Passim has announced that the acclaimed Celtic music groups Altan and Old Blind Dogs will headline the 23rd annual Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest), taking place January 15-18, 2026 in Cambridge ...

Leaping like their homeland from earthy and moving tradition to world-wide notoriety, the acclaimed Irish sextet Altan celebrates a quarter century with Altan: 25th Anniversary Celebration (Compass ...

There’s a deeper legend behind the title of Altan’s latest album, last year’s “Gleann Nimhe — The Poison Glen.” The title refers to a mistranslation of the Gaelic name Gleann Nimhe, a series of ...

The St. Patrick’s season usually finds Boston overrun with bands doing a rowdy, rocked-up version of Irish music. Rest assured that Altan, one of Ireland’s finest traditional bands, doesn’t do any of ...

Judging by Altan’s vibrant and spectacular performance on Friday night at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, it’s hard to believe that these purveyors of traditional Irish music have been playing ...

Altan, whose roots lie in the music and spirit of Ireland’s Donegal region, will play the Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Jigs, reels and Irish classics ...