The first song I ever heard was “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral,” the lullaby my mother gave me night upon night when I rested most comfortably in the crook of her arm. She’d have been in the Boston Rocker in ...
Conan O’Brien showed off his sweet singing voice for guest Josh Groban on Monday night with his rendition of the classic Irish lullaby ‘Tura lura.’ The Irish American comedian is preparing for his ...
Irish soccer fans have been the unsung heroes of the Euro 2016. Amid some acts of violence, Ireland’s supporters have been a (mostly) cheery bunch, and seemingly love to sing at every opportunity.
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin who has just released their first album, entitled "Invisible Stars," recently recorded the 1904 song The Gartan Mother’s Lullaby. The song comes from a ...
It’s been said that Ireland’s greatest export is its people, and nowhere is this more evident than in New York – home to one of the largest Irish populations outside the Emerald Isle. With such a rich ...
There's certainly more to Irish music than drinking songs and boozy jigs and reels -- a whole great and grand musical tradition that is one of the richest on the planet. But on St. Patrick's Day, even ...
"Pick a song that you can stand to sing over and over, maybe for years," is advice that Elizabeth Wolf of Merrimac, Mass., gives new parents. "Doesn't matter how well you sing it. Over time that will ...
A beautiful Irish-language Christmas song is being launched in time for the season by a singer and musician originally from County Wicklow, a fitting and moving version of a song which first appeared ...