Arts and Entertainment
This is a year unlike any other for “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn.”
The 2022 edition marks the 20th anniversary of the popular holiday stage production, which features music, dance, and storytelling from Irish, Scottish, other Celtic – and occasionally non-... Read more
A sampling of this month’s Irish/Celtic music-related events in, or slightly beyond, Greater Boston.
Not surprisingly, most performances in and around town this month are holiday-oriented, but there’s at least one that isn’t, strictly speaking: Boston... Read more
Tir Na Theatre is remounting one of its most acclaimed productions. Artistic Director Colin Hamell has announced the company will present Mark Doherty’s “Trad” from Nov. 30 to Dec. 18 at Boston Center for the Arts’ Black Box Theatre.
The cast features... Read more
The stunning west of Ireland plays a starring role in a new movie, providing the dramatic setting for the darkly comedic story.
The Banshees of Inisherin, from Searchlight Pictures, is the latest film from Academy Award and BAFTA winning director... Read more
“The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin, Irish Traditional Singer” • Elizabeth Cronin (1879-1956) – familiarly known as “Bess” – was easily one of the foremost traditional Irish singers of her time, or arguably any time, and an important figure in the run-up to... Read more
A sampling of this month’s Irish/Celtic music-related events in, or slightly beyond, Greater Boston.
•At last, at last: Fiddle Hell, one of the area’s most popular traditional/folk music festivals, is back on an in-person basis for the first time since... Read more
John Cullinane, who founded the Boston Public Library Foundation, the Fund's predecessor, recently published a book entitled, Stories Along the Way.
John is known as one of the fathers of the Massachusetts tech industry. He didn't set out to write a... Read more
Two-time Tony Award winner Bill Irwin is a master actor, director, writer, and clown known for an outstanding body of work crossing stage, film, and television. Most important for Boston audiences, he’s coming to town to share an explanation and... Read more
It’s a niggling question familiar to the evenings-and-weekends musician who holds down a so-called “real job” (as if managing a full-time musical career isn’t a real job, but never mind) while performing concerts or participating in jam sessions off-hours... Read more
Guitarist/mandolinist Flynn Cohen is taking the old better-late-than-never maxim to heart, and on the road – “late” as in 20 years late.
A longtime pillar of Greater Boston’s Irish/Celtic music scene now living in Vermont, Cohen will mark the two-decade... Read more
By Sean Smith,
Boston Irish Contributor
“Live in Concert,” The Kilfenora Céilí Band • The Kilfenora Céilí Band has been around since before ceili bands were even a thing: As far back as 1888, it was a fife and drum band that, by about 20 years later, had... Read more
The Boston College Center for Irish Programs was co-host, along with the BC Center for Human Rights and International Justice, in early September to the American launch of “REDRESS: Ireland’s Institutions and Transitional Justice,” a book of essays based... Read more
“Live in Concert,” The Kilfenora Céilí Band • The Kilfenora Céilí Band has been around since before ceili bands were even a thing: As far back as 1888, it was a fife and drum band that, by about 20 years later, had morphed into the ceili band model as we... Read more
A sampling of this month’s Irish/Celtic music-related events in, or slightly beyond, Greater Boston.
•The Burren Backroom series begins this month with an appearance by The Alt (Nuala Kennedy, John Doyle, and Eamon O’Leary) on Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Click... Read more
For Irish musician, singer and composer Nuala Kennedy, life is often analogous to one’s personal library, replete with inspirations, memories, lessons, cautionary tales, and every emotion on the human spectrum – the scale of it sometimes beyond our... Read more
Dermot Byrne and Yvonne Casey, “As We Feel It” • Byrne’s Donegal-influenced accordion playing has been a hallmark of Altan for nigh on three decades now, while Casey is a fine exponent of the Clare fiddle style who has played with the Ceili Bandits as... Read more
Rockport Celtic Festival sets focus on Scandinavia in its third rendering; The weekend of Aug. 19-21
Already one of the more intriguing and multifaceted live music offerings in the Greater Boston area, the third Rockport Celtic Festival will take place the weekend of August 19-21 at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, with an array of events that pull... Read more
Everything subject to change pending possible Covid-related developments.
•The Burren Backroom series is justifiably celebrated for its traditional music offerings, but organizer Brian O’Donovan and crew have never been shy about exploring other... Read more
Stuart Peak is grateful to the music community for its generosity after health emergency
Community reaches out to help one of its own in need: It’s a classic feel-good tale often found amid the pages of newspapers, on TV news broadcasts, or, in more... Read more
Respected Boston actress, singer, and musician Erica Spyres is a cast member of “Paradise Square,” one of the most ambitious new musicals on Broadway this season. Locally, she has been a long-time favorite, appearing in everything from “Light in the... Read more
