High-level album from top trio
Fiddle, box, and piano is a classic instrumental grouping. For me, the die for this array was cast in the 1960s, when Andy McGann, Joe Burke and Fe...
November 13, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Culture
BOOKS: Blockbuster account of H-Block escapee's flight to California and fight for justice
Above the Ground, the story of Kevin Barry Artt, 1983 H-Block escapee who found refuge in California, is much like that of Gerry Conlon's of the Gu...
November 12, 2024
by John McNally
Cranberries Star on November Table
Growing up in Massachusetts, home to Ocean Spray, the largest cranberry cooperative in the U.S., I always looked forward to “cranberry month!” Nove...
November 07, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
Taylor rematch will take place at new weight
Katie Taylor’s big rematch with Puerto Rican ace Amanda Serrano at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 15 is set for a new weight and not in ...
November 07, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Revolution in the capital
“On the whole, given fair weather, no place can look brighter, livelier, or more lovely than the much-maligned City of Dublin, and its ample square...
November 07, 2024
by Peter McDermott
Mercy Center fundraiser on Nov. 16 to recall Moloney
For more than a decade, Donie Carroll, one of New York City’s great musical fixtures, has organized an annual fundraising concert in support of Mer...
November 05, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Futuristic vision eschewing doom
The sins of our actions have come home to roost in a comedy that sets course for catastrophe, yet narrowly escapes its fate, raising controversial ...
October 30, 2024
by Kevin Phoenix
On the Mets, the Yankees and 'intolerable suffering'
The hopes and dreams of Mets fans have died their annual death. There was to be no Subway Series this year. The first and only time the Metropolita...
October 30, 2024
by Stephen Butler
Boclés' album shows uilleann possibilities
A bit of a trad-adjacent column this week! First bit of news is the announcement that the Cork International Choral Festival’s 2025 Seán Ó Riada Co...
October 29, 2024
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Sunday Series Spotlights Irish Cultural Gems at Celtic Junction Arts Center
Saint Paul, MN – This fall, Celtic Junction Arts Center is proud to offer audiences the best in contemporary Irish music and film with its Sunday E...
October 27, 2024
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Winter Squash: Let Us Count The Ways
Did you know there are over 100 types of squash including summer squash (most common varieties are zucchini, crookneck, and scallop), ornamental sq...
October 24, 2024
by Margaret M. Johnson
A life in paint
“I think of him now, as I did then, as driven by an insatiable desire for art-making, looking, studying, talking.” The words are from Wales-based t...
October 23, 2024
by Peter McDermott