A new book and companion CD follow the immigration and music of Scots-Irish who came to Appalachia in the 18th and 19th centuries. This Music Has No Borders: Scots-Irish Music In Appalachia The Scots ...

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford Highlanders Festival returns Saturday, Oct. 11, at Radford University’s Moffett Field. The event celebrates Scots-Irish heritage with traditional Highland Games like caber ...

Irish folk music has played a significant role in shaping the history of commercial country music in Nashville. Nashville has a long-standing Irish heritage, with a consistent Irish population and ...

The Irish seem born with a love of music. At social gatherings, everyone's always ready to sing his or her "party piece." Performances are judged less by skill than by uninhibited sincerity or ...

The Irish seem born with a love of music. At social gatherings, everyone’s always ready to sing their “party piece.” Performances are judged less by skill than by uninhibited sincerity or showmanship.

As a Saint Patrick's Day parade returns to Nashville, now is the time to reflect on the Irish roots of Music City. How appropriate it is that Nashville is twinned with Belfast, County Antrim, in the ...

A night of Celtic music is set for Friday, November 7, at the Corning Museum of Glass. Husband-and-wife duo Natalie MacMaster ...

Now in its twentieth year, this popular event was originally held in Blairsville GA, where it was known as the Blairsville Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Every year hundreds of bagpipers, ...

Country music has long had a bit of Ireland in it. Irish folk music's role in rooting commercial mainstream country music to its past, including those of the settlers of Belfast, Northern Ireland, 400 ...