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Moriarty conjures pasts with astounding album
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Moriarty conjures pasts with astounding album
Fiach Moriarty's "The Revolution" is a stand-out album on a number of levels. By Colleen Taylor For centuries, Irish history has given rise to good...
Pebbles in the pond making a difference
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Pebbles in the pond making a difference
Kathleen Gillespie, center left, and Anne Walker, center right, at the Irish Consulate reception for the group from Derry's Playhouse that visited ...
Nixon’s party goes after Hillary
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Nixon’s party goes after Hillary
President Nixon released edited transcripts of the White House tapes on April 29, 1974. PHOTO: NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION Between...
City of Angels, city of extremes
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City of Angels, city of extremes
Joseph Goodrich. Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott The dramatist and mystery writer Joseph Goodrich has described himself as a “Minnesota nat...
Masterful Kinevane’s  ghoulish tale glitters
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Masterful Kinevane’s ghoulish tale glitters
Pat Kinevane in "Underneath" at the Irish Arts Center. By Orla O’Sullivan The opening of Pat Kinevane’s latest solo show, “Underneath,” is thrillin...
CD is heady stuff with a lot going on
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CD is heady stuff with a lot going on
By Daniel Neely From Ireland, Buille is one of the most creative groups in Irish music today. Consisting of Niall Vallely (concertina), Caoimhín Va...
Eirecana craze has some new recruits
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Eirecana craze has some new recruits
Armagh’s Agnews, AKA Cup O’ Joe By Colleen Taylor I’ve written before of my proclivity for a new sub-genre gaining momentum in Ireland’s music scen...
SRO Saturdays at Lillie’s
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SRO Saturdays at Lillie’s
Dan Neely, on the banjo, said of this photo: “Jimmy O’Kelly took it a while back. It was a particularly good day when a lot of great musicians happ...
Skirball reaches elusive targets
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Skirball reaches elusive targets
For Michael Harrington, social media represents opportunity as the "arts are so visual." By Orla O’Sullivan It’s the biggest theatre you’ve never h...
Global themes grounded in Cobh
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Global themes grounded in Cobh
Pat Kinevane in "Underneath." By Orla O’Sullivan Pat Kinevane, who pioneered the “show in a bag” idea, lives his life from a bag. “Thank God I live...
'Echoes of Erin’ hits East Coast
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'Echoes of Erin’ hits East Coast
The cover of New York fiddler Dana Lyn and guitarist Kyle Sanna’s fabulous new album “The Great Arc.” By Daniel Neely Gailfean is an excellent new ...
Cool Irish acts get showcased in NYC
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Cool Irish acts get showcased in NYC
HamsandwicH. By Colleen Taylor Ireland’s sounding pretty cool these days. Two of the island’s freshest-sounding groups have released even newer hit...

 



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