Russian republic of ...

The 12-song set was produced by Nicholas Falk and recorded by Chris Bittner at Applehead Recording in Woodstock, N.Y. The duo's sound includes Americana, alt.-country, bluegrass and folk with the ...

Who is Irish? What makes someone or something Irish? What does it mean to be Irish? And who gets to say who gets to be Irish? Defining Irish identity has long been a bone of contention for the Irish ...

After wrapping up their whirlwind tour of more than two dozen shows in the United States and Canada, The Step Crew has ...

The Cannon family hails from Gortahork and are devotees of the country music genre with a twist - and they are taking their ...

Read about five artists Frank Zappa collaborated with who seem unlikely on the surface, but become more understandable the closer you look.

Lovers of Irish music — and those who simply enjoy the culture, community and “craic" (fun) of the Irish — are invited to the ...

Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, Sara Watkins' folk supergroup I'm With Her's album "Wild and Clear and Blue" celebrates folk's ...

The new partnership between Claddagh Records and Milwaukee Irish Fest "is rooted in a mutual passion for sharing Ireland’s ...