It’s a good time to take a “selfie” of the US. Remember the salad days of January 2001 during the transfer of power betw...

Americans definitely liked Buddy Holly. Many could even hum a bar or two of his songs. But they didn’t revere him like w...

She was my first IAP (Irish-American Princess). Well the first that I lived with at any rate. Tara had somehow made her ...

Back in the Ireland of the 1970’s the Christmas gig was the highlight of the year. Any band with designs on “making it” ...

When was the last time you heard a song that floored you? I’m not talking about a number that you instantly hum along wi...

The subway train was eerily quiet on the day after the election. As usual my fellow travelers averted their gaze, but th...

I can measure my life in terms of bars. They stretch across two continents: The Wren’s Nest in Wexford, The Hideaway in ...