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The Irish in Country | From County Clare to Country Nashville

By Frank Shouldice

June 1991

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It's been a good year for Maura O'Connell. In addition to releasing her third solo album, "A Real Life Story," her tours are doing well. But significantly for Maura, she was also nominated for a Grammy and whatever you make of the Grammys the Oscars of the music business—her nomination is an accolade she treasures. "When I was nominated, I was just flabbergasted," she recalls. … [Read more...] about The Irish in Country | From County Clare to Country Nashville

An American Boy with a Touch of the Old Country

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June 1991

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The stretch limousine pulls up outside the backstage door at the Westbury Music Fair in Long Island, New York on a warm Sunday evening in early April. And Eddie Rabbitt, 6'3," skinny as a rail and clad in tight jeans and cowboy boots emerges. Fans lean over the rail to be kissed and have their hands shaken and Eddie smiles good-naturedly, signing autographs and joking to the … [Read more...] about An American Boy with a Touch of the Old Country

Music Q&A: A Wake Up Call

By Elizabeth Raggi, Contributor
December / January 2002

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The Cranberries performed to a small audience at the Bowery Ballroom in downtown Manhattan on August 22 to promote their new CD Wake Up and Smell the Coffee. Less than a month later New York would be the focus of the world's attention with the horrible events of September 11. Drummer and founding member Fergal Lawler talks to Elizabeth Raggi about violence, new life and … [Read more...] about Music Q&A: A Wake Up Call