Culture
IAC honors Steve Martin
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...
October 26, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Repertory building began at college
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...
October 25, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Taking faith, desire equally seriously
Phil Harrison. PHOTO BY TIM MILLEN Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott Among those giving film director Phil Harrison an admiring and warm welc...
October 24, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Dillon’s 7th album is immersive experience
Derry’s Cara Dillon is synonymous with mastery of the folk tradition— with sweetness, feeling, and musical poignancy. By Colleen Taylor Cara Dillon...
October 23, 2017
by Colleen Taylor
Culture
Fabulous Figs!
OLHA AFANASIEVA | DREAMSTIME.COM Ireland Hopping | Margaret M. Johnson Fresh or dried, figs are it! While not native to Ireland, they’re no longer ...
October 20, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Chicago flag goes home to Mayo
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...
October 19, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Remembering Bolan, ‘20th Century Boy’
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...
October 18, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Fast-paced political intrigue, scandal
C.S. Farrelly. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott If you like the presidential electoral skullduggery of “House of Cards,” admired the Netflix...
October 17, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Diamond on cutting edge of virtuosity
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...
October 16, 2017
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Phil Donahue to be honored Monday
Johnny Carson, left, and Phil Donahue on “The Phil Donahue Show” in August 1970. © ROLLYN PUTERBAUGH / “THE PHIL DONAHUE SHOW” By Irish Echo Staff ...
October 13, 2017
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Haunting the house of history
Cynthia Neale at the launch at McSorley’s Bar in the East Village, Manhattan, of “The Irish Milliner,” her latest novel about 19th century Irish im...
October 12, 2017
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Bernthal took off-set vow of silence
From left, Hugh O'Conor, Jon Bernthal, Tom Holland and Stanley Weber in "Pilgrimage,” a drama directed by Brendan Muldowney, which is set in Irelan...
October 11, 2017
by Karen Butler