CELTIC-FOLK The Chieftains used to leave an empty chair on stage during concerts to honor harpist Derek Bell, whose 30-year stint with the band ended when he died suddenly in 2002. On “Live from ...

The Chieftains, "Carrickfergus" (1988): Since 1962, these Dublin legends have played for everyone from The Pope to a show on the Great Wall of China. They have won six Grammy awards and been nominated ...

Carrickfergus is one of the most beloved Irish songs, performed by hundreds of international artists, but why are the lyrics so confusing? ... Or are they? "Carrickfergus" is one of the most haunting ...

The Chieftains brought their 40th-anniversary show into the Paramount Theater Saturday night, delivering two hours of traditional Irish music with some other things thrown in for good measure.

Between 1961 and 1969 the Irish group Ceoltóirí Chualann made a successful attempt to keep alive and promote Irish traditional music. Among the marches, reels and jigs on their best known album, Ó ...