Irish America
Irish America
Let us all bow down and give thanks to Jack and Cormac. Let us give praise to their musical ingenuity, to their rhythm and their rolls. You will also need a pair of headphones as you follow me down the road to St. Nicholas Collegiate Church, Galway. The church is empty now but that doesn't matter. Jack and Cormac have gone home. Just pick a pew and settle in anyway. You have … [Read more...] about Concertina Music in a Church
February 14, 2012 As the world mourns the woman and the voice that was Whitney Houston, Irish America takes a moment to smile with her memory. At a Dublin concert in 2010, Houston brought this little Irish girl up from the crowd at the O2 arena for a song. See the touching video below. Rest in peace, Ms. Houston. A special thanks to our facebook fan Darina … [Read more...] about Whitney Houston and Her Irish Duet
Traditional Irish music has never been so alive. In our cities, towns and villages. From Dublin to New York and across the United States. We are alive to its rhythm and it is thriving, growing, flourishing. It touches so many people and is enjoyed in so many ways. We dance to it, play it, mould it into new forms and take it to Broadway and the West End. We fuse it with other … [Read more...] about This Music We Call
Traditional Irish
Whether playing solo or with the newly formed The Gloaming, Martin Hayes, the marvelously gifted fiddler, finds his mesmeric rhythm in the Irish tunes he learned from his father – the leader of the famed Tulla Ceili band – and other master musicians in east County Clare. The first time I heard Martin Hayes it felt like an earthquake. Not ten seconds into his first tune, the … [Read more...] about Martin Hayes: Rhythm and Strings
A look at recently released music of Irish and Irish-American interest... Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion Dan Gurney Among the most exciting releases to come from an Irish American in recent months is Boston-native Dan Gurney’s Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion. Gurney first entered public consciousness in 1998 at the age of 11 when The Wall … [Read more...] about Music Reviews
