The eight-piece ensemble connects musicians from Londonderry's North West Folk Collective with artists from Iraq's Mshakht ...

You may have noticed that a lot of people across the world love playing or listening to traditional Irish instruments. They have very strong rhythms and warm tones, which make them popular. Musicians ...

The term “trad music,” short for traditional music, usually describes a type of folk music, though it can apply to other ...

The sound of bagpipes and drums will be thundering throughout Carson City as the Wicked Tinkers return to the Levitt AMP Concert Series on Saturday. The band plays many traditional Celtic tunes but ...

For over 22 years Peregrino Gris has been a fixture in the Costa Rican live music scene but with a very distinctive twist. They perform and compose Celtic music. The band has released several original ...

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 ...

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 ...

Megan Walsh was 7 when she fell in awe with Celtic Woman, the all-female Irish musical ensemble. The epic PBS music specials set in atmospheric castles left a mark on Walsh’s young heart. And now, ...