Right around 4 p.m. on a sunny Sunday afternoon in early April, musicians began filing into Molly Maguire’s Irish Restaurant and Pub in Phoenixville, some alone, others in groups, all carrying the ...

The Early Traditional Irish Session invites musicians who have already begun to familiarize themselves with the style, culture, and etiquette of playing Irish tunes in a session setting. This session ...

Several musicians played a lilting Irish jig as they sat cozy in the corner of a stone-and-wood pub, the fiddle and flute players harmonizing. Two more walked in past the stone hearth and pulled ...

NEW YORK — The Tradfather was holding court at the 11th St. Bar in the East Village during a pause between jigs when his mood temporarily darkened. Amid the small cluster of regulars who flock to this ...

The Lawrence Irish traditional music session, pictured here in September of 2017, takes place each week on the second floor of Henry's. This month calls for a variety of Irish-themed events, but a ...

For anyone who has ever set foot in an Irish pub, it's a familiar sight: a group of musicians clustered in a tight circle, filling the beer-stale air with the bright strains of jigs and reels. The ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. Irish Session players at Bagitos Bagel and ...

When walking into the East Simpson Coffee Company in Lafayette, it might be easy to confuse the music as simply coming from the speakers. But take a walk upstairs and one can’t miss the group of ...

Traditional Irish music has been played for more than 30 years by a random group of people in Houston nearly every Wednesday night in two pubs. This so-called “Irish Session” began at The Red Lion on ...

Holyoke - If you are a beginning Irish musician who wants to play at sessions but are not yet ready to play up to speed, the Lower Valley Beginner Irish Session is for you. This is a slow Irish music ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — For nearly 20 years of Tuesdays, in a pub on Smith Street, talent reaches back into this neighborhood’s Irish roots. “Lets start off with the war horses,” Bob Drouin said ...

Sessions are the lifeblood of a centuries-old musical tradition. In New York bars, musicians are showing up, unpacking their instruments and diving in. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim The Tradfather ...