So says Oisin McManus - a piano player with The Tumbling Paddies, which is a six-piece band from County Fermanagh that fuses Irish traditional music and pop music. The band formed nine years ago ...
Renowned the world over, Celtic Thunder is one of the most prominent Irish live music acts on the planet, but what is their story, and what are their best songs? Established in Dublin in 2007 ...
All Folk'd Up is a contemporary Irish folk rock group based in County Tyrone "Shining trad music in a pop light gives it a cooler look to younger people - and it's the younger people that are ...
Maureen O’Hara’s “The Quiet Man” is America’s favorite Irish movie, but how many of its quotes do you know? “The Quiet Man” is surely Irish America’s favorite movie, so much so ...
I write about popular culture and the arts. The artistic sense of an ‘original spin’ on Irish traditional music reflects the range of musical influences that make up the distinctive brew of ...