Culture
Bold CD from shakuhachi master
Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Readers will recall that back in March I wrote about Cormac Breatnach’s fascinating album “The Whistle Blower,”...
July 15, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Back in U.S. by popular demand!
Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden and Brian Dunphy are the High Kings. Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor Being an American in Dublin, I often have friend...
July 12, 2019
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Pride Salon dedicated to Lyra
Yvonne Cassidy. Salon Diary / By Karen Daly Dedicating the recent second annual IAW&A Pride Salon to the memory of murdered journalist Lyra McKee, ...
July 11, 2019
by Karen Daly
Culture
Hurray for Hollywood horror
Dublin-born, L.A.-based director Ciarán Foy is looking to Irish myth and folklore for new movie ideas. By Nora Scally The glamour of Hollywood is s...
July 10, 2019
by Nora Scally
Culture
'Dúchas’ has Raelach imprimatur
Damien O'Reilly. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely It used to be that music lovers could buy albums based on the label that released them and be ...
July 09, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
A new roommate, a new chapter
"The Great Unexpected" is Dan Mooney's second novel. PHOTO BY GLIC MEDIA Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The head nurse/owner of Hilltop Nu...
July 08, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Fun fests have serious mission
The Screaming Orphans. By Colleen Taylor Last week I reviewed some of the biggest and best Irish music fests in the continental U.S. Thankfully, ou...
July 05, 2019
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Farming Weather
The author’s mother posing on a mower in the late 1930s. Tom Phelan’s latest book “We Were Rich and We Didn’t Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood...
July 03, 2019
by Tom Phelan
Culture
O’Donnell had superior talent, charm
Eugene O’Donnell, right, with Mick Moloney. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Sad news from the world of Irish traditional music to report on wit...
July 02, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Doing right by forgotten ‘Mountains’
Jesse Pennington and Brenda Meaney. PHOTOS BY TODD CERVERIS By Joseph Goodrich The Mint Theater Company’s motto is: “Lost plays found here.” Specia...
July 01, 2019
by Joseph Goodrich
Culture
Fests showcase some of the best
We Banjo 3. PHOTO BY DAVID NORTON Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor Part 1 You wouldn’t know it from my daily weather report here in Dublin, but summ...
June 28, 2019
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
‘Intensely personal, informative, scholarly’
Mary Cregan, author of "The Scar." Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “Look who’s back among the living.” That’s how Dick Cavett, referring to...
June 27, 2019
by Peter McDermott