Only 19% of the top 100 most-played songs on Irish radio in 2023 were by domestic Irish artists / bands, Why Not Her? says in a new report that analyzed Radio Monitor data. International artists ...

Listen to the "Ceol na nGael" 50th anniversary concert on demand. On January 20, "Ceol na nGael" hosts and listeners came together to mark 50 years of the beloved Irish music radio show for a special ...

The Irish seem born with a love of music. At social gatherings, everyone’s always ready to sing his or her “party piece.” Performances are judged less by skill than by uninhibited sincerity or ...

The most popular Irish tenor in the U.S. since the great days of John McCormack was in full career last week. Handsome, high-spirited Morton Downey, 43, has been singing before the U.S. public so long ...

A new radio documentary captures the impact of Irish pirate radio stations in the 1980s. Russell Padmore, who spent 27 years as a BBC correspondent, said he owes his media career to Irish pirate radio ...

Lately U2 have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2004 album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb with a reissue and an entire alternate LP. But the band is not totally fixated on the rearview.