McCabe’s ‘Call’ of the Wild
“THEY call me the breeze, I keep blowin’ down the road,” goes the old J.J.
Cale song. “I ain’t got me nobody, I don’t carry me no load.”
GIVING ‘PEACE’ A CHANCE
Gerry Adams takes readers on an insider’s tour of the recent Irish peace
process in his new book. TOM DEIGNAN talks to the controversial Sinn Fein
leader.
(Irish Voice) 18 Dec 2003
Daddy de Burgh Guides Miss World SEEMS there may be Daddy Dearest plot behind the rise and rise of
the new Miss World, Irish beauty Rosanna Davison.
(Irish Voice) 18 Dec 2003
Colin’s Dad a Publican
COLIN Farrell, one of the busiest actors on the planet, has a few days to
spare around the holidays, and he’s going to be spending some of them back
home in Ireland – specifically, at his dad’s new pub in Drogheda, Co. Louth.
(Irish Voice) 18 Dec 2003
Oh, No!
YOUR “Page 2” correspondent loves – absolutely loves! – George Michael,
and now it seems like the former Wham! crooner really hell-bent on throwing
his once brilliant career well and truly down the toilet.
‘Everything Ireland’ Is for Everyone
IRELAND is brought down to a neat size — 461 pages to be exact — in Everything
Irish, a new book edited by Lelia Ruckenstein and James O’Malley which was
released by Ballantine last week.
(Irish Voice) 11 Dec 2003
‘Now,’ an Irish Christmas Album
FLURRIES were in the air over the weekend, and that means two things: back-breaking
shovel marathons and a plethora of Christmas songs
(Irish Voice) 11 Dec 2003
Boys Back in Town
“THE show must go on” must have been plastered all over the Waterboys’ tour
bus as they began their American tour last week
It’s the Holiday Concert Season
LAST weekend’s blizzard was too early to ensure a White Christmas. But we
know the season is upon us and that Irish music is a wonderful way to share
its joy. more...
(Irish Voice) 11 Dec 2003
Art Lover Up-and-coming Irish hottie Cillian Murphy stars in a new Hollywood
costume drama. TOM DEIGNAN reviews Girl with the Pearl Earring. more...
Miss Ireland’s Tops the World!
SHE did it! Miss Ireland, Rosanna Davison, is officially the most fabulous
woman on the planet after her win at the Miss World 2003... more...
(Irish Voice) 11 Dec 2003
Lord of the Missed Chance
WHEN the final installment of Lord of the Rings trilogy, Return of the King
opens next week – the film is tipped to make a household name out of star
Viggo Mortensen – Irish actor Stuart Townsend will likely be thinking about
what could have been. more...
(Irish Voice) 11 Dec 2003
In the News
BONO is in the mood to buy real estate, according to the Sunday World, which
reports the U2 frontman has made a “serious bid” of somewhere close to $60
million for a full-floor in the famous Dakota apartment building on Central
Park West... more...
Let It Snow, Let It Snow
THE music charts got a blast of the late Sixties this week, as the Beatles
remastered Let It Be…Naked was released. That has inspired a new interest
in the boys from Liverpool. One man, though, saw it all the first time more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
‘Three’ an Uneven Number
THE boys in pinstripes might have been the main attraction when the World
Series last graced the gritty streets of the Bronx, but it was an Irishman
who stole the show. more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec2003
Adams Book Ad Banned
GERRY Adams new memoir A Farther Shore: Ireland’s Long Road to Peace has
thus far been politely received in the U.S. But it is causing trouble over
in Ireland. more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
Count on Mary Courtney
IN THE 1980s, Bainbridge Avenue was “ the Irish mile” as the Bronx neighborhood
experienced an influx of new Irish immigrants, many of whom were undocumented.
more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec2003
Holden’s Movin’ In!
