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By Earle Hitchner The greatest comeback in the history of Irish traditional music took place on May 29, 1994, at the 18th annual Washington, D.C., ...

By Peter McDermott The Year with No Summer, 1816, was particularly severe on those who'd made a new life in the Virginia Military District. There w...

By Earle Hitchner Over the past month I’ve written three “Ceol” columns about albums involving either fiddler Caoimhin O Raghallaigh (“Comb Your Ha...

BOOKS / By Peter McDermott The two-part column on about Irish noir fiction a few months ago generated plenty of feedback, confirming that people do...

By Peter McDermott "A Visit from the Goon Squad," opens with the robbery of a purse in a hotel bathroom. The perpetrator is Sasha, one of the main ...

By Earle Hitchner Most music critics of long standing (actually, long sitting, given how we usually work) receive occasional letters from readers f...

By Peter McDermott After five years in the making - filming, editing, thinking, researching and fundraising - "The Bungalows of Rockaway" will get ...

Actor Kevin McCarthy died of natural causes last weekend at the age of 96. His most famous film was the science fiction classic "Invasion of the Bo...

By Earle Hitchner If you read this "Ceol" column regularly, it's a safe bet that you are interested in Irish traditional music. I have been writing...

By Earle Hitchner Soft-spoken and unpretentious, composer and button accordionist Martin Mulhaire is a consummate gentleman who shuns the spotlight...

By Joseph Hurley "Long Story Short: A History of the World in 75 Minutes" Starring Colin Quinn, Directed by Jerry Seinfeld • at the 45 Bleecker Str...

By Earle Hitchner It's no exaggeration to say that the all-star concert celebration for Joe Derrane will be a once-in-a-lifetime event. This specia...