Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller Tommy Makem, who teamed with the Clancy Brothers to become stars during the folk music boom, has died of cancer. He was 74. Irish singer, songwriter and ...

When the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem first played Carnegie Hall in 1962 a man dropped his hat out of the balcony. Makem didn’t miss a beat: “It’s a good thing your head wasn’t in it!” They were ...

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are widely regarded as one of Ireland's greatest-ever ballad groups and their cover of the 19th-century ballad "No Irish Need Apply" tells the story of anti-Irish ...

When he followed his brothers to America in the mid-1950s, Liam Clancy had no idea this would be the start of a "crusade" to reintroduce Irish culture and traditional Irish music to the world. Clancy, ...

Documentary / Music/Musical - At the forefront of the folk revival movement since the 1950's, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are a highly influential group of Irishmen. Popularizing the ...