The newest Irish star on Broadway, Darren Holden, is Billy Joel personified
in the smash musical Movin’ Out. DEBBIE McGOLDRICK talked to Holden after
a recent performance.. more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
Getting Mad About AIDS A GALAXY of stars from around the world gathered in Cape Town, South
Africa last Saturday night for an AIDS benefit concert organized by the
charitable foundation established by Nelson Mandela to fight the rapidly
growing epidemic in the country. more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
Miss Ireland Wants the World THE Miss World competition takes place this Saturday in China, and
Ireland’s contestant is quite a stunner with a bit of show-biz in her background
to boot. more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
Blair In-Law for Sligo BRITISH PM Tony Blair is having a tough time catching a break lately
- even his father-in-law has given Blair’s policies a thumbs-down. more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: 03 WEDNESDAY James McCourt Talk ...,
04 THURSDAY, Good Clean Fun at Rambling House, 05 FRIDAY
DJ at Rambling House... more...
(Irish Voice) 4 Dec 2003
Southie’ Son Looks ‘Back’
SOUTH Boston is once again hot artistic property, thanks in large part to
the well-received Clint Eastwood film of Mystic River, based on Dennis Lehane’s
book, and starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. more...
(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
For Holidays, Buy the Book
MANY people might be panicking that the holiday season is in full swing
and you have nothing bought yet. Fear not, your trusty music columnist rides
to the rescue with a few gift ideas that any Irish music fan would love
to find under their tree. more...
(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
They’re Still Fun Lovin’
HE Fun Lovin’ Criminals will celebrate the release of their new record,
Welcome to Poppy’s, with a mini-tour of America. You may remember the band
for their novelty hit “Scooby Snacks.” It was that fragmented lyric that
seemed to stick on the tick of everyone’s tongue a few years ago. more...
(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
Welcome to ‘America’
In America is finally here! GEORGINA BRENNAN talks to writer/director Jim
Sheridan about his new movie, and his own immigrant experience in New York
City. more...
(Irish Voice) 26 Nov2003
Tough Tale of New York
THERE are lots of good movies out there if you look. There are even some
that grow on you after a while. But there are few movies that involve you
so much that you want to take the characters home to live with you. . more...
(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
Bono’s Paintings ‘Wolfed’ Up at Auction BONO is really flying the flag for Ireland here in New York these
days. This past Monday he attended the U.S. premiere of the new Jim Sheridan
movie In America – you’ll read about that elsewhere in this issue – and
on Friday night he was the star attraction by far at Christie’s auction
house for the sale of the 16 paintings he created with his daughters Jordan
and Eve. more...
(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: NOVEMBER 26 WEDNESDAY, Good Clean Fun...27
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!, Thanksgiving at Rory Dolan’s
28 FRIDAY, Shannon Breeze at Burke’s... more...
(Irish Voice) 26 Nov 2003
Taboo’s ‘Two Irish Kids’
The much-discussed musical Taboo is finally on Broadway. MIKE FARRAGHER
talks to embattled producer Rosie O’Donnell, and reviews the lavish production,
inspired by a kid named George O’Dowd. (That’s Boy George to you.) more...
(Irish Voice) 20 Nov 2003
A Michael Collins Mystery
THIS is a literary mystery which began 83 years ago this week. It involves
Michael Collins, a new line of Irish books due out next March, and that
most rare of creatures: an Irish author who does not seem to want any publicity
whatsoever. more...
(Irish Voice) 20 Nov 2003
Abbey Marks Anniversary in NYC
JOHN McColgan, the director of Riverdance and a well-known Irish entrepreneur,
always longed for stardom on the stage of Dublin’s venerable Abbey Theatre,
which will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. more...
(Irish Voice) 20 Nov 2003
Bono’s Art Up for NYC Auction
WE all know that Bono is an amazing singer/songwriter, a tireless crusader
on behalf of the AIDS crisis in Africa and just a great guy in general –
trust us, he is! – and now we can add another skill to the aforementioned
list – painter. more...
(Irish Voice) 20 Nov2003
Dude Does Dublin
THE dude has hit the road to bash President Bush, and he had a very receptive
audience in Ireland over the weekend. more...
