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 ...

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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 ...

IrishCentral Contributor Kevin O'Hara recalls meeting Ted Furey just hours before he died - and meeting the talented fiddler's four sons many years later.

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The country music legend is father to two sons, Gary and Don, and he is a grandfather to Ruth - He reflects on life when they ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joanie Madden founded the Celtic supergroup Cherish The Ladies. She tells us about what she calls "March Madness" for Irish musicians and the song that's most meaningful for her to play this year.

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 ...

Tom never married but we fondly remember his female acquaintances over the years including Juliet, Beryl and Vera, his good ...

"Coming into the Irish rugby team has always been a dream of mine ... “I play a rake of instruments, everything from ...