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The Irish in Country: Putting the Celtic Fringe on the Music Charts
Just hours before winning a Grammy, country singer Kathy Mattea reminisced about her first meeting…
Yankee Doodle Irish
This is a song about George M. Cohan. CO-HAN, not Coen. And yet, when I…
Black ’47: The Clancy Brothers of the 90’s?
As Larry Kirwan, the wiry lead guitarist and singer drags out this melodramatic emigration song,…
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The Thrills Conquer the U.S.
The Irish rock band The Thrills have been taking the U.S. by storm this summer, and recently played a sold-out show in New York City. Following the success of their […]
Flatley Receives Medal of Honor
Lord of the Dance and Irish America’s Irish-American of the year for 2003 Michael Flatley was awarded with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor at a gala ceremony on May […]
Solo Tenor
Following on the coattails of the great John McCormack, Ronan Tynan seems destined to be the most popular Irish tenor ever. ℘℘℘ “Let’s listen to Ronan Tynan.” The CNN commentators […]
The Cork Choral Festival
The 49th annual Cork International Choral Festival kicks off May 1 with some 5,000 participants from all over the world expected to flock to Cork. Choirs participating will come not […]
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It started like a scene from The Commitments. – Hello, Glen? – Yeah? – It’s Frank Shouldice from Irish America magazine. – Oh, how’s it going? Is this for an […]
Harrington to Play at Carnegie
Dublin-born Gregory Harrington will become the first Irish violinist to play a full-length solo debut at Carnegie Hall on February 17th, 2003. Harrington, who is a graduate of the Royal […]