(Irish Voice) 20 Nov 2003
Lights Dim for Blarney Star AS a frequent attendee and long-time fan of traditional Irish music,
I know the historic place that the Blarney Star concert series at 43 Murray
Street holds in New York City lore more...
(Irish Voice) 20 Nov 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: NOVEMBER 19 WEDNESDAY, Julliard Chamber
Music at AIHS....20 THURSDAY,Mary Higgins Clark at Glucksman... more...
(Irish Voice) 20 Nov 2003
‘Master’ of the Universe
Patrick O’Brian’s epic sea adventure comes to the big screen, complete with
an Irish sidekick. GEORGINA BRENNAN reviews the Russell Crowe flick, and
asks: Is O’Brian really Irish? more...
(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
Was Patrick O’Brian Irish? Well…
WAS Patrick O’Brian Irish?
Actually, the question should be: Why did an Englishman proclaim to the
world that he was an Irishman, going so far as to die in Dublin? more...
(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
Taxing Troubles for Filmmakers
THOSE working in the Irish film industry are living in troubled times, as
the Irish government is pressing ahead with its 2004 plan to abolish a tax
incentive break for filmmakers. more...
(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
Beautiful ‘Day’ for Solas
AS the holiday season approaches, we will be reminded that “home is where
the heart is.” That truism can apply especially to musicians who spent a
fair amount of time on the road away from familiar surroundings. more...
(Irish Voice) 12 Nov2003
Kila Makes Satalla Noise
THE Big Apple has a new place of worship for anyone interested in world
music: Satalla, on West 26th Street in Manhattan more...
(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
Van’s Co. Owes Dough THE owner of an inn who claimed his business nearly collapsed following
a fallout with Van Morrison was awarded almost $70,000 on Tuesday. more...
(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: 12 WEDNESDAY, Northern Ireland Women’s
Initiative...13 THURSDAY, Morgan Clamp at Saints and Sinners...14 FRIDAY,
Grand Opening at Rambling House... more...
(Irish Voice) 12 Nov 2003
Four ‘Heaven’s’ Sake
THE Four of Us is a band that has plowed through our native soil since the
late Eighties, and they have produced a bumper crop of exquisite songs on
Heaven & Earth.. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
At the Movies: Salvation?
THIS week, the latest installment of The Matrix hits movie theaters. Northern
Irish writer Gareth Higgins has an interesting thing to say about the wildly
popular first installment of this movie phenomenon. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
Say Hello to ‘Farewell’
THE Snug Harbor Irish Festival in Staten Island, run by the Irish Arts Center
(and producer Becky Miller), was regrettably short-lived but largely credited
with awakening the New York City area to its bountiful traditional music
scene and the musicians who cherished and preserved it. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
Van the (Very Cranky) Man
VAN Morrison has been unusually chatty with the press upon the release of
his excellent disc, What’s Wrong With This Picture?. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov2003
Lord of the Ring
EVER since that terrible day in September 2001, stories have swirled around
about the number of Claddagh rings found amidst the rubble of the World
Trade Center. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
‘Times’ Right for Rice THE buzz surrounding brooding Dublin singer-songwriter Damien Rice
is becoming positively deafening. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
Irish Oscars Salute Unknowns
THE inaugural Irish Oscars – officially known as the Irish Film and Television
Awards – took place on Saturday night at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin,
and surprisingly, the hotter than hot Colin Farrell, nominated in both the
best actor (for SWAT) and supporting actor (for Intermission) categories,
didn’t win. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
Christina’s Irish Hissy Fit
“BEAUTIFUL” is the title to one of Christina Aguilera’s recent hit singles,
but the star singer’s behavior in Dublin last week was anything but pretty. more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: 06 THURSDAY, DJ at Rory Dolan’s...
07 FRIDAY, Music at Vintage... more...
(Irish Voice) 6 Nov 2003
The Irish Catholic Royal Family
Just another Kennedy book? No way. Author Tom Maier tells TOM DEIGNAN about
the deeply Catholic, and radically Irish, streak in the Kennedy clan. more...
