Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream ... evening represented more than just a night where the century-old radio and television program turns its iconic stage green.

Whether an old folk ballad or a futuristic techno hit, music is the lifeblood of Europe’s great cities and one of the most ...

Mick Moloney, an Irish American musicologist and multi-instrumentalist who was a driving force in playing, recording, producing and teaching Irish folk music at concerts and arts and dance ...

as well as the Irish Arts Council’s traditional arts arm, who have lent support in spite of grumbling from some folk music old-schoolers skeptical of the current scene. Perhaps the biggest boost ...

Shane MacGowan, the sandpapery-voiced former Pogues frontman who served as the bridge between traditional Irish folk music and punk rock ... Dubliners’ “Dirty Old Town,” into rousing ...