Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 and an Irish song tradition inspired Paul McCartney on The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There.” Paul used many of his literary and musical favorites in his songs. In The Lyrics ...

Celtic Thunder is one of the most prominent Irish music acts in the United States, but what is their most popular Irish song? The group attracts more than 190k monthly listeners on Spotify with ...

We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word — Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore ...

Have you ever listened to a beautiful Irish traditional love song and wondered about the song’s romantic protagonists? The origin of the words of “The Coolun” (“An Cúilfhionn”), often described as one ...

The first single off of Molly Vulpynes upcoming album Houndstooth and the Hum, Hook is a riotous rock number layered with anthemic bass hooks and unruly guitar chords, complete with a heated vocal ...