(Irish Voice) 30 Oct 2003
Liam ‘Steps’ Up
NEXT week, Liam Neeson is thinking small, before he takes on a big role. more...
(Irish Voice) 30 Oct 2003
Around the World with Kila
KILA has made a name for itself by combining fierce traditional Irish playing
with international flavors, and their new CD Luna Park is no exception. more...
(Irish Voice) 30 Oct 2003
OFF THE CUFF
LISTEN UP: Boru Vodka, Blue Note Records, and Daly Communication will be
hosting a series of listening parties to commemorate the release of Van
Morrison’s excellent new disc, What’s Wrong With This Picture? more...
(Irish Voice) 30 Oct 2003
Weekend Warriors Just ‘Grande’
WHEN the indefatigable Catskills promoter of Irish events Gertrude Bryne
moved her “#1 Irish Weekends” to the Nevele Grande Hotel some years ago,
it was a marriage made in heaven. more...
(Irish Voice) 30 Oct 2003
Leary ‘Bashes’ for New York’s Finest THE annual “bash” hosted by comedian Denis Leary and his Leary Firefighters
Foundation always throws up a few celebrity-related surprises, and this
year’s party, at the Hudson Hotel on the West Side on Monday night, was
no exception. more...
(Irish Voice) 30 Oct 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: 29 WEDNESDAY,Gerry Adams in New Orleans,
New York...30 THURSDAY, Heidi Talbot at Rambling House...
31 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!, Party at Burke’s... more...
(Irish Voice) 30 Oct 2003
Van’s ‘Wrong’ All Right
IS there anything more pathetic than original artists we know and love turning
to the creaky melodies of the Cole Porter songbook for a hit in the autumn
of their careers? more...
(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
New ‘Bawn’ an Old Fave
IF a rousing, good old-fashioned melodrama is something you’re in the mood
for, then Dion Boucicault’s The Colleen Bawn, at Manhattan’s Irish Repertory
Theatre, is just your ticket. more...
(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
Irish (Anti) American
IF literary awards are a barometer for how the world views America, this
year’s controversial Man Booker Prize ceremony might predict a cold snap
in our diplomatic relationships with England. more...
(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
Say Hello to Leahy
THERE was no denying that the mood was blue up in Boston last week, and
we ain’t talking Yankee blue if you know what I mean. more...
(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
In Hinds’ Sight
Watch out, Colin! Ciaran Hinds may be the hardest working Irish actor around.
Georgina Brennan talks to the Belfast native about Veronica Guerin, and
his upcoming films. more...
(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
Green Linnet Battle Rages On
ON A grassy knoll overlooking 81 Beaver Brook Road in Danbury, Connecticut,
a protest concert sprung up earlier this month which harkened back to an
era that helped launch the folk music revival in the 1960s. more...
(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: 22 WEDNESDAY, Karaoke at the Rockin’ Robin...
23 THURSDAY, Alternatrad at Beacon Tavern... 24 FRIDAY, Leahy in Jersey more...
(Irish Voice) 22 Oct 2003
The Truth About Veronica
Veronica Guerin is one of the most important Irish movies in years. GEORGINA
BRENNAN talks to the stars, and reviews the tragic film about the crusading
journalist. more...
(Irish Voice) 16 Oct 2003
Melting Pot Misadventures
TO BE released at Manhattan’s Quad Cinema this Friday, Nine Dead Gay Guys
is an Irish film which earned raves on the festival circuit, and in England.
It’s also a look at how diversity has changed the face of Ireland and the
U.K. more...
(Irish Voice) 16 Oct 2003
Great Glucksman ‘House’ Party
A NUMBER of years ago a fellow folklorist, Joe Wilson, warned Mick Moloney
of the difficulties bringing folk music stage shows into a frenzied New
York City. Wilson said: “It is hard to stimulate the over-stimulated.”
more...
