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 ...

If your blood runs even a wee bit green, then the Musical Instrument Museum‘s “Experience Ireland” celebration is a must-see happening. The weekend event (March 16 and 17 — of course) features a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. On Sunday, 3rd December 2023 at 1pm in the Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of ...

Via The Journal Of Music: Cork University Press has recently published Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhrán by Fintan Vallely, a major new study of the instrument with portraits of renowned ...

In Gaelic, the language the Irish call Irish, "Fonn" means melody, says Curt Tramel. And "Mor" means big or great. And big melodies are what Tramel's Irish-inspired band, Fonn Mor, intends to bring to ...

Listening to one Irish musical instrument being played is something very special. Listening to three being played together is magical. Beautiful ? The Parting Glass, which is centuries old, is one of ...

The members of local all-female Celtic group Triskele, from left, Noeleen Whelan, Jenn Kilinski and Sharon Wheeler. “What sets us apart,” Wheeler says, “is we’re not just a pub band, we’re a show band ...