Women folk singers are preserving one of Morocco's most cherished culturual traditions, a genre of folk singing known as aita ...

The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson’s death is the end of an era.

Detroit Harmony is working to get instruments in the hands of every Detroit kid who needs them — even the niche, unwieldy ones, like harps.

On Jan. 29, Lunar New Year will kick off by honoring the Year of the Snake, representing new beginnings, self-improvement and growth. For those who follow the lunisolar calendar, the event is marked ...

Ceann Comhairle and Wexford TD, Verona Murphy, has invited students from Danescastle National School to celebrate St Brigid’s ...

Months later, it's clear that the country music star's visit to Chesterfield County jail’s HARP program left a lasting impact ...

Serving as an ensemble in the Vernacular Music Center, the East African Quartet shares their music and culture to knit ...

In the third edition of his column exploring the new wave of boundary-pushing folk and traditional music, Patrick Clarke delves into music's role in our intimate relationship with place, and rounds up ...

Sligo musician Éilis Needham will compete in the in finals of the prestigious Seán Ó Riada Bonn Óir competition taking place ...

In Wales the triple harp was popular, an instrument with three rows of strings as opposed to the conventional harp which has one row. It has been the tradition in Wales to play the harp on the left ...

Wales has a rich musical heritage, and although many of its traditional instruments are not commonly heard, there are still ...

The Bonn Óir is a prestigious traditional music competition that focuses on a different instrument every year over a ...