2. Planxty The group Planxty formed at a crucial time for Irish music at the dawn of the ‘70s. While many younger folk musicians in Ireland were abandoning traditional music for the exciting ...

The band’s roots can be traced back to 1987, when fiddler/vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband, the late flutist Frankie Kennedy, ... “We play traditional Irish music, ...

Irish Folk Band Lankum Subverts Genre Expectations. March 04 ... And although they're generally tagged as a Celtic folk band, they may not be making music for the more traditional fans of ...

Some local musicians and dancers may strike gold as they compete in a premier worldwide competition in Ireland.With hard work and dedication, the South Bend Junior Ceili Band, the Notre Dame Ceili ...

Why Irish traditional music is having a moment. Frustrations with isolation and technology credited for reviving 'auld' trad tunes. ... Irish indie folk band Kingfishr are topping the charts, ...

The LP was nominated for Album of The Year 2019 at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, a well-earned accolade for one of the most intoxicating voices in Irish indie folk.

She’s also the first American-born traditional Irish musician to be nominated for a Grammy. Still another important fiddle player is Bridget Regan from the punk-influenced Irish band Flogging Molly.

All Folk'd Up is a contemporary Irish folk rock group based in County Tyrone. Their manager Matthew Jordan said that since Covid-19, the band's genre of music has become really popular.

While traditional Irish music is entirely appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day, sometimes, you want to listen to something that makes you want to pogo around like a lunatic.

Four Irish folk bands are teaming up for a festive trad spin on the Christmas classic Do They Know It’s Christmas? to support a hunger charity. Monday, 14 July 2025 Newsletters ...

Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 400 years ago, was on full display this weekend at ...

But don't pigeonhole this band into the stereotypical "Irish-folk" genre. The last two decades have yielded some of the best upbeat, neo-Celtic indie-rock one could hope to find outside of Ireland.