We are about to enter the longest drought of the year. No, I’m not talking about the rest of the interminable Central New York winter. I mean those long months with no NFL football on Sundays. What ...

David Kortier doesn’t claim Irish heritage. But he makes authentic early Irish harps, the kind played by Ann Heymann, an Irish harp music scholar and performer who lives in Winthrop, in southern ...

Nestled above the musical village of Naul, Sean Smyth pours his time, his talent and his soul into each and every Irish harp he makes. Smyth selects and sources wood for these Irish harps from around ...

The ears and minds of a group of folks gathered near Cleveland, Ohio, will experience a uniquely Irish moment on Friday — St. Patrick’s Day. Songs will emanate from Siobhan McCarthy’s Celtic harp.

Siobhan (shuh-VAHN) Armstrong is one of today's top Irish harpers, and head of the Historical Harp Society of Ireland. She plays the ancient traditional wirestrung Irish harp that was popular from the ...

United Nations decision to recognize Irish harp music as a unique art form will help to protect and spread the Irish skill. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ...

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