"We have an interest in modern types of music and combine that with the Irish traditional type of music that we play instrumentally - and we feel people respond really well to that combination.

"It never occurred to me that you could play Irish music to a rock audience," MacGowan recalled in A Drink with Shane MacGowan, a 2001 memoir co-authored with Clarke. "Then it finally clicked.

Now, Irish banjo players are everywhere in the ... it's local musicians coming together in a social setting to play music, share community – and likely some choice jokes too." ...

The Maryland Irish Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary from Nov. 8 to 11, and WBAL-TV gets a special preview with a ...

Bringing Irish music to the world was a theme for Paddy ... having been contacted by McCartney to play on the track, Rainclouds. In 2012, the Chieftains released its last studio album, Voice ...

The Wolfe Tones are set to play their last live Irish show next summer with a gig in Limerick’s Thomond Park Stadium. In an announcement on Wednesday, the folk group said they will perform their ...