Culture
BackWest’s music is quite special
"Heritage Hall" lives up to the BackWest hype. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely For some time, I’d been seeing the occasional Facebook accolade ...
February 28, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
A dramatic departure
Anthony McCarten has adapted for the screen his non-fiction books “The Pope” and “Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought Us Back From the Brink.” PHOT...
February 26, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Start planning for March Madness
We Banjo 3. PHOTO: DAVID NORTON Music Notes / By Colleen Taylor It may still be February but St. Patrick’s Day season is already in swing for music...
February 26, 2019
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Upbeat, lively night at Thalia
Mary Deady. PHOTOS BY DAN BROWN Salon Diary / By Karen Daly On a night when many citizens were home watching the President report on the State of t...
February 25, 2019
by Karen Butler
Culture
New run for ‘Runaway Princess’
Mary Goggin. PHOTO BY JEFF MOSIER Mary Goggin's autobiographical show “Runaway Princess,” which swept the United Solo Awards in 2018, is currently ...
February 25, 2019
by By Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Celebrating spring, Celtic style
Maura Mulligan giving a short lesson on learning some Irish by means of the song, "An Caitlin Alainn." By Deirdre Batson A far more enjoyable harbi...
February 22, 2019
by Deirdre Batson
Culture
Outing the Past at NYIC
The speakers in the front row at Saturday’s event. The Outing the Past Irish LGBT history festival took place in the New York Irish Center this pas...
February 22, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
McCourt school for NYU June 27-30
Novelist Donal Ryan teaching a class at the Frank McCourt Summer School at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU, in 2016. “Star of Sea” author Joseph O’Con...
February 21, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
'Sun Dogs’: a rich, evocative album
Snowflake Trio blends certain North European sounds. PHOTO BY LUIS DECARLO By Daniel Neely In the music player this week is “Sun Dogs” by Snowflake...
February 20, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Connors is ready for the Craic
John Connors in “Ireland’s Call.” By Peter McDermott Film and TV star John Connors wants to see more working-class stories told by working-class ac...
February 19, 2019
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Madden’s work ethic is awe-inspiring
Joanie Madden, second from left: “What I love is that I’m running a trad cruise and that it’s successful." Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely If J...
February 15, 2019
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Sheehan goes where work takes him
County Laois native Robert Sheehan stars in “The Umbrella Academy,” a new series debuting on Netflixt tomorrow that is based on the comic book seri...
February 14, 2019
by Irish Echo Staff