Irish musician Tommy Makem, who succumbed to lung cancer Wednesday, is credited with helping to popularize traditional Irish music in America and beyond. He is best known for songs such as "Four Green ...

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. By The Associated Press Irish ...

At the Newport Folk Festival in 1961, two singers were judged as the most promising newcomers on the American folk scene: Joan Baez and a singer from Ireland, Tommy Makem, who has died from lung ...

This afternoon at 5 p.m., the city of Dover will pause to pay tribute to Tommy and Mary Makem with the dedication of the newly constructed vehicular bridge that spans the Cocheco River off Washington ...

Tommy Makem, a musician, singer and master storyteller who teamed up with the Clancy Brothers to popularize traditional Irish folk music around the world, has died. He was 74. Makem died of lung ...

Celebrated traditional musician Tommy Makem (74) has died of lung cancer in New Hampshire. Makem, who played banjo and tin whistle and sang in a deep baritone, came to international prominence as a ...

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. Makem died Wednesday in Dover, ...

"The minute I was born, the nurse slapped me on the behind and I started singing." Tommy Makem may be keeping a straight face, but as he sits across from this interviewer, he still emanates an ...

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. Makem died Wednesday in Dover, ...

DOVER — Tommy Makem, known around the world as "The Godfather" of Irish music, age 74, of Longmeadow Road, died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, after a yearlong battle with lung cancer. Born Nov. 4, 1932, in ...

Tommy Makem, who has died aged 74, was a banjo-playing folk singer whose work with the Clancy Brothers raised stage-Irish entertainment to remarkable heights, winning a vast audience for stirring ...