Mike Connolly's film is an interpretative guide to Irish folk music and its evolving place in Irish culture and the world. Watch some fantastic additional songs performed by featured artists ...

We celebrate the finest in Irish Folk music with a compilation of performances taken from the archives of the BBC. Find out more about some of the featured artists. Managed the rare feat of being ...

Irish folk music has played a significant role in shaping the history of commercial country music in Nashville. Nashville has a long-standing Irish heritage, with a consistent Irish population and ...

The concert harp is famous for its heavenly image. It hasn’t always had a place in orchestral music, but since the 19th century composers like Ravel and Debussy have been in love with the instrument ...

Composed for orchestra, The Irish Suite was completed in June, 1947. It was commissioned by the Eire Society of Boston for a Boston Pops concert on June 6, 1947 conducted by Arthur Fiedler.

A NASA astronaut with Irish heritage gave a musical ode to the Emerald Isle from the International Space Station, in celebration of St Patrick’s Day. St Patrick’s Day is celebrated all around the ...

This year, SpeakEasy Stage Company hosted the New England premiere of the recently reimagined revival of “A Man of No Importance,” a charming musical set in Dublin, Ireland about the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings. When Bob Dylan appeared at ...