For the Boston Harbor Bhoys, it’s all pretty simple: ‘The music goes right to the heart as well as the head’

By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
November 2, 2020
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor

Michael Maloney likes to describe his Irish/Celtic band the Boston Harbor Bhoys as “a Venn diagram.” As Maloney explains, he and his band mates – Eddie Biggins and son Ryan – each tend to favor a specific subset of Irish music: For Maloney, it’s the brand of folk-rock by, say, Dublin singer-songwriter Glen Hansa

For Becky Tracy and Keith Murphy, their new album ‘Golden’ comes nicely wrapped in a silver lining

By Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor
November 1, 2020
Sean Smith, BostonIrish Contributor

The New England traditional folk music duo Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy managed a nice bit of symmetry earlier this year: They released their new album, “Golden,” right around their silver wedding anniversary.

Boston Irish Editorial- The choice is clear: Joe Biden for President

By Bill Forry, Boston Irish Editor
October 29, 2020
Bill Forry, Boston Irish Editor

Former Vice-President Joe Biden is shown at the second inauguration of Boston Mayor Martin Walsh in Jan. 2018. Chris Lovett photo

The choice could not be clearer: I’ll cast my vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris next Tuesday. A lopsided proportion of my neighbors, if they haven’t already, will do the same.

This is not wishful thinking. In 2016, the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won 80.5 percent of the vote in Boston. Trump-Pence finished the day with 13.8 percent of the vote citywide.

Fungie, Ireland’s Missing Dolphin, ‘Goes With the Tide’

By From the NY Times
October 28, 2020
From the NY Times

The dolphin, who is believed to have turned up in Dingle’s harbor 37 years ago and became a global tourist attraction, hasn’t been seen for two weeks. Locals are coming to terms with the fact that Fungie may never return.

Read the story from the NY Times here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/world/europe/dingle-ireland-fungie-do...

Video details Abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Visits to Ireland

By Boston Irish Newsroom
October 28, 2020
Boston Irish Newsroom

Arriving in Cork, 175 years ago, Frederick Douglass was greeted with a song, whose refrain rang 'Céad Míle Fáilte to the Stranger, Free from Bondage, Chains & Danger'. Today we reaffirm that welcome with 'Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!' an@aaidnetwork film celebrating the great man.

Link:  https://twitter.com/IrelandEmbUSA/status/1321421457407180805?s=20

Virtually speaking, Fiddle Hell is ready to start the music in Westford (Nov. 5-8)

By Sean Smith, Contributor to BostonIrish
October 26, 2020
Sean Smith, Contributor to BostonIrish

While the area folk/traditional music scene (like pretty much all other music scenes) remains under quarantine, there are two special “virtual” events this month of interest to Irish/Celtic fans.

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