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Music:
Traditional Music Roundup

By Don Meade, Contributor
October / November 2001

October 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Mirth-Making Heroes There are folks who think of "Celtic" music as a gently soothing, slightly ethereal style, heavy on the harps and tin whistles. They haven't heard At the Racket, a fun-loving bunch who prefer their jigs and reels on the saxophone and tenor banjo. This "racket" is actually the sort of whoop-it-up band you might have heard at a Saturday night dance in County … [Read more...] about Music:
Traditional Music Roundup

The Bellow of Great Airs

By Elizabeth Raggi, Contributor
August / September 2001

August 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

The wood-paneled wall of Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall opened like the ribcage of a Leviathan. And two giant voices emerged. One was the drone of the pipes, the other was of the human tongue, the decibels of high and low that make poetry. Both were ancient, borne into the present and burrowed deep in the listeners' bones. The audience hushed. And then the cotton-haired one … [Read more...] about The Bellow of Great Airs

Songs of the People

By Rob Patterson, Contributor
August / September 2001

August 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Tom Russell's folk-rock album bears witness to American immigrant history.Singer and songwriter Tom Russell is a man of many worlds. Born in Southern California, he has led country music bands that played honky-tonks in such far-flung locales as Vancouver, Canada's skid row and Oslo, Norway, traveled as a carnival entertainer in Puerto Rico, and taught criminology in Nigeria. … [Read more...] about Songs of the People

Music Roundup

By Tom Dunphy, Contributor
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Paul Brady Oh What A World Compass Records Let's all ponder Paul Brady's career for a moment. The man has written songs that have been recorded by the likes of Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, and Cher. He's co-written with Roseanne Cash, Beth Nielsen-Chapman, and Curtis Stigers. "Luck of the Draw," as recorded by Bonnie Raitt, netted a Grammy in 1991. His own work – listen to "The … [Read more...] about Music Roundup

Hitting the High Notes

By Sarah Buscher, Contributor
February / March 2001

February 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Ireland's own three tenors discuss love, God and Celine Dion with Sarah Buscher.℘℘℘Ask the Irish tenors why they're such a hit and they'll give you different answers, each oddly in keeping with their personalities. "Tenors are known to be the romantics," offers Anthony Kearns, who, with his piercing blue eyes, is considered the "romantic lead" of the three. "All the great … [Read more...] about Hitting the High Notes

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