From U2 to Aslan, Ireland has produced some of the very best live bands in the world. These five performances are up there with the best of what Irish music has to offer, boasting hard-hitting ...

The group are known for combining pop rock with traditional Irish themes in their music. Since forming in 1990, they have ...

Irish musical ensemble Celtic Woman will tour the US with its Christmas Symphony Tour. The all-female group blends traditional Irish music and contemporary songcraft, celebrating Ireland's history ...

"Shining trad music in a pop light gives it a cooler look to younger people - and it's the younger people that are going to keep these things alive." So says Oisin McManus - a piano player with ...

That's a folk group, that performed largely vocal-less Irish traditional music while sitting down and whose image was largely 'guys in the back corner of a pub', beating some of the biggest groups ...

Irish President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the founder of The Chieftains traditional Irish music group, Paddy Moloney, who has died. Born in 1938, Mr Moloney grew up in a musical family ...

I write about popular culture and the arts. The artistic sense of an ‘original spin’ on Irish traditional music reflects the range of musical influences that make up the distinctive brew of ...

The Wolfe Tones are set to play their last live Irish show next summer with a gig in Limerick’s Thomond Park Stadium. In an announcement on Wednesday, the folk group said they will perform their ...