(Irish Voice) 16 Oct 2003
‘New’ Prodigals Rock Fest
THOSE who missed the series of Guinness Oyster festivals that were staged
in our area last weekend lost out on a “shucking” good time! With wife and
kids in tow, this reviewer trotted over to the Asbury Park stop of the tour.
more...
(Irish Voice) 16 Oct 2003
Off the Cuff
Pierce Turner returns to NYC / Luka Bloom is ready to hit the road again
more...
(Irish Voice) 16 Oct 2003
Quentin’s Irish Blood Boils!
WRITER/director Quentin Tarantino is king of the box-office pile again thanks
to last weekend’s performance of his “comeback” film Kill Bill
more...
(Irish Voice) 16 Oct 2003
Michael the Moneymaker
“I DON’T care what dancer – from ballet, tap, flamenco, jazz to salsa –
it is. I will still dance rings around them.” So says Michael Flatley, and
really, who could argue with him? more...
(Irish Voice) 16 Oct 2003
No (Non) Irish Need Apply
NO one else but Irish need apply when it comes to the country’s first ever
awards show styled after the Oscars. more...
Elvis’ Bitter Irish Breakup
ELVIS Costello, the artist formerly known as Declan MacManus, has released
a new CD that will have the laptops of the gossip columnists on Fleet Street
buzzing. more...
(Irish Voice) 8 Oct 2003
OFF THE CUFF
VALUABLE CASH: Hot Press, the bible of the Irish music scene in the motherland,
dedicated their front cover to Johnny Cash. more...
(Irish Voice) 8 Oct 2003
Rice Is Right for MTV
IRISH singer/songwriter Damien Rice won the third annual Shortlist Music
Prize on Sunday, over higher profile nominees such as Floetry and Interpol. more...
(Irish Voice) 8 Oct 2003
It’s Time to See CCE
IT WAS back in 1972 when Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE) sent out its
first tour group to America hoping to make inroads in the U.S. and Canada
after two decades in Ireland promoting traditional Irish music and dance. more...
(Irish Voice) 8 Oct 2003
Gangs of New York
BELFAST-born novelist Adrian McKinty’s recalls New York’s dark days in a
violent new thriller. A week before he returns to New York, TOM DEIGNAN
talks to McKinty about crack dens, “the Troubles” and the movie deal he
just struck. more...
(Irish Voice) 8 Oct 2003
Guide
What's happening this week: 08 WEDNESDAY, “West Along the Road”...09
THURSDAY, Steven McDonald “Star Spangled Celebration”... more...
(Irish Voice) 8 Oct 2003
Mike’s Plea for ‘Universal’ Peace
MIKE Scott has always been known to throw his fans a curveball. He formed
the Waterboys in the early 1980s, and rode the New Wave into the record
collections of the underground college rock that was hip at the time.
more...
(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
U2 Snitch Spills the Dirt
SOME people will do anything to make a buck, and this includes a former
U2 “insider” who’s just published one of those junky tell-all books that
chronicles her time with the world-famous Irish band. more...
(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
Murder in South Boston
Three Boston Irish kids can’t escape their past in Mystic River. TOM DEIGNAN
reviews Clint Eastwood’s star-studded murder mystery. more...
(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
Wilde’s Music ‘Man’ in Boston
LIKE God, Carmel O’Reilly’s presence is felt, rather than seen, in every
Súgán Theatre Company play in Boston. So, during a recent rehearsal for
their new season’s opening play, it was surprising to see O’Reilly’s auburn
head focused on her feet as she practiced a dance number with the rest of
the cast. more...
(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
Busy Week Celebrating Glucksman
NESTLED alongside a cobble-stoned mews in a historic red-brick building
in the shadow of New York’s Washington Square you will find Glucksman Ireland
House, a vibrant part of New York University now for 10 years. more...
(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
Skels ‘Storm’ the Scene
AS THE new Skels CD, Any Port In A Storm, howls from the tinny speakers
of my IBM Thinkpad, I am reminded of a joke about an old bull and a young
bull. They were at the top of a hill, surveying a field full of cows. more...
