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Bucket: the very, very, very loud sound of the underground ...

They performed ballads and jigs (such as “Lark in the Morning”) and other toe-tapping songs, including a fun rendition of “Galway Girl” with vocals and a jaunty banjo accompaniment, that brought ...

In Ireland, rock music essentially began with the so-called “showbands” in the early-’60s. Individual pioneers like Van Morrison, Henry McCullough of Wings and the Joe Cocker‘s Grease Band and the ...

WAPAKONETA —In honor of Auglaize County’s 175th anniversary, a concert of traditional Irish music by the band Mad Maudlin will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 26 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, ...

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 ...

SHEFFIELD — Growing up in London, fiddle player Kevin Burke received the best education in Irish traditional music that anyone could ask for. When Burke came of age in the 1960s, the influx of Irish ...

Banna Chluain Meala Irish Youth Marching Band, with 80 people and a color guard, is coming to town. Mary and Tommie Leach, who moved to Albany from Clonmel, Tipperary in the 1950s, were big fans. “My ...

Irish eyes will be smiling at this halfway-to-St. Patrick’s Day event. Long Grove’s annual Irish Days festival hours are 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. Aug. 31, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept 1 and 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 2 ...

Irish band Socks in the Frying Pan returns to Minnesota for a concert in St. Cloud. The group has toured extensively in the U.S. and in dozens of other countries, and they've released five studio ...