Culture
CD showcases ‘golden age’ 78s
Oldtime Records meets an elite standard when reissuing music. By Daniel Neely As a huge fan of early Irish music recordings and of Irish traditiona...
January 09, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Don’t judge CD by cover art
Hibernia: an outdated concept? By Colleen Taylor This week, I experienced one of the most humbling surprises in the course of my time reviewing Iri...
January 06, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Trip to U.S.’s 'most Irish' town
The author in front of the statue of Marcus Daly in Butte, Mont. By Harry Dunleavy The State of Montana, known in Spanish times as Territoria De La...
January 05, 2017
by Harry Dunleavy
Culture
When Montague went back to Brooklyn
Two Ulster writers, Brian Friel, left, and John Montague, spoke when the latter was conferred with an honorary doctorate in UCD on Bloomsday 2011. ...
January 04, 2017
by Jim Mulvaney
Culture
CD explores ancient repertory
Kevin Rowsome is in the fifth generation of a famous piping family and his daughters are part of the sixth. By Daniel Neely The name “Rowsome” is o...
January 03, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Neeson used ‘denial’ to prepare
Liam Neeson dropped “16 or 17 pounds” for his role as Jesuit missionary Fr. Ferreira in "Silence." PARAMOUNT PICTURES By Karen Butler Ballymena-bor...
December 30, 2016
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Brunch Time!
DANIELLE MCCOLLUM | DREAMSTIME.COM Recipes | Margaret M. Johnson For more than 100 years, brunch — derived from the words “breakfast” and “brunch” ...
December 29, 2016
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Harte’s love CD will inspire
By Daniel Neely Frank Harte was one of Ireland’s greatest traditional singers and perhaps its greatest song collector. A source for musicians like ...
December 28, 2016
by Daniel Neely
Culture
High Kings CD is year’s best
By Colleen Taylor Historically speaking, 2016 had many ups and downs, but musically speaking, 2016 was full of highlights. Here are my five favorit...
December 27, 2016
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Repulsion vies with attraction
By Joseph Goodrich “By Women Possessed” by Arthur Gelb and Barbara Gelb; Putnam hardcover; 896 pp; $50. “The demand that I make of my reader,” Jame...
December 23, 2016
by Joseph Goodrich
Culture
‘A vividly humane account’
Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Danny Morrison’s “Then The Walls Came Down,” which was first published in 1999 to favorable reviews, went o...
December 22, 2016
by Peter McDermott
Culture
The Black Mountain reindeer
Danny Morrison, author of "Then The Walls Came Down." PHOTO BY BOBBIE HANVEY By Danny Morrison This an extract from “Then The Walls Came Down,” a c...
December 21, 2016
by Danny Morrison