(Irish Voice) 1 Oct 2003
Roma Keeps Busy
THOUGH her signature show Touched By An Angel was canceled by CBS after
nine seasons, Roma Downey has hardly been sitting idly by. more...
Fun and ‘Games’ in Pennsylvania;
MAIN Street, Bethlehem (the Christmas City in Pennsylvania), will be a worthy
pilgrimage for the coming weekend (September 26 - 28) for the 16th Annual
Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival.
.more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Sep 2003
Splittsville for The Cranberries
NEWS outlets in Ireland were abuzz this week with confirmation of rumors
on the fate of the Cranberries. Dolores O’Riordan ann-ounced to Showbiz
Ireland and Hot Press that she will be going it alone. more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Sep 2003
Glucksman Gears Up for Anniversary
WHEN the crowd gathers to hear fiddler Patrick Ourceau and guitarist Eamon
O’Leary Monday October 6 at Mona’s Pub on Avenue B, they will not be witnessing
just another traditional Irish music session. more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Sep 2003
Frames Ready for Closeup
YOU probably know The Frames but don’t know you know them.
Pieces of last year’s acoustic masterpiece For The Birds oozed out of the
speakers of hipper-than-thou coffee houses across the country
more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Sep 2003
Flatley Rape Suit Dismissed
HE said from the get-go that the $35 million civil rape suit filed against
him in March was bogus, and now, finally, Michael Flatley has been proven
right. more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Sep 2003
That’s My Boy!
COLIN Farrell has yet to see his new son, born to his ex-girlfriend Kim
Bordenave in Los Angeles on September 12, but being a dad has made him,
in his words, “the richest man in the world.” more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Sep 2003
Queer Eyes for Irish Guys
THIS past Sunday, The New York Times published a front-page article about
the high-priced, high stakes game of producing successful sitcoms. When
sitcoms attract an audience, they can be extraordinarily lucrative for all
involved. more...
Guide
Find out what's happening in the Tri-State area this week...
more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Sep 2003
Rudi and Judi’s Maiden Irish Trip
FORMER New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently enjoying his first
trip to Ireland courtesy of the folks at The Examiner newspaper
more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
Irish Say Goodbye to Johnny
THE death of country music legend Johnny Cash has left a void felt all around
the world, and the Man in Black, who passed away last Friday, was fondly
remembered in Ireland. more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
Green Stones
GREAT line from the withered Rolling Stone Keith Richards...
more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
DA-DA!
IT’S hard to believe, but Colin Farrell is now officially a dad.
more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
Flatley’s Mandela Promise
LOOKS like Michael Flatley will be lacing up his dancing shoes once again
for a high-profile cause. more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
The Commitments Are Back!
The Commitments are still bringing “Dublin soul” to the masses. MIKE FARRAGHER
catches up with the world’s only band made up characters from a movie, which
was based on a novel. more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
Jersey Fest Rocks
THE drums of war were replaced by the percolating bodhrán when the Jersey
Shore Irish festival took over the Sea Girt military academy this past weekend.
more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
The Gift of ‘Gabby Aggie’
STORYTELLER and poet Dwina Murphy-Gibb is coming to New York City later
this month to perform selections of her hit radio comedy series The Gabby
Aggies. more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
Long on Irish ‘Shorts’
WANT to get a peek at some Irish film talent before the members of the Academy
have their say? more...
(Irish Voice) 18 Sep 2003
Book Report: More Catholic Than Irish?
FOR better or worse, most Irish Catholic writers in American culture have
proven to be more Irish than Catholic, in the mold of James T. Farrell,
a onetime socialist who found the church suffocating.
more...
Bono’s Advice for Beyoncé
SINGING superstar Beyoncé has had a crazy busy summer, thanks to a chart-topping
solo CD and high-profile appearances all over the place with her rapper
beau Jay-Z. more...
(Irish Voice) 11 Sep 2003
Holding Back the ‘Tears’
WHILE many na-tions suffered great losses during the terror strikes on September
11, it’s hard to dispute the fact that the Irish paid a particularly high
price. more...
