Okay, okay, it’s 2026 and the future is bright, the future is playing traditional music. This year promises to be a milestone ...

There’s no need to wait for March: The Emerald Isle is coming to the City of Green on Saturday in the form of a traditional Irish music session. It’s like one that may be found in Ireland, often in a ...

TODAY, MANY STILL WORK TO HONOR THOSE TRADITIONS. IT’S FAST, IT’S ELECTRIC, AND IT’S FILLED WITH HISTORY AND HEART. I’VE TAUGHT DANCING NONSTOP FOR 70 YEARS, BOTH HERE IN IRELAND. THE SHARP RHYTHM OF ...

A Celtic Christmas concert is set for Dec. 23 in Shepherdstown, featuring Kevin Elam, Abbie Palmer and Sean Heely.

From Thursday, Dec. 26, through Monday, Dec. 30, traditional Irish music will be performed at the Museum of the American Revolution's Cross Keys Café from 2 to 4 p.m. The program will feature songs ...

Clare is rich in traditional music, and you’ll never be short of a session if you know where to go, writes Deanna O’Connor. Maura O’Connell, Martin Hayes, Willie Clancy, the Kilfenora Céilí Band—even ...

John Connor, a lifelong traditional Irish musician, sits in a booth at Porter Belly’s Pub in Brighton, with his son Sean. Sean also plays traditional Irish music in a band called NightSide, following ...

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 ...

Traditional musical instruments are more than just tools for producing sound; they are cultural treasures that capture the essence of societies, histories, and rituals across the globe. From the ...

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Although some of the performance is in the native tongue of their homeland, you won't be left out if you don't know Gaelic. The repertoire also includes familiar, beautifully melodic tunes in English.