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 ...

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 Savage South” is an image that retired UNC-Chapel Hill Lineberger Professor of the Humanities at Fred Hobson thinks and writes about. He tried to explain to me why, over the years from Colonial ...

Over the past three decades, Boston College has become a wellspring of Irish traditional music and dance, notably through the Gaelic Roots concert and lecture series as well as courses in Irish fiddle ...

Every year, Crystal Glick Carper looks forward to the Celtic Fling, held on the grounds best known for hosting the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire each year. Carper, owner and director of the Hooley ...