The 'music of human interaction, celebration and commiseration': trad Irish is resonating with the young (Image credit: Brian Shuel / Redferns / Getty Images) By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK ...

Editor’s note: On Wed, July 5, 2023, IrishCentral's sister publication the Irish Voice newspaper, in New York, went to print for the last time. Founded 36 years ago by Niall O’Dowd and edited ...

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The use of traditional Irish music gives Remmick a timelessness, especially in contrast to the juke joint’s of-the-moment Delta blues. In a speech to those inside Smoke and Stack’s club ...

Dancing and music are forever part of the Irish culture – and they are alive and well here in New England. Dancers with the O’Shea Chaplin Academy of Irish Dance kick and step all over the ...

Milwaukee Irish Fest is back at the Henry Maier Festival Park this August 17 - 20, 2023. There is still time to grab your tickets to the ultimate Irish celebration packed with music performances ...

This Friday, Téada will be performing at Stargazer's Theatre as part of their tour across the U.S. The band plays traditional Irish music, featuring instruments like the fiddle, accordion, flute ...

For young people in Ireland, traditional music offers a "reaffirmed sense of national identity and pride", said Image. It's not that "we were lacking in patriotism before" but, for a time, we ...