Irish traditional music, from “Danny Boy” to rowdy pub songs to dynamic dance numbers, is a social practice. Nora Revenaugh of Clinton, who plays the fiddle and sings in both Irish and English, ...

Jeanne Freeman believes when you sit and play music with people you love, every now and then you’re taken to an amazing place – a place that doesn’t exist in the everyday world. “It’s wordless and ...

“I’ve had an enormous time with my fiddle since I came to America,” says Mick Gavin. The 71-year-old Irish immigrant has 12 fiddles, but the one in his hands — a 200-year-old instrument coated in ...