the city is especially enjoying a resurgence of traditional Irish music – known locally as "trad", a name that gives the genre a hipster cool, far from its humble origins as tunes played in ...
“He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother” sang the Hollies in their 1969 golden oldie and the same could be said about Fintan Vallely’s recently updated version of The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. It ...
He then shared with Von what song he wants played at his own funeral - a traditional Irish folk song called The Parting Glass. “It’s always the final song sung on a folk night,” he said ...