March 2011 Blog Posts (9)

Your people and kind and generous.  Your country is beautiful.  I never saw so many people with red hair.  Never saw so many people with black hair with blues eyes.  I saw a many people in Ireland with green eyes.  In the USA green eyes are rare.

I love your music on Live Ireland 2.  I am from southern Hanover, Pennsylvania near Gettysburg, PA where the largest battle in our Civil war took place.  

Be forewarned. At the end of this, nothing may be clearer. Hopefully, we’ll both be better informed, but this is murky stuff. It all began years ago. Fado, fado. While having lunch with legendary Sligo fiddler, Manus McGuire, the topic of regionalization in Irish traditional music reared its head. Manus resides in East Clare. He agreed with music partner, Paul Brock (sitting…

The girls from Co. Meath met the Detroit & Baltimore boys at the Catskills Irish Arts week in upstate New York in the summer of 2009. Their coming together in a spontaneous early morning session created a rhythm and feel to the music that was infectious not only to themselves, but to all those listening.

These young musicians forged a mighty connection in those early morning hours, and what followed for two hours was four musicians playing as…

Take pitty on me. I'm Irish & American Indian (Sherwood Valley Clan of the Pomo Indian Tribe). I was born with a terrible thirst and can't hold it.

On this special  week of the Saint-Patrick, i am offering a special free wee gift. The cultural aspect of the capital city of Ireland ! nothing else ! isn't that just GRAND ?! 

Of course, the Temple Bar plays a big part in it and Live Ireland too of course !

Come here to read my article and download the App ! (for Apple iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad)

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First, thanks to all for your many, many comments on last month’s column featuring the Best Artists of the Decade Awards. Great craic. Speaking of great craic, you are in the right place for all things St. Patrick! March! The high holy holiday! NO ONE in the world does St. Patrick’s like LiveIreland!! NO ONE!!!!

Now, on to some important, trad albums which might be…

 The discussion  is spreading like wildfire in the internet. Enya, the best selling Irish singer/composer is said to contribute "Through the Darkness" for the new Happy Potter film. I am not really an HP fan(I love Tolkien) but if this is true, then I might be swayed to watch. We have to remember that she composed 'May it Be' for Lord of the Rings and I think it is only fitting that…