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 ...

The other great thing about music today? Very few people are content to restrict themselves by listening to just one or two ...

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, ...

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 by ...

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 redemptive power ...

The New York Irish Center has announced major "winter-spring" highlights for its 2025/26 season, including its annual St.

In 1995, The Rolling Stones teamed up with The Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk band from Dublin, to cover “Rocky Road to Dublin” on the album Long Black Veil. The song, which is originally from ...

Depictions of Irish folklore in horror have historically been less about Ireland and more about innumerable leprechauns and ...

Lately U2 have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2004 album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb with a reissue and an entire alternate LP. But the band is not totally fixated on the rearview.

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

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 ...