The leader of the Irish folk group the Dubliners died at age 73 Saturday after a lengthy bout with cancer. Famed for a voice described as sounding like coal being crushed under a door, Drew’s booming ...

During the early 1980s, the holy trinity of alt-rock out of the United Kingdom comprised U2, which hails from Ireland, Big Country from Scotland and the Alarm from Wales. Each of the then-emerging ...

No one used the term “Celtic rock” when Keith Roberts bought Fair City, an Irish pub in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1993. The Pogues were already famous, having achieved widespread fame for their blend ...

It wasn’t until coming to the United States that Keith Roberts, lead singer for the Celtic rock band Young Dubliners, connected with his Irish musical roots.”Growing up in Ireland I was far more ...

“Banjo” Barney McKenna died at his home in Howth, Dublin, on Thursday morning while enjoying a cup of tea with an old friend. He was the last surviving member of the much loved Dubliners Irish folk ...

Members of the Young Dubliners are pictured. The band will perform Saturday at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts. One of the world’s leading Celtic Rock bands – the Young Dubliners – will perform a ...

It took the Young Dubliners about five albums to find the perfect recipe. A spoonful of authentic Celtic, a cup of original rock and a dash of pop mixed together by an Irishman and four Americans was ...

“Banjo” Barney McKenna, the last original member of Irish folk band the Dubliners, died Thursday, April 5, while having a morning cup of tea with a friend. He was 72 and had just marked his 50th year ...

With the growth in the popularity of Irish-influenced rock in recent years, and the considerable visibility of groups like Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys, Young Dubliners frontman Keith ...

Hear the fusion of Celtic, Irish and rock music when the Young Dubliners band performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Bay City's State Theatre, 913 Washington Ave. The performance, sponsored by the local ...