Like many traditional folk songs, the song tells the story of a blossoming love that ends in sadness as the two lovers are separated. Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem were the first artists to bring Red is the Rose to a worldwide audience. Makem said he learned the song from his mother, Sarah, who was a well known singer and folk song collector from Armagh in Northern Ireland. Makem recorded the song on his Songbag album in 1990, cementing its place in the Irish folk tradition. He often performed it

Mit 49 Jahren ist das Irish Folk Festival (IFF) Europas älteste Tournee mit jährlicher Kontinuität. Am 25. Oktober macht das Festival bei uns Halt. Dieses Jahr mit dabei: YANN HONORE • One man Celtic orchestra DIANE CANNON & JACK WARNOCK • Soulful Gaelic songs THE ARMAGH RHYMERS • Mysterious masks, myths and music of mumming BILLOW WOOD • Neo Folk from the West of Ireland | Capitol Mannheim | Facebook