American Songwriter

I Dug Into the Lyrics of 5 Classic Murder Ballads—Here’s the Darkest One

All five of these murder ballads are unsettlingly creepy, but there is one that stands out among the rest as the darkest by far.
Time

Music: That Old Shillelagh

The smartest thing that Philip Joseph Christopher Aloysius Regan ever did was to drop his nightstick and pick up a shillelagh. Shillelagh on his shoulder, an Irish grin on his handsome face, and a ...
The Washington Post

4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next few days

On its 2019 EP, “A Mouthful of the Mary Wallopers,” the Mary Wallopers band puts its signature on old Irish ballads. The Irish folk band’s DIY spirit is strong. The musicians made a name for ...
insider.si.edu

Songs of the Gael : a collection of Anglo-Irish songs and ballads wedded to old traditional Irish airs / by an t-Aṫair Pádruig Breaṫnaċ

Includes music in tonic sol-fa notation. SONGS OF THE GAEL : A COLLECTION OF ANGLOIRISH SONGS AND BALLADS WEDDED TO OLD TRADITIONAL IRISH AIRS BY AN TAṪAIR PÁDRUIG BREAṪNAĊ ...