Lest you forget, the first-ever Tunes on the Charles festival hits full stride this weekend, with plenty of sessions, concerts and workshops. Get the backstory on the festival here.•The Burren’s Brian ...

The Lowell Folk Festival announced its first set of performers for its 39th edition, including Elida Almeida, Dat Mighty 9, ...

A new documentary premiering at the Independent Film Festival Boston tells the story of a North Shore musical friendship 50 ...

Irish musician and Clannad lead singer Moya Brennan has died, aged 73. The folk star, often hailed as the First Lady of Celtic Music, was best known as part of the Irish family band, which began ...

Many people associate Irish music with folk songs played in pubs, poignant lyrics rooted in oral tradition, distinctive instruments like the fiddle, the penny whistle, drums and the uilleann pipes, a ...

A Mohawk Valley Irish Pub Crawl finds some venues open as early as 8 a.m. on St. Patrick's Day, Tue. March 17, while others don't commit to a last call, just "bar open later" or open till "close." ...

In 1936, Irish Bostonian entertainment lawyer Tom Bergin founded L.A.’s first Irish pub, the Old Horseshoe Tavern, on Wilshire Boulevard. The bar was later renamed in his honor and relocated to its ...

Irish traditional music quintet Goitse. Photo courtesy of the artists. Lenox — Goitse (go-wit-cha), an Irish traditional music quintet, will perform at Tanglewood’s Linde Center for Music and Learning ...

The Stockton University Performing Arts Center is joining in the explosion of Irish musical acts in the area as St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, approaches. It will host a band named “Altan” at 2 p.m. on ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — On Friday, visitors to Third Nature Brewing near Rockford can attend a free live performance from Trillium, a traditional Irish music group. “Trillium plays at the ...

“Slí Amach: Way Out” is the debut album of Boston-based Ishna, a contemporary Irish folk band. Ishna explores traditional repertoire within the context of a global setting, bringing the band members’ ...

Cherish the Ladies began quietly more than 40 years ago, when Irish-American musician Mick Moloney got the idea to assemble some of the best American women playing traditional Irish music for a short, ...