To some listeners, Irish folk music suggests a vista of the Wee Folk prancing in a Donegal sunrise, described in the sad sweet tones of John McCormack. But Ireland is currently in the middle of a folk ...

Irish folk music has played a significant role in shaping the history of commercial country music in Nashville. Nashville has a long-standing Irish heritage, with a consistent Irish population and ...

The documentary from Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén, world premiering in the Locarno Critics' Week, tunes into songs from The Mary Wallopers, Young Spencer and more that carry "the oppression of the ...

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Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 400 ...