Irish Music

We featured Enya back in April 2008. Here’s another video from the popular Irish singer entitled Trains and Winter Rains. Enjoy!

A House was an Irish band active from the 1980s up to the 1990s. The video below, Endless Art, is one of their charting successes.

Aoife is an Irish singer and composer who was also known by her full name, Aoife Ní Fhearraigh. Aoife sings in traditional Irish and New Age style, and has performed with musicians like Phil Coulter, Paul Brady, and Brian Kennedy.

The Boomtown Rats were a new wave group led by Bob Geldof. All six members were originally from Dún Laoghaire, Republic of Ireland. The name Boomtown Rats comes from a gang in Woody Guthrie’s autobiography, Bound for Glory. They became a notable band, but one whose accomplishments were overshadowed by the charity work of lead singer Bob Geldof.