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STETIANA | DREAMSTIME.COM By Margaret M. Johnson The ancient Celtic harvest feast called Samhain (pronounced SAH-win) marks the end of the harvest ...

Matthew Olwell. By Daniel Neely In the player this week is Matthew Olwell’s new album “Cybertrad.” An album that plays at a variety of intersecting...

Tommy Fleming. By Áine Ni Shionnaigh I'm nervous as I prepare to interview one of Ireland’s finest singers, Tommy Fleming. But the nerves quickly d...

Bill Ochs, born into a Jewish family in New Jersey, was for a time the only uilleann piper in New York. By Daniel Neely Irish music in New York los...

Dearbhla Molloy and Dermot Crowley in a scene from “Afterplay.” PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEG By Orla O’Sullivan The set of “Afterplay” is so warm and invit...

The Rend Collective are indeed worth all of the fuss. By Colleen Taylor I’ve always thought Irish musicians have a special knack for jubilance. Nor...

Catherine Dunne. PHOTO BY NOEL HILLIS Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott in her two decades as a fulltime writer, Catherine Dunne has written ...

Sheila Falls Keohane has taken over the reins at Boston College’s Gaelic Roots series from her one-time teacher Seamus Connolly. By Daniel Neely Th...

Geraldine Hughes By Irish Echo Staff It’s a long way from Belfast to New Paltz. Especially when it’s via New York City. But Belfast actress Geraldi...

Malachy McCourt will be honored on Monday, Oct. 17. ROLLINGNEWS.IE By Irish Echo Staff A large circle of Malachy McCourt’s friends and admirers wil...

Paul Moses is the author of “An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York’s Irish and Italians.” Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “Cle...

Van Morrison will perform at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on Sunday as part of his U.S. tour. By Colleen Taylor Van Morrison needs no introductio...