Sunday, 9 February 2014
David Amram - Keeping the Beat
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He was a legend long before I met him. When he sauntered into the Bells of Hell the joint would come to a standstill. The Cl...
Pete Seeger
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He called me Lang for many years. Back in those antediluvian days when people communicated through letters, my scrawl turned...
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Stephen Foster and the "Famine Irish"
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Stephen Foster died 150 years ago today. He is widely recognized as the "father of American music." He had close c...
Monday, 23 December 2013
Christmas Eve in Wexford
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It’s unlikely that I’ll spend another Christmas in Wexford. When I first arrived in America that would have been a doomsday ...
Merry Christmas, Baby... A Lower East Side Serenade
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She was my first IAP (Irish-American Princess). Well the first that I lived with at any rate. Tara had somehow made her way ...
Friday, 20 December 2013
From Dingle to the Stars - Walking on Cars!
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I don’t know who first turned me on to Walking On Cars. You never heard of them? They’re the rage of the Dingle Peninsula an...
Thursday, 5 December 2013
You Can't Beat A Good Franciscan!
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I’m a sucker for churches. I can feel at home in a chapel or kirk of any faith. Part of this comes from being ra...
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