Listen to some of our favourite Irish releases from the week below Paddy Hanna, What’s up Pussycat? Dublin singer-songwriter ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and soprano Renée Fleming about their collaborative project and album, "The Fiddle and The Drum," which celebrates Appalachian folk music.

Martin Scorsese has his gangsters, Steven Spielberg has his aliens, Guillermo del Toro has his monsters, Paul Schrader has ...

A NEW edition of 'Where Songs Do Thunder; Travels in Traditional Song' by the late great Irish traditional singer, poet and ...

After enjoying hit singles such as Mary’s Prayer and The Second Summer of Love with Danny Wilson, the Dundee-based singer has ...

Irish singer‑songwriter Gráinne Hunt will bring her intimate, harmony‑rich nu‑folk sound back to Ames for the third time on her biggest US tour to date. “This is my biggest tour ever. It’s almost ...

Cork band The Kates have released Between Truths, a second single from their upcoming debut album Between Takes, out in October. Divided into two parts, the song captures the frustration with the ...

With a feral energy and a Liam Gallagher growl, the Dublin band’s beguiling music is a great evolution of a venerable genre From Dublin Recommended if you like Lankum, the Mary Wallopers, the Pogues ...

The sister of renowned Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist Christy Moore has passed away. Eilish Byrne (née Moore) died peacefully on Friday, April 24, surrounded by her family at St. James’s ...

The latest trailer for Once director John Carney's new film, Power Ballad, has been released ahead of the musical comedy's arrival in cinemas next month. "When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime ...

Irish folk singer Dolores Keane, who, in addition to founding the group De Dannan had a successful solo career, has died. She was 72. Keane died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Caherlistrane, ...

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 ...