After setting up cultural conflict on the album’s first songs, DeMent ushers in a wintery chill mid-album with “The Cherry Orchard” and “Nothin’ for the Dead.” She follows those songs with others that ...
Iris DeMent was one of the most distinctive voices in the 1990s—a lyricist who inspired John Prine to write the liner notes for her 1992 debut album and a vocalist who inspired Merle Haggard to say, ...
Additionally, “IRIS OUT” reached No. 5 on the U.S. Global 200 chart dated Oct. 4 — the highest position ever for a ...
At the Courthouse Tavern in Cork, Irish folk-rock band Kingfishr perch precariously on the world’s smallest stage while their fans, a few hundred strong, cram as close as they can to the front. They ...
The RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2023 shortlists include nods to Irish mainstays like Hozier, Niall Horan, and Lankum, as well as newcomers Cian Ducrot and Jazzy. The shortlist for the 2023 Irish Song of ...
Demi Lovato, avowed fan of the Goo Goo Dolls’ hit “Iris,” enlisted the band to soundtrack the first dance at her wedding this past weekend. Goo Goo Dolls revealed their wedding band duties on ...
A PARTICULAR IDEA of Ireland’s traditional music is fixed in the global imagination. You may have seen it play out in “The Banshees of Inisherin”, an Oscar-nominated film: as locals quaff Guinness, ...
"Song for Ireland" was written by Phil Colclough, a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, and first recorded in 1977. It is a classic in the Irish music scene, and it is a way of remembering those who ...
Kenshi Yonezu ’s “IRIS OUT” stays atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart dated Oct. 8, marking its third consecutive week at No. 1.