Roberts was one of the great voices in traditional singing
This week, I received word of a recent Irish film incorporating traditional music that has found its way into a pair of upcoming North American fes...
February 12, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Mary O'Donnell, Co. Donegal fashion designer, dead at 91
Mary O'Donnell, a leading fashion designer who had a profound influence upon post-war Irish and American fashion, died on Jan. 27, in Kilcar, Co. D...
February 12, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
All aboard for Twin Cities Excellent Adventure at Origin Theatre Fest
Celtic Junction Arts Center, the Midwest's premier hub for Irish arts is inviting theater enthusiasts to participate in its NYC Irish Theatre Festi...
February 08, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Defining Dishes for Super Sunday
When the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles take to the field at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday (the 11th time the city has hosted...
February 07, 2025
by Margaret M. Johnson
What the world lost
PETER QUINN The last time I saw Brendan was in Burke Rehabilitation hospital shortly after Christmas. He’d been hospitalized since August. We talke...
February 06, 2025
by Irish Echo Staff
Losing our champion
There was sorrowful loss these past two years. Loss that I thought the IAW&A community had passed through, as we moved from a time that had brought...
February 06, 2025
by Maria Deasy
'Copley Street 2' a joy to listen to
From Feb. 21-24, New York City’s Symphony Space will host the 53rd annual Dance On Camera Festival, the longest-running dance film festival in the ...
February 05, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
LISTEN: Visiting Belfast in '26 - check out Irish Stew's Titanic City podcasts first
Award-winning podcasters John Lee and Martin Nutty have released the first of their exclusive interviews with the movers and shakers who have made ...
February 01, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Threads in the tapestry of my ancestors' lives
Many of us know little, if anything, about our ancestors. Often, we don’t even know their names. My own ignorance about my ancestors mirrored that ...
January 31, 2025
by Charles Paul Collins
Parade grew with city's Irish
The New York Saint Patrick’s Day parade has a long, fascinating history. Boston claims the oldest celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day dating from 172...
January 30, 2025
by Geoffrey Cobb
Mullane's fabulous 'Evoke' is in traditional music's avant garde
In the media yoke this week is Damien Mullane’s new album “Evoke.” An album of exceptional musicianship and extraordinary vision, it’s certainly ro...
January 29, 2025
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Texas Irish Writers Plan Dublin-Belfast Summer Workshop
From August 10-17, 2025, novelist S. Kirk Walsh (of the national bestseller The Elephant of Belfast) and award-winning poet and Fulbright recipient...
January 28, 2025
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir