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Amy Grant playing live holding a guitar.

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Amy Grant To Kick Off Belfast’s Folk In Fusion 2026

World Music Central News Room November 27, 2025 No Comments Amy Grant Brendan McCreanor Clare Sands Crystal Gayle David Keenan Dee White Gerry O’Connor Irish folk music Jessica Willis Fisher Jim Lauderdale Paddy Keenan Rissi Palmer Ron Block Wallis Bird world music Wyatt Ellis Your Roots Are Showing

Your Roots Are Showing (YRAS), Ireland’s folk and roots music conference, has named American singer-songwriter Amy Grant as the 2026 headliner for Folk In Fusion.…

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piper Carlos Núñez holding his bagpipe to the heart. He is standing by the seashore.

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The Bagpipe, a Popular Solo and Marching Band Instrument

Angel Romero December 22, 2024 No Comments Alban Faust Alistair Anderson Álvaro Álvarez Fernández and Daniel Álvarez Moya and Daniel Bellón Anders Norudde Andrea Boyd Andrea Fernández Joglar Andrew Carlisle Andy May Angus MacColl Anna Rynefors Anxo Lorenzo bagpipe Berto Varillas Börs Anders Öhman Brighde Chaimbeul Bruce Gandy Calum Stewart Carlos Núñez Cillian Vallely Cristina Pato Davy Spillane Declan Masterson Enora Morice Eric Rigler Erik Ask-Upmark Fernando Vázquez Cárcaba Flavio Rodríguez Benito Fred Morrison gaita gayda Gwenael le Corronc Gwendal Thieme Hazel Whyte Helori Saout Hervé LeFloc’h Iain MacInnes Jack Lee Jamie Holton Jarlath Henderson Jerry O'Sullivan Jesús Fernández Jori Chisholm José Ángel Hevia José Manuel Tejedor Kathryn Tickell Kyle Warren Liam Kernaghan (New Zealand)Llorián García Flórez Margaret Houlihan María López Carballo Mick O'Brien Nadia Vázquez Olle Gällmo Pablo Carrera González Paddy Keenan Patrick Molard Pedro Álvarez Per Gudmundson Quentin Muenier Robert Watt Roddy MacLeod Ronan Browne Rubén Alba Garcia Santi Caleya Seán McKiernan Stuart Liddell Susana Seivane the Sondeseu folk orchestra Troy Donockley tulum Willie McCallum world music Xosé Manuel Budiño Xuacu Amieva Yvonnick Beauvaisr

The bagpipe is a reed instrument, typically featuring either a single or double reed, with an air reservoir housed in a bag. A standard set…

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Roosebeck Uilleann Pipes

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The Enchanting World of Ireland’s Uilleann Pipes

Angel Romero May 6, 2023 No Comments Celtic music Cillian Vallely David Power Davy Spillane Éanna Drury Emmett Gill Eoin Ó Riabhaigh Finbar Furey Gay McKeon Irish folk music Ivan Goff Jarlath Henderson Jerry O'Sullivan Jimmy O'Brien Moran John McSherry Johnny Doran Kevin Rowsome Liam O'Flynn Louise Mulcahy Máire Ní Ghráda Mick O'Brien Mike McGoldrick Mikie Smyth Naoise Rowsome Paddy Keenan Paddy Moloney Pádraic Keane Robbie Hannan Ronan Browne Seamus Ennis Tiarnan O Duinnchinn uilleann pipes Willie Clancy world fusion world music

(Headline image: Roosebeck Uilleann Pipes) The Uilleann pipes, also known as the Irish pipes, are a form of bagpipes that are unique to Ireland. These…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Paddy Keenan

Angel Romero September 6, 2018 No Comments Ireland Irish folk music Paddy Keenan

Paddy Keenan was born in Trim, Co. Meath, to John Keenan, Sr. of Westmeath and the former Mary Bravender of Co. Cavan. The Keenans were…

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