Culture
‘Emerald City’ for Windy City
Colin Brokerick speaking during a panel discussion after the New York premiere screening of "Emerald City." Colin Broderick’s “Emerald City” will g...
July 07, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
New solo direction is great news
Lisa Loughrey says her writing for her solo work reflects a "bit more of my own musical personality and influences” than that for the Mariannes. By...
July 06, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Lughnasa – the Big Apple version
Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo. PHOTO BY ROLLING NEWS . IE By Maura Mulligan On Sunday, July 30, when crowds climb their way to the summit of Croagh Patr...
July 05, 2017
by Maura Mulligan
Culture
Stellar night of drama, surprises
Salon presenters included, from left, Leilani McInerney, Aiofe Williamson, Jenifer Margaret Kelly, Rosina Fernhoff, Gordon Gilbert, John Kearns, Sh...
July 03, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Shannon's 10th is most adventurous yet
Shannon Sharon is dedicated to environmental advocacy and protecting the planet, as shows with the dynamic boldness of “Sacred Earth.” By Colleen T...
June 30, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Fellows to turbocharge CIAW
National Heritage Fellow Mick Moloney. By Daniel Neely In the northeast, the Catskills Irish Arts Week is the year’s largest and most anticipated m...
June 29, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
What baseball means to me
An American Legion-sponsored team in 1920 in the author’s Closter, N.J., a town that has always taken its baseball seriously. The photo, courtesy o...
June 28, 2017
by Jim Rodgers
Culture
Best’s heading west to Galway
Lisa Hannigan will be a hugely popular attraction in Galway. RICH GILLIGAN By Colleen Taylor Summer in Ireland means festival season, but in my boo...
June 27, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
MacMahon’s ‘Farewell’ has majesty
By Daniel Neely In his liner notes to “Farewell to Music,” Tony MacMahon’s most recent and likely final album, Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh suggests that...
June 26, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Salad Days: Cream on the Crop
VICTOR FISCHER | DREAMTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | By Margaret M. Johnson Once upon a time in Ireland — at least at the time I made my first trip in ...
June 23, 2017
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Edisons are case of opposites attract
“Little Bohemia” by Fran King and Pete Fagan, aka Edisons, is a seasoned, rehearsed and mature piece of work. By Colleen Taylor I’m a sucker for so...
June 22, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Image makeover for McDonogh
Jackie Uí Chionna. By Peter McDermott Galway businessman and politician Máirtín Mór McDonogh got the “Citizen Kane” treatment a full 12 years befor...
June 21, 2017
by Peter McDermott