The Wild Rover — the drinking ballad that was once a plea for temperance

From Irish pub singalongs and football chants to modern reinventions, it has been performed for centuries with contrasting ...
Berkshire Eagle

Irish folk singer Karan Casey blends Irish tradition with modern themes

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — The beautiful thing about Irish folk music, in Karan Casey’s view, is how totally it reflects the people who make it. Casey, a longtime practitioner whose solo work stretches back ...
Irish Central

Dublin's Cupcake Bloke launches "Traditional Irish Baking with Modern Twists"

"Bake: Traditional Irish Baking with Modern Twists" a new recipe book by Graham Herterich, also known as The Cupcake Bloke, provides recipes that will melt your heart along with a snapshot of modern ...
The Irish Times

Ye Vagabonds: All Tied Together – Five stars for this powerfully raw modern trad

Among the new wave of critically acclaimed Irish folk artists, it has been all too easy to overlook the Ye Vagabonds siblings, Diarmuid and Brían Mac Gloinn. Although their music has long had a ...
Yahoo

Irish culture and folk music's Nashville ties set to expand with Opry connections, flights

Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 400 ...
WBUR

Meet O’Jizo, an Irish band from Japan

Tokyo-born flutist Kozo Toyota fell for Irish music after hearing fiddle tunes in Tokyo Disneyland. He co-founded a Celtic trio, which marries traditional Irish repertoire with contemporary grooves ...
MassLive

Emer Dunne, top-charting Irish folk singer, to play Springfield

SPRINGFIELD — She’s topped the Irish charts with three No. 1 singles and a No. 1 album, but for Emer Dunne, performing in the U.S. is relatively new territory. “Folk music and songs from Ireland, ...