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Pierce Turner playing at the National Concert Hall in 2015. He will return to the Dublin venue on Jan. 16. Meanwhile, he will perform at the 11th S...

Front row: Brian Dennehy and Phil Donahue; middle row: Marlo Thomas, Arlene Alda and Elaine May; top row: Rosie O'Donnell, Alan Alda and the 2014 O...

Steve Martin playing banjo at the Irish Arts Center’s 2017 Spirit of Ireland Gala. PHOTOS COURTESY OF IRISH ARTS CENTER The Irish Arts Center’s 201...

By Daniel Neely At the moment I’m listening to “A Quare Yield,” the recent album from banjoist Alan Reid and fiddle player Rachel Conlan. It’s a lo...

Phil Harrison. PHOTO BY TIM MILLEN Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Among those giving film director Phil Harrison an admiring and warm welc...

Derry’s Cara Dillon is synonymous with mastery of the folk tradition— with sweetness, feeling, and musical poignancy. By Colleen Taylor Cara Dillon...

OLHA AFANASIEVA | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson Fresh or dried, figs are it! While not native to Ireland, they’re no longer ...

Dennis Kearns with the Chicago flag. By Irish Echo Staff The hosts of “The Skinny & Houli Irish Radio Hour” fly out to Ireland today with the grand...

Joe Hurley. PHOTO: K. YATOROLA By Irish Echo Staff A star-studded cast will mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of glam-rock icon Marc Bolan a...

C.S. Farrelly. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott If you like the presidential electoral skullduggery of “House of Cards,” admired the Netflix...

By Daniel Neely This week I’ve been listening to Danny Diamond’s forthcoming album “Elbow Room: Solo Fiddle Music from Ireland” and I must say, I’m...

Johnny Carson, left, and Phil Donahue on “The Phil Donahue Show” in August 1970. © ROLLYN PUTERBAUGH / “THE PHIL DONAHUE SHOW” By Irish Echo Staff ...