A violin played by an Irish musician in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will go up for auction next month. The Hardanger violin, which features prominently throughout the three films, is set to fetch ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Irish fiddle player Gerry O’Connor will perform with guitarist Don Penzien on Thursday. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. at the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road in ...

World Fiddle Day is observed every year on the third Saturday of May to celebrate the timeless charm of fiddle music and the ...

RICHARDSON (CBSDFW.COM) - It's an art form that has been around for centuries, but was dying with the old Celtic folks. That is until the '90s when shows like "Riverdance" and "Lord of the Dance" ...

He turned back the clock on inflight entertainment. A Ryanair flight resembled a folk concert at 30,000 feet after an Irish musician whipped out his fiddle and started playing to the delight of fellow ...

Jonathan Chai started playing violin at age 4. “I was a very serious classical musician. Still am,” Chai says. Yet when Chai is spotted two Saturday afternoons a month in the circle of musicians ...

Irish fiddler Kevin Burke is always tickled to play in Tucson. “I often think this kind of music we play is typically wet-weather music,” Burke said in a phone interview from Portland, Ore., his home ...

Founded by musicians Declan Quinn and Gerry Nolan, the show aims to capture the spirit of intimate Irish house gatherings ...

There’s a reason she’s called the Crazy Fiddle Lady. That’s the name Nerea Gourlaouen picked out for her YouTube channel when she was 15, thinking it would be funny. Fifteen years later, after playing ...

Ten-year-old Zoe Zentner’s rendition of “Star of the County Down” didn’t win the $300 prize at the 5th Annual Celtic Fiddle Competition on Sunday in Newport Beach. That honor went to an old veteran, ...

The group known as Celtic Fiddle Festival began with Scotsman Johnny Cunningham, Irishman Kevin Burke, and Christian LeMaitre of Britanny wanting to bring together the fiddle traditions of all three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a first class flight to funkytown. A Ryanair flight resembled a folk concert at 30,000 feet after an Irish musician whipped ...