By Karl Kumli Great Big Sea is a band which could have had serious identity issues. Could’ve been a pop-oriented band. Could’ve been a trad-oriented band. Notice I did not say that Great Big Sea actually has any identity issues. These three guys know exactly what they are all about. They ARE a pop-oriented band […]

Denver St. Patrick’s Day Route and Basic Info TIME: Steps off at 10 a.m., on Saturday March 16 and generally lasts until 1:30 or 2 p.m. ROUTE: Starts at Coors Field parking lot, steps off at 27th and Blake, Blake west to 17th, 17th to Wynkoop, Wynkoop back to Coors Field. VIEWING: Anywhere along the […]

By Oliver Little On March 16th the Denver-based Irish music group Colcannon joins forces with the Colorado Symphony for a performance at Boettcher Concert Hall at 7:30pm. The concert, “St Patrick’s Day Celebration with Colcannon” is part of the CSO’s 2012/2013 Pops season. Although Colcannon has several orchestra performances under its belt already, they are […]

On a snowy St. Patrick’s Day in 1983, Boulder radio station KGNU first broadcast a “Saint Patrick’s Morning Sound Alternative.” Since that time, KGNU has hosted thousands of hours of Celtic music through the now-weekly program called Seolta Gael, the annual St. Patrick’s MSA and random cuts of Celtic music on Musica Mundi and other […]

Gobs O’Phun kicks of an Irish weekend Friday March 15 with a St. Patrick’s Day Concert that will be “A Tribute to “The Quiet Man” Gobs special guest musician Peggy Fasing. The Gobs plan to “Duke” it out at Swallow Hill where their concert will pay tribute to the funny, quirky and sentimental John Wayne […]

The Fighting Jamesons deliver a traditional style of music with an aggressive and energetic modern-day approach. Formed in 2010, The Fighting Jamesons quickly gained a strong presence on the East Coast. They’ve shared the stage with legendary Irish rock acts such as Dropkick Murphys, The Saw Doctors, and Young Dubliners. In November of 2011 the […]

Cindy Reich interviews Seamus Egan (March 2013 Celtic Connection – Denver) When Seamus Egan found himself in Butte, Montana for the “An Rí Rá” Festival eight years ago, his father had a request—see if Seamus can find anything about Michael Conway, a great-uncle of his father who had emigrated from Ireland and ended up in […]

The Denver Brass and a cast of fiendishly talented guest artists paint a vivid scene of tommy knockers, leprechauns and pots of gold ore. Echoes of the Emerald Isles will be performed March 9-17, at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. You don’t want to miss this pure Colorado Gold! Immerse yourself in Colorado’s […]

In Celtic mythology, Danu is considered the mother of the gods. In Irish music, Danu is considered one of the top traditional bands in these modern times. Band founders Benny McCarthy, Donal Clancy and Donnchadh Gough from Co.Waterford with Dubliner Daire Bracken first met at the Oireachtas Festival in Dungarvan,Co.Waterford in November 1994 . Within […]

By Rodger Hara As Stradivarius violins are to violinists, so are Patrick Olwell flutes to Irish flute players. A native of Cincinnati, Olwell makes the world’s most sought-after Irish flutes in a shop in Nellysford, VA. A flute player himself, Olwell began making flutes in the 1970s and a job repairing and restoring antique flutes […]

The regional premiere of Conor McPherson’s Tony Award-winning play “The Seafarer” will open February 8, 2013, for a four-week run at the Aurora Fox Theater. The play, one of the most frequently produced plays at regional theaters around the country, is about four Irish drinking buddies gathered together on Christmas Eve; and one of them […]