A NASA astronaut with Irish heritage gave a musical ode to the Emerald Isle from the International Space Station, in ...

I wanted to be the Miles Davis of the tin whistle but it’s too hard Chloë McPolin discovers as she begins her search for a new hobby on the wrong note. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp ...

Three generations have taught at a local dance school, while an Irishman gives music lessons to the next generation ...

Chloë McPolin discovers as she begins her search for a new hobby on the wrong note I wanted to be the Miles Davis of the tin whistle but it’s too hard The screeching sound of the tin whistle ...

Joanie Madden founded the Celtic supergroup Cherish The Ladies. She tells us about what she calls "March Madness" for Irish ...

Writer and actress Heather O’Sullivan usually ends up falling around laughing during a day at a work with her fellow writer Niamh Bryson.

In five short words - Tom loved and was loved. A special mass in Tom’s memory will be held in the Sacred Heart Church in ...

After a weekend of rain, snow, dust, and smoke, the skies are clearing for a pleasant St. Patrick's Day ahead in Michiana and abroad.

Kazenski also has begun Irish dancing as well as playing the Irish tin whistle and the banjo in the Notre Dame Céilí Band. Kazenski also studied in Ireland through the UND, with one of the ...

When she was growing up, playing Irish music in the Bronx, her flute teacher told her the tin whistle was a toy. But Joanie Madden now plays it with the kind of superlative genius that Simone ...