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By Gerry Adams Last week I attended the launch of Christine Kinealy’s authoritative and revealing two volumes on the life and times of Frederick Do...

By Daniel Neely One of the interesting things about traditional music is that despite the shared repertory of tunes and songs, there exists a great...

Micheal O’Siadhail. PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHEEHAN By Peter McDermott The Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual at Loyola University, Chicago, presen...

In approaching “Burning Down,” Ashley Davis said “Go big…because why not?” Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor There are musicians who are steadfast—wh...

Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “The Long-winded Lady” contributed sketches to the New Yorker’s “Talk of the Town” column that are celebrat...

Mushrooms on toast. DESISLAVA VASILIVA | DREAMSTIME.COM IRELAND HOPPING | By Margaret M. Johnson I’ve just returned from a cruise that included sto...

Jesse Smith's nuanced eye is at work in many trad posters and album covers. By Daniel Neely Walk into a place like the Druid pub in Cambridge and o...

Liam Ó Maonlaí is touring the U.S. this month. PHOTO BY TARA KEANE By Stephanie Wells Liam Ó Maonlaí has been the charismatic front man for the int...

Mikel Murfi. PHOTO BY VITALIY PILTSER By Brendan Costello "I Hear You and Rejoice" at the Irish Arts Center, through Oct. 21 (in rotating repertory...

Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Jerry O’Sullivan, the acclaimed uilleann piper from Yonkers, is known for his work with Green Fields of America...

James Frecheville as Feeney. PHOTOS COURTESY OF IFC Film Review / By Michael Gray The people of Ireland can be justly proud of the achievements of ...

Mikel Murfi stars in “I Hear You and Rejoice” and “The Man in the Woman’s Shoes” at the Irish Arts Center. PHOTO BY PAT REDMOND By Orla O’Sullivan ...