Paddy Moloney, the Irish folk musician and leader of The Chieftains, has died at the age of 83. A cause of death was not disclosed. In this April 2, 2012 photo, Irish musician Paddy Moloney of the ...

In 1995, The Rolling Stones teamed up with The Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk band from Dublin, to cover “Rocky Road to Dublin” on the album Long Black Veil. The song, which is originally from ...

In all, the Chieftains are a legacy band well worth seeing for their importance in traditional music and their interesting musical tastes. As this is a very popular band and also one that is aging, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- As leading ambassadors of Ireland's traditional music for half a century, the Chieftains have long been lauded for promoting and nurturing both folk and world music. Now ...

The sun will be gone by the time you finish reading this. These seasonally-appropriate folk albums will still be there.

The Chieftains brought their 40th-anniversary show into the Paramount Theater Saturday night, delivering two hours of traditional Irish music with some other things thrown in for good measure.

A PARTICULAR IDEA of Ireland’s traditional music is fixed in the global imagination. You may have seen it play out in “The Banshees of Inisherin”, an Oscar-nominated film: as locals quaff Guinness, ...

When The Friel Sister take the stage at the Barre Opera House at 7:30 p.m. Friday, they’ll bring their youthful sounds of Irish and Scots music. Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel are Glasgow-born but ...

Past traditions meet a new style. Folk singer/songwriter Mickey Coleman is the latest sensation to hit the Irish folk music scene. A former champion Gaelic football player from County Tyrone, Coleman ...

Paddy Moloney, the Irish folk musician and leader of The Chieftains, has died at the age of 83. A cause of death was not disclosed. Moloney “made an enormous contribution to Irish traditional music, ...