There's something of a forensic science lurking within the music of Jordi Savall. The viol, a six-stringed instrument beloved of the baroque period, lay silent for more than two centuries until this ...

Two enterprising musicians are using the new technologies of the internet to promote traditional Celtic tunes. John-Angus Smith and Alasdair MacCuish have created a website, TradTunes.com, where ...

“It’s not your typical ‘Jingle Bells’ shtick,” says flutist Vicki Jordan, describing the music of her Celtic- and Renaissance-influenced ensemble, Kindred Spirits. Her voice warms when she recalls the ...

Winter hits hard and long in Northumberland, England, some 300 miles north of London. By the winter solstice, darkness has settled in so completely that the ancients worried whether the sun would ever ...

Doug Dickson, host of Toss the Feathers on WCBE (90.5 FM) and one of central Ohio's biggest proponents of Celtic music, died Sunday at 54. "It's a loss -- it really is -- for the Columbus music scene, ...

epub, 14.64 MB pdf, 14.3 MB jpg, 482.54 KB jpg, 578.46 KB jpg, 481.12 KB This book features a collection of 71 traditional melodies and songs, many of which are typically performed on string ...

The sound of bagpipes and drums will be thundering throughout Carson City as the Wicked Tinkers return to the Levitt AMP Concert Series on Saturday. The band plays many traditional Celtic tunes but ...

A high-spirited evening of Celtic music is coming to historic First Parish Church of Newbury on Saturday, Nov. 6 to benefit a new program for special needs children, teens and young adults at the ...

When Lisa Lambe joined Celtic Woman, the monstrously popular all-female Irish singing group, she was confronted with a question that has plagued musicians from Ringo Starr to Sammy Hagar: How do you ...

This book features a collection of 71 traditional melodies and songs, many of which are typically performed on string instruments such as the harp, fiddle, or banjo. These pieces are rarely arranged ...