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Uilleann Piper Dirk Mewes, Making Irish Traditional Pipes in the Rocky Mountains
Uilleann Piper Dirk Mewes, Making Irish Traditional Pipes in the Rocky Mountains Dirk Mewes has been playing the Irish uilleann pipes for 18 years. In 2006, he began building a workshop at his home, and learning to make the instruments from some of the top uilleann pipe makers in the world. In 2010, he began […]
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Gallatin Canyon
Reviewed by Mary McWay Seaman, Celtic Connection, July, 2007 Short story collections make irresistible traveling companions, and Thomas McGuane”s distinguished new volume, GALLATIN CANYON, delivers ten edgy displacement dramas perfectly fitted for interludes on the plane, by the pool or on the back porch. It”s a book to open at random; journey first with the traveler […]
Heavenly
E. Perkins Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first man he meets, “Do you want to go to heaven?” The man said, “I do, Father.” The priest said, “Then stand over there against the wall.” Then the priest asked the second man, “Do you want to go to heaven?” ”Certainly, Father,” was the […]
Golfing in Ireland
E. Perkins An American golfer playing in Ireland hooked his drive into the woods. Looking for his ball, he found a little Leprechaun flat on his back, a big bump on his head and the golfer’s ball beside him. Horrified, the golfer got his water bottle from the cart and poured it over the little guy, […]
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By Heck ” David Munnelly
Reviewed by Cindy Reich, Celtic Connection, July, 2007 The worst thing you could ever say about a dance band is that they stuck the feet of the dancers to the floor. There is no chance of that happening listening to Dave Munnelly”s new album, “By Heck”. In fact it makes one look around for a hard […]
Across the Black River ” Kevin Burke/Cal Scott
Reviewed by Cindy Reich, Celtic Connection, August, 2007 Kevin Burke needs no introduction to Irish music lovers. His fiddle playing is unparalleled. Although born in London, Kevin was influenced by the fiddle playing of Michael Coleman and James Morrison among others, through his parents who came from Sligo. As a member of the Bothy Band, Kevin was […]
North River
Reviewed by Mary McWay Seaman, Celtic Connection, October, 2007 Folks who grew up during the Great Depression will not easily forget this book, and some New Yorkers may even feel themselves walking through its mirrors. Others will revere it as an aching refresher on the era. NORTH RIVER, Pete Hamill”s new novel, conducts readers through 1934 Greenwich […]
“Green Tie” Presenter MCPN Breaks Ground
for New Health Care Center
A nonprofit organization, MCPN has provided medical and health education services to the underserved since 1989. Their current service areas encompass Jefferson, Arapahoe, Adams and Park Counties and the City of Lakewood and Aurora. MCPN has one of the largest population base of any Community Health Center in Colorado and, the largest number of underserved […]
Beth Patterson to Mud Wrestle Martha Stewart During Lannie”s Cabaret Show? Sunday, November 25, 2007
Interview with Beth Patterson by Pat McCullough Beth Patterson has a stage presence that has been described by viewers as “a cross between a cobra and a puppy.” No doubt the puppy is for her lovely smile and voice ” and the Cobra? Maybe for her fleet finger action on the fret board ” but more […]
Scruffy Murphy’s Raises $$$ for Children’s Hospital
“We raised $2K for Children”s Hospital…for the research of “SIDS”, said owner Andrew Toole, “We raised the money by silent auction with items donated by Natures Way, Pepsi Centre and Scruffy”s putting up two round trip tickets to Ireland.” Big Paddy, Kinetics & 66 Days provided entertainment. (photo by Donnie Danesh)
Colorado”s Jessie Burns Riding High
on the Waves of Gaelic Storm…
With fiddle in hand, she will drop into the Conor O”Neill”s Sunday night session in Boulder to play and visit with friends. “The folks there have been so supportive and kind,” she said about her fellow session players, “really generous with their excitement for me.” She will also teach fiddle lessons when she is home […]
The Guynd: A Scottish Journal
Reviewed by Mary McWay Seaman, Celtic Connection, September, 2007 Belinda Rathbone”s new memoir is an exceptional combo of history, lament, battle cry and chronicle of what is, sifted from what once was, in rural Scotland. To read THE GUYND: A SCOTTISH JOURNAL is to become an intern folded into the intimate workings of a culture with tattered […]