Award-winning Limerick accordion player Derek Hickey from Adare will take centre stage at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork ...

Never make your mind up too soon about any large-scale work by a genius. Back in 2010, I had my doubts about James MacMillan’s first Passion, hearing in the impact of Colin Davis’s Barbican ...

Calum was familiar to many as a BBC weather presenter and he proved to be an able and entertaining guest artiste.

At 76 years old, Danny Hickinson remains a driving force behind one of County Antrim’s most enduring musical traditions - the Mosside Rising Sons of Ulster Accordion Band. A founding member of the ...

Junior H performed on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on Sunday, ...

Volunteers helping with displays and refreshments include chairmen Janice Renken and JoEllen Cronin; Nadine Binneboese, Rose ...

Accordions are now played around the world, not only in cafes and public squares, but on stage alongside chamber and symphony ...

Sharon Shannon has music at her fingertips... literally. One of the biggest names in Irish traditional music, Jenny Lee chats to the world-renowned accordionist about her musical roots, Shane MacGowan ...

In Marc Ó Sé’s debut Irish News column ... opener against CavanOpens in new window It’s always the measure of a player when they come to the boil with the match in the melting pot.

Boyle, 67, said she is intentional about challenging herself to “age boldly,” and that when she first started playing her ...

Dungannon Swifts boss Rodney McAree says his key players including striker John ... Former Northern Ireland youth international McGovern has shone for the Swifts this campaign, banging in 17 ...

You may have seen her, smiling with her red accordion, singing songs inspired by the headlines, dressed head to toe in red and white. Armed with a love of words and a busker license, she’s a one ...