These 10 rising musicians from the U.K. and Ireland promise fresh music and major festival appearances in 2026.

Who topped the Irish music charts in 2025? Data published by the Irish Recorded Music Association shows a "particularly ...

Robert McMillen looks back on some of the musical highlights of 2025 and why, as the new year begins, it feels like the ...

Each January, Dublin comes alive with the sound of fiddles, flutes, and bodhráns as TradFest, Ireland’s largest traditional ...

The Irish seem born with a love of music. At social gatherings, everyone's always ready to sing his or her "party piece." Performances are judged less by skill than by uninhibited sincerity or ...

County Fermanagh musician Róis draws on the faded Irish tradition of keening to shape her award‑winning album Mo Léan.

Ireland's music scene is bursting at the seams with “talent and diversity”, ‘no-wave provocateur’ Skinner says. The project of Dublin-based Aaron Corcoran, who pens and produces tunes about ...

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 ...

Last week I had an array of posts here on the blog while I was out of town. Where was I? Ireland. The homeland, as it were. See, I’m part Irish and myself and others decided to make a trip over and ...

Six decades ago, Irish music didn’t stray much outside trad or show bands, aka well-known cover bands. Sure, they won the Eurovision song contest consistently with saccharine ballads, but the scope of ...

SITUATION DEVELOPS, DEVELOPS. ALL RIGHT. THE STRONG TIES BETWEEN PITTSBURGH AND IRELAND SHOW UP THROUGHOUT THE STEEL CITY AS WE CONTINUE OUR ROAD TO IRELAND SERIES. THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS PREPARE TO ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary culture and the arts. The artistic sense of an ‘original spin’ on Irish traditional music reflects the ...