(Irish Voice) 11 Sep 2003
OFF THE CUFF
HALF WAY HOUSE: The Uprooted Tour, that amazing gig last summer that teamed
The Young Dubliners with Seven Nations, has been reincarnated with the Half
Way to St. Patrick’s mini-tour. (What a quick six months that was!). This
smoking bill will stop at The Roxy in Boston on 9/18, The Ocean Mist in
Rhode Island on the 9/19, Altamont outside Albany on 9/20 and BB King’s
in New York City on 9/21. Some of these gigs will also feature New York’s
favorite sons, Black 47. more...
(Irish Voice) 11 Sep 2003
It’s All About The Thrills
AFTER meeting The Thrills in New York City, I found that almost everything
I’ve heard about the five lads from Dublin is true. They’re handsome, stylish,
well-mannered and on the verge of conquering America. But for rock stars
in their early 20s they also seem, (how else can I put it?) a little shy.
more...
Don’t Forget Philly Faithful
PHILADELPHIA is often overlooked when it comes to traditional Irish music
and dance but it has always played a pivotal role in its preservation in
the U.S. In particular, the annual Festival of Irish Music and Dance, in
its 29th year sponsored by the Philadelphia Ceili Group, was a seminal force
back in the late 1970s and 1980s in sparking an appreciation for Irish musicians
in the Northeast when other Irish festivals virtually ignored the traditional
realm. more...
Willis Wants to Party!
BRUCE Willis hopes to head to Ireland this autumn for some R&R, he says,
and he’ll be looking for his old buddy Colin Farrell to hang out with.
more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
Did He or Didn’t He?
TAKE your pick from the latest Irish front page headlines concerning the
long-running Ahern soap opera — “Bertie and Celia Patch Things Up” (Saturday’s
Weekend Herald), or “They ‘Hate’ Each Other” (the following day’s Sunday
World.) more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
A Little Tiger
OKAY, Irish pro golfer Padraig Harrington, ranked in the world Top 10, would
probably prefer his newborn to be called a little mini-me, as that’s exactly
what baby Patrick Daniel Harrington is. more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
Mom-to-Be Outing
SINEAD O’Connor, who’s expecting her third child next year, looked radiant
when she visited the opening day of this year’s Lisdoonvarna festival, which
is actually being held at the RDS in Dublin this year instead of its traditional
Co. Clare home. more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
Revving Things Up
IF YOUR hobby is taking the pulse of the music business, then this was a
sad week for you indeed. Was there anything on the tube more depressing
than this year’s MTV Music Awards? Sure, watching Madonna French kiss Britney
was an eye-popping experience, but the rest of the night was plagued with
silicone-bearing pop tarts and rapper thugs toting “pimp chalices.”
more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
‘Black’ Summer Sun
THIS summer will no doubt go down as the most miserable one in history.
As one columnist commented in this paper last week, it’s as though we switched
weather with the Irish, who were treated to many weeks of uninterrupted
brilliant sunshine while we suffered through the sheets of rain on our beach
days. more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
One Man’s ‘Village’ People
UPON entering the small off-Broadway Zipper Theater, one sees onstage an
auto machine shop, filled with rubber tires on the walls, a few mysterious
implements rimmed with oil and grease, and the welcome relief of a fish
tank. The audience itself is resting on automobile seats.
more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
Keane Sense of Sound
ONE-MAN shows usually combine the highlights of an artist’s career while
shedding light on the forces, both historic and cultural, that have helped
shape their achievements. more...
(Irish Voice) 04 Sep 2003
A Bronx Tale
THE figures in the shadows that lurk in your nightmares are people that
Mary Higgins Clark knows all too well. more...
The ‘Book’ on Paul Brady
The very word seems to have been created for people like Paul Brady. His
body of work is timeless, his songs like the pages of a classic piece of
leather-bound literature that you’d find in a library.
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(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
Mommy’s Little Boy!
COLIN Farrell, soon to be a dad as one of his babes, American model Kim
Bordenave, will give birth in the next few weeks, says the number