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Gaelic Storm at Boulder Theater Friday June 23
Gaelic Storm Boulder Theater 2032 14th Street Boulder, CO 80302 FRI JUN 23, 2023 – 8:00 PM Doors Open: 7:00 PM Ages: All Ages Advance Tickets $22.50 – $27.50 at: https://www.axs.com/events/476083/gaelic-storm-tickets?skin=bouldertheater by phone at (303)-786-7030 or online at www.bouldertheater.com Door Price: Starting from: $27.50 Chart topping Celtic band: 7 times billboard #1 world music, on […]
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SLIDE w/Guggenheim Grotto
“Slide… the future of Irish Music” Radio 1, Ireland “They can sing , they can write, they can dance across fingerboards and piano keys,buttons and bows, and by crikey can they play.” Irish Music Magazine SLIDE ” energetic, creative Irish music – named after the liveliest and most exciting of the tune rhythms from the […]
Christmas Message from Gerry Staunton, Consul General of Ireland
(printed in Dec 09 Celtic Connection newspaper)Dear Friends,I welcome the opportunity to extend my warmest greetings to members of the Irish Community and to all people of Irish Heritage as we approach the holy season of Christmas. It is a great privilege for me to represent Ireland here in the Western United States, an area […]
The Celtic Tavern at Riverside Downs ” Paradise on the Platte
(from November 09 Celtic Connection)”I”ve been in it all my life,” says Noel Hickey, manager of The Celtic Tavern in Littleton. “I was always very much into hospitality.” He says this while sitting at the Celtic”s long, black stone bar, talking about his days in the restaurant industry. And it”s true–he”s been in the business […]
Cindy Reich chat’s with Seamus Egan of SOLAS
(from Cindy’s monthly column “Around the House”in November 09 Celtic Connection) Seamus called into Cindy Reich”s “The Long Acre” radio show to talk about the new Solas album, Seamus” ongoing solo project, baseball and “balloon boy”! CR You”re calling from Scotland and I know you”re supposed to be in studio working on a new […]
Save the Francis McPeake School of Irish Traditional Music ” Enter the Prize Draw Ballot and be in to win!
Many of you might have seen the awesome band McPeak at the Colorado Irish Festival last summer and can give witness to some of the great Irish music that comes out of Francis McPeake School of Irish Traditional Music in Belfast.The school is currently in crisis and as a result they are creating fundraising projects […]
Fado Irish Pub Hits Homerun with New Menu
(from October 09 Celtic Connection)”I”ve been drinking in this pub a month before it opened,” says Glen Eastwood, of Fado. “I know this pub very well.” He says this while sitting at the long, curvy wooden bar in one of Fado”s snug little drinking and dining spaces. He”s managed this Irish pub and restaurant for […]
Irish Outreach: Consul General Staunton Visits Colorado to Connect with Diaspora
Gerry Staunton, Consul General of Ireland spent a couple of days in Denver last month meeting members of the Irish community. He wanted to offer himself as a resource who can be called on to assist with matters concerning the Irish community in Colorado and was open to more frequent visits and contact with this […]
The Francis McPeake School of Music Asks for Your Help: Celebrities and Music Lovers join in campaign to save Legendary Irish Music School in Belfast
(from September 09 Celtic Connection)The McPeake Family started playing music, in Ireland, in 1904. The family were at the forefront of the revival of Irish and folk music throughout the 1950″s and 1960″s. Francis McPeake I penned the folk anthem “Will Ye Go Lassie Go” aka “Wild Mountain Thyme” in the early 1950″s. With such […]
Cindy Reich chats with Anthony Kearns: Irish Tenor to Perform Benefit Concert Colorado October 9
Singing “Danny Boy” down a phone line landed Anthony Kearns a place in “Ireland”s Search for a Tenor” contest. The contest was in conjunction with the release of a new ten-pound note (commonly referred to as a “tenner”) and Anthony”s phone audition would change his life dramatically. Kearns had to hitchhike to Dublin for the […]
A+ for Argyll Scottish Gastropub
Sometimes, you just know you’re in the right place. And while Scotland might not be the place that comes to mind when thinking of great food, that country’s often-maligned culinary tradition has been re-born and dressed in some sleek new clothes at Argyll, a new Scottish restaurant and pub in Cherry Creek. For me, I […]
Tony McManus to perform at Swallow Hill August 14
by Michael ReshetnikWhen you hear a fine Gaelic singer, or a great piper or fiddler, you know that their music comes straight from the heart, that they embody and express the soul of a rich and deep tradition. Tony McManus is one of this sort. With his twin obsessions of guitar and traditional music he […]
Dance in the moonlight with Nessie to sounds of U2 at Colorado Scottish Festival
Join mascot Nessie, the friendly Loch Ness monster and friends, at the ALL NEW Colorado Scottish Festival, August 8-9, 2009. The Festival has adjusted it”s hours to Rocky Mountain Party Time on Saturday, extending from 4pm to 10pm.Kilts will me swinging at the evening concert featuring the high energy of Angus Mohr, Colorado”s popular Celtic […]