Culture
Yeats album will delight trad fans
W. B. Yeats in 1933. [Pirie MacDonald/Library of Congress] By Daniel Neely In the media player this week is a very interesting album that I teased ...
May 24, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Ireland On My Mind
Kinsale, Co. Cork. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson With travel to Ireland (hopefully) resuming in the coming weeks, the thought of another visit h...
May 21, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Stars can relate to ‘Finding You’ roles
Rose Reid and Patrick Bergin in a scene from “Finding You.” [Photos by Anthony Courtney/Courtesy of Roadside Attractions] By Karen Butler Rose Reid...
May 20, 2021
by Karen Butler
Culture
Murphy is ready for Rockaway
Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Stefan Murphy has turned to making art over the past year. By Peter McDermott In an interview a few years ago, Stef...
May 19, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
CIAW to be virtual again in 2021
Joanie Madden, pictured at White Strand Beach, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, will teach the tin whistle at the Catskills Irish Arts Week, which is sch...
May 18, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Discovering my inner Irishness
The author in 1998 with the dog whose purchase as a pup by Campbell Black five years earlier was related in Part 1. Part 2 By Joe Fegan The day I g...
May 17, 2021
by Joe Fegan
Culture
Springtime Tarts…Yum!
Vegetable tart. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson What’s not to love about spring vegetables! Everyone welcomes asparagus, spinach, and pencil-thin ...
May 14, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
'Last Call' is close to Kennedy's heart
Jamie Kennedy in "Last Call." By Karen Butler Actor and comedian Jamie Kennedy’s new movie, “Last Call,” proves one can go home again. Directed by ...
May 13, 2021
by Karen Butler
Culture
Arts online
Ned Harrigan. In a free online Irish Arts Center event tomorrow night, Dr. Mick Moloney will present "Ned Harrigan and the Rise of American Musical...
May 12, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Exclusions pervasive, often unnoticed
Musical analysis is intertwined with biography in a highly effective way in "Trad Nation." Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Over the last few ye...
May 11, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Rhubarb Returns: Part II
Pound cake. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson If rhubarb hasn’t made its official appearance yet where you live, you can expect this early spring ve...
May 10, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Call of the field
The botherín. By Maura Mulligan As Mayo Day was celebrated around the globe on Bealtaine, May 1, I remembered the roses that grew against the white...
May 07, 2021
by Maura Mulligan