You may have noticed that a lot of people across the world love playing or listening to traditional Irish instruments. They have very strong rhythms and warm tones, which make them popular. Musicians ...

Rob Gándara, plays for his son, Finisterre. Gándara is an engineer who designs and makes a modern version of Uilleann pipes. Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional ...

A Chinese musician put a new spin on Irish music by playing some of Ireland's favorite trad songs on traditional Chinese instruments. Jaylin Chu always had an interest in Irish music but found it very ...

Milwaukee's Irish Cultural and Heritage Center is hosting internationally acclaimed harpist Kim Robertson for its Holiday Harp concert. The Wisconsin native is joined on stage by a number of local ...

The Achill Lads are taking Irish traditional music to every state in the US. Taking a road trip around every single one of the United States of America is a dream of many. Yet Irish traditional ...

TODAY, MANY STILL WORK TO HONOR THOSE TRADITIONS. IT’S FAST, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND IT’S FILLED WITH HISTORY AND HEART. I’VE TAUGHT DANCING NONSTOP FOR 70 YEARS, BOTH HERE IN IRELAND. THE SHARP RHYTHM OF ...

Sessions are the lifeblood of a centuries-old musical tradition. In New York bars, musicians are showing up, unpacking their instruments and diving in. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim The Tradfather ...

Beloved live Irish music sessions, colloquially known as “trad” sessions, or seisiún in the Irish language, take place at pubs across New York City.

MADISON, Wis. -- Celebrate St. Patrick's Day early by listening to some Irish tunes by a traditional Irish ensemble on March 15. Danú will perform at the Overture Center's Capitol Theater at 7:30 p.m.

There’s no need to wait for March: The Emerald Isle is coming to the City of Green on Saturday in the form of a traditional Irish music session. It’s like one that may be found in Ireland, often in a ...