Tag Archives: Irish music

Liz Carroll’s On the Off Beat

Posted on 11th February 2014 by Gary Whitehouse

I’m certain that if you’re reading this review you don’t need to be told all about Liz Carroll, but she’s so amazing I aim to tell you, anyway. She has been receiving awards and honors for her Irish-style fiddling since … Continue reading →

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Paul McKenna Band’s Stem the Tide

Posted on 3rd January 2012 by Peter Massey

Paul McKenna sings like a cross between Seth Lakeman and Dick Gaughan. I wonder if he has taken some influence here. The band plays for all the world like The Boys of the Lough. Absolutely brilliant musicians I am sure. … Continue reading →

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Chieftains at the Scene Pavilion

Posted on 9th March 2011 by Diverse Voices

Wendy Donahue wrote this lovely review. Ah, summer…that wonderful time of year during which music enthusiasts rejoice at the proliferation of outdoor concerts, multiplying the options for taking in a good show many times over. I was fortunate enough to … Continue reading →

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McDermott’s Two Hours’ Goodbye to the Madhouse

Posted on 19th July 2008 by Donna Bird

I can count on the fingers of one hand, with at least the thumb left over, the number of singer-songwriters whose work I tolerate, let alone enjoy. That puts Nick Burbridge, the powerhouse behind McDermott’s 2 Hours, in rare and … Continue reading →

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Neck’s here’s mud in yer eye: a Psycho-Ceilídh retrospective

Posted on 11th October 2004 by Jack Merry

Barkeep, another Guinness please, with a chaser of Irish if you will. Yes, I’ve just listened to far too much really bad Irish and Irish-American music this afternoon while attempting to find one or two discs which our readers won’t … Continue reading →

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The London Lasses & Pete Quinn’s Tracks Across the Deep

Posted on 1st September 2004 by Peter Massey

All these lasses were born in the London area, but have family ties in Ireland. Together they are a fine reminder that the London Irish community is alive and thriving. The London Lasses are Karen Ryan on fiddle and whistle, … Continue reading →

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Hair of the Dog’s Release the Hounds, At The Parting Glass, and Let It Flow

Posted on 4th August 2004 by Kelly Sedinger

There’s something in the American soul, I think, that makes us all want to hop in the car and just drive somewhere far away, spend a few hours there, and then drive somewhere else, maybe farther away or maybe a … Continue reading →

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Shane MacGowan’s Popes’ Across the Broad Atlantic

Posted on 4th August 2004 by Jack Merry

Yet ‘nother CD featuring the vocal talents of Shane MacGowan, a man whose appearance would scare even the most hardened member of the Unseelie Court, showed up here for review this past week. (The photo on the Across The Broad … Continue reading →

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Seán O’Driscoll and Larry Egan’s The Kitchen Recordings

Posted on 13th May 2004 by Diverse Voices

Alistair Brown contributed this review. The title of the album says it all; this recording of Irish music on banjo or bouzouki and button accordion was recorded in the O’Driscoll kitchen on a Sony four-track recorder. That is not, I … Continue reading →

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5 Mile Chase’s 5 Mile Chase

Posted on 12th April 2004 by Diverse Voices

Pat Simmonds submitted this review. Another record out of New England is the duo 5 Mile Chase, featuring fiddler Django Amerson and guitarist-singer Brian Miller, again trawling the rich Irish American heritage so abundant in the Northeast United States. What … Continue reading →

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