I first heard WB Yeats’s poetry spoken aloud not by the reedy-voiced poet himself intoning on an early recording, or by a teacher at high school or a friend at university, but on an album that ...

Mike Scott continues a decades-long love affair with the words of Irish poet WB Yeats on An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, an album of brilliant, mystical music worthy of Yeats’s immortal words. I bought ...

In that sweet wandering snare. AS the lines above from The Musicians show, William Butler Yeats through his life was always interested in music and song. Indeed, he wrote the words to many songs, some ...

Internationally recognized as one of America's leading artists of the time, Richard Diebenkorn produced six prints to accompany the 1990 publication Poems of W.B. Yeats, which included 145 of Yeats' ...

One of Ireland’s premier jazz singers interprets the works of one of the 20th century’s greatest poets, as Christine Tobin performs songs from her award-winning album, “Sailing to Byzantium,” this ...

In his 1892 poem Lake Isle of Innisfree, WB Yeats fantasizes about a life lived in solitude on an island in Lough Gill in Ireland, where the poet spent his summers as a child. Earlier this year, as a ...

Poets will gather in Sligo this week-end to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Yeats’ success Pictured at the Yeats Society, Sligo are Saoirse McMorrow and Siún Deasy. Picture James Connolly. Leading ...

Yeats Society welcome visitors from across globe for Yeats Day This year's Yeats Day connected people from across to globe to the annual celebration which takes place in Sligo town. For anyone not ...

Mike Scott continues a decades-long love affair with the words of Irish poet WB Yeats on An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, an album of brilliant, mystical music worthy of Yeats’s immortal words. I bought ...