The St. Patrick’s season usually finds Boston overrun with bands doing a rowdy, rocked-up version of Irish music. Rest assured that Altan, one of Ireland’s finest traditional bands, doesn’t do any of ...

South Africa, Germany and Japan are all located on different continents, but they have one thing in common: traditional Irish music sessions. The sessions are informal social gatherings that take ...

John Connor, a lifelong traditional Irish musician, sits in a booth at Porter Belly’s Pub in Brighton, with his son Sean. Sean also plays traditional Irish music in a band called NightSide, following ...

The Every Other Wednesday Session at the Harp and Celt There are all kinds of jams in the metro – from blues to jazz to folk to rap. But traditional Irish music is a bit of rarity, and that’s why the ...

With over three decades of captivating performances worldwide, traditional Irish band Danú is set to deliver an evening of ...

One of the most exciting elements of the annual Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann (All-Ireland Music Festival) is the late Sunday night unveiling of that year’s senior ceili band champions who are whisked ...

One of the most influential and celebrated traditional Irish bands of our time, Lúnasa, will perform at Monroe’s Live this ...

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