The pipes will skirl and the fiddles will ring out at the Cascade Celtic Festival in Leavenworth May 1-3. “Building on the ...

Irish rock band Fontaines D.C found inspiration for their unusual band name from an unexpected source. The Dublin-based group of poetry lovers-turned-rockstars were originally called The Fontaines, ...

As Celtic punk pioneers with roots in Boston’s working-class neighborhoods, Dropkick Murphys have spent nearly three decades turning raucous energy and Irish-inflected punk into a live-show ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers March 14-20. Of all the Dunkin’-clutching stereotypes about Bostonians, perhaps ...