Life After Dolores
The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 by lead singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and...
A boy named Drew
Phelim Drew, son of one of the most recognised Dubliners, Ronnie Drew, brings his own Songs Of The Dubliners show to The Irish Cultural...
Wine, woman and song
By Michael McDonagh
In 1992, having spent some time as a session musician, with the Irish National Symphony Orchestra Dublin-born Eleanor McEvoy started playing the...
Nathan Carter’s St. Patrick’s BBC Bonanza
Country star Nathan Carter and his band are throwing a big party this St Patrick’s weekend.
On Friday 15 March, at 8pm, BBC...
Margo: From The Beatles to Big Tom and Dolly Parton
Irish country music legend Margo did not feel like celebrating 50 years in the business when she reached that milestone five years ago as...
Michael Commins: ‘Now Country has these songs about tractors’
None of the famous names in Irish Country music would be where they are if they did not have great songs.
There’s one man who...
Tommy Fleming: ‘Many in Ireland are still in the Dark Ages’
Acclaimed Sligo singer Tommy Fleming, who performs all over the world, has often said he wants to concentrate more on singing here in the...
Trad music at its finest at TradFest
By Noel Mullen
With five days of afternoon and evening concerts and gigs, TradFest is Ireland’s largest festival of traditional Irish music - and it’s...
Gavin James on being the “billion-stream balladeer”
By Michael McDonagh
Last week, in London, Dublin singer songwriter Gavin James received a rare accolade when he was honoured by the BPI for having...
Keep It Country to ‘reach 20m households’
Europe’s only 24-hour country and western station, Keep It Country TV, has announced a multi-million-pound expansion across all of the UK’s Freeview free-to-air digital...