"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

Fairhope-based concert violinist and fiddler Tom Morley has released a new book, “Learn to Play Irish Trad Fiddle,” which combines his love of playing Irish traditional music with his decades of ...

Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes and American guitarist Dennis Cahill push Irish music to the edge on their way to becoming one of the most celebrated duos in Celtic music. Hayes and Cahill perform ...

When it comes to playing musical styles from across the globe, there’s a difference between being physically capable of ...

Irish traditional music, from “Danny Boy” to rowdy pub songs to dynamic dance numbers, is a social practice. Nora Revenaugh of Clinton, who plays the fiddle and sings in both Irish and English, ...

Jonathan Chai started playing violin at age 4. “I was a very serious classical musician. Still am,” Chai says. Yet when Chai is spotted two Saturday afternoons a month in the circle of musicians ...

The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca will be streaming an irish fiddle tunes workshops for folks who play violin/fiddle, viola, cello, bass, mandolin, soprano recorder and alto recorder. The workshops ...

It’s Saturday night in Nashville, and locals and tourists alike are flocking to live music venues to hear bands and singer-songwriters. But not everyone is partying at the downtown honky-tonks or ...

Multi-instrumentalists with a rollicking penchant for Irish and folk music, Blue Fiddle bring their guitar, accordion and, yes, a blue fiddle to Historic Washington State Park on Saturday. Blue Fiddle ...

Kilmaine Saints will perform March 8 at Appalachian Brewing Co. (Photo still from video, from the band's Media Page) Don't Edit Don’t just celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, there’s live Irish ...