While some celebrities are synonymous with Merseyside, others have a more subtle link to the region. The ECHO has listed 24 celebrities you might not realise have a close link to the region.

Joined by Eamonn Moran on guitar and Shane Meehan on fiddle, the trio is also scheduled to perform in Springfield, MA, Stamford, CT, Mineola, NY, New Paltz, NY, and Philadelphia, PA — marking an ...

Alice Gerrard has been a musician, researcher, publisher, and advocate for old-time music for much of her life. She's best known for performing and recording bluegrass and country with West Virginian, ...

When Paul Simon first came to Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still in the early stages of his music career as a songwriter and was in search of inspiration. That’s when he bumped into Martin Carthy, ...

Patna: Following the release of the first candidate list of the BJP, prominent folk singer Maithili Thakur joined the BJP on Tuesday evening. She was inducted into the party by BJP state president ...

Folk singer Maithili Thakur has officially joined the BJP ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, likely to contest from the Alinagar constituency in Darbhanga. At 25, Thakur aims to serve society ...

The Punjabi music industry loses one more gem as one of the notable singers, Gurmeet Maan, passed away on October 10, 2025. He was battling heart problems and kidney damage. The iconic Punjabi singer ...

Over 50 years after its release, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is still considered one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. However, the tune's legendary status owes much to the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A popular Bosnian folk singer Halid Beslic who ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from across the Balkans poured into the streets of Sarajevo on Monday to bid farewell to Halid Beslic, a Bosnian folk singer whose music ...