How about some violin? Sure, it's most often considered an orchestral instrument, and doesn't exactly emit the gritty, sexy type of sound rock bands are typically looking for. But the violin is ...

“He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother” sang the Hollies in their 1969 golden oldie and the same could be said about Fintan Vallely’s recently updated version of The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. It ...

The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

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 ...

Edward Bunting, a young organist, had been hired to transcribe all the music played, as Irish harp is traditionally learned by ear, rather than played from sheet music. He continued this endeavor ...

Consisting of Australian violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen, the TwoSet Violin duo rose to fame through their highly engaging and entertaining YouTube videos that successfully brought classical music ...

He was recognised as a master of Irish music and one of the foremost experts on Irish-American music. Moloney released and produced some 60 albums, and was a member of Irish folk band The ...

For the last 15 years, the Christmas-time live version of the show has drawn on Celtic, Pagan, and Christian traditions to celebrate the music of the season. First launched in 2003, A Christmas Celtic ...

These five performances are up there with the best of what Irish music has to offer, boasting hard-hitting lyrics, stunning vocals, and incredible crowd interactions. You can count yourself very ...

The railway has been hit with storm chaos this week – but it was the Rangers hype train that suffered termination at Celtic Park ... and saying "Where is that violin?" It might have been ...

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 ...

TwoSet Violin, as they are called, is one of the biggest classical music acts online. With over 7.5 million followers across social media platforms and more than 1.3 billion views on their YouTube ...