Drake was born in Iowa on December 3, 1964. She began playing the guitar at the age of 4 and performed Old-time music, Bluegrass music , and Celtic music throughout her formative years, finally ...

What makes traditional Irish music so distinctive? Ireland is home to a rich musical heritage shaped by a collection of ...

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 ...

Musician and academic Andrea Palandri began visiting Ireland from his native Italy in his teens. He became fascinated with traditional Irish music and the Irish language, and developed a particular ...

In conversation with Olivia O'Leary, traditional Irish musician Martin Hayes talks about his musical hero, the legendary fiddle-player Tommie Potts. Show more Martin Hayes is an internationally ...

Though she is a veteran fiddler with a solid five years of playing under her belt, it's a safe bet that just a year ago Abi Snell couldn't name a single Irish fiddle tune. A year later, she is the ...

Martin Hayes is an internationally renowned, virtuosic, traditional Irish fiddle-player. The Irish Times newspaper said of him that, 'In the decades to come, we’ll surely talk of having seen this man ...