Though Damon Albarn will forever be synonymous with the youthful jamboree that was Britpop, he has long had a sliver of middle age in his soul. Early Blur tracks such as Tracy Jacks and End of a ...

In 1976, Henry Gross had an international hit with the song “Shannon.” The song written and performed by the Sha Na Na ...

After 25-years years fronting Irish-American punk-roots outfit The Ruffians, American singer songwriter Seán Griffin has ...

No musical genres do murder ballads quite like folk and country. As descendants of traditional British and Irish ballads that recounted harrowing stories set to beautiful music, these classic folk ...

When we think of children's street songs we think of light-hearted rhymes that go along with their games but here in Ireland there was one exception - "Weile Weile Waile"! We take a deeper look at ...

Many country ballads from 1961 feature the polished "Nashville sound," but the rocky reality of heartbreaking love stories ...

Edwin Edogbo’s plan to sing a Beyonce ballad in front of the Ireland squad on Saturday night might have been the best thing we never saw last weekend. To prepare for the song to mark his first Ireland ...

Whenever film or stage directors take on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, they must choose between three different versions of the play: the so-called “bad” first quarto of 1603; the better second quarto of 1604 ...

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

“The Foggy Dew”, one of the best-known ballads commemorating the Easter Rising, was written in 1919. You may not know that the author was a young priest from County Antrim. Charles O'Neill was born ...

Note: The Shannon Rose listing was corrected to reflect the proper dates of the Kids' Brunches. A previous version of this story included an incorrect date. St. Patrick's Day is almost here and with ...

Ballycogley Players Drama Group Our two pre-festival performances of our circuit play “All My Sons” at The National Opera House on Sunday 22nd and Monday 23rd February were very well received by ...