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In the media yoke this week is “The Missing Guest,” the absolutely brilliant new album from flute player Mick Mulvey and fiddle player Shane Meehan...

The fog had covered Jack London Square where Slainte Oakland is located. Many have the misconception of California as the proverbial ‘Sunshine Stat...

In the media yoke this week is “Sooner or Later,” the most recent album from the brilliant fiddle player Tara Breen. A musician with an impeccable ...

It has an Irish tour throughout July, but it kicks off with a performance in New York this week. We’re referring to “The Smuggler,” playwright Roná...

The All Ireland Hurling Final will take place on Sunday, July 27, with a 3:30 p.m. start at Croke Park in Dublin. But before that at the same venue...

I was in Dublin in few weeks ago, too early to celebrate Bloomsday, the annual event that commemorates June 16, 1904, the day immortalized in James...

Tim Collins is not only a gentleman and a scholar, he’s also one of the finest concertina players in traditional music. And, he’s just out with a b...

It is a sultry evening in New York. Hot. Humid. One of those evenings where you might just stay home in the air conditioning and watch bad TV inste...

Except for Dublin, no city has played a greater role in the development of Irish literature than the French capital Paris. It’s hard to believe how...

It was a first for Irish American Writers and Artists, it participated in the American Literature Association’s 36th annual conference, held at the...

Bloomsday falls on a Monday this year, and so some have planned "Ulysses"-themed events over the weekend. We mention two here in particular that ha...

I know I write this every time, but releases from the Ireland-based record label Raelach all seem to carry a sort of imprimatur that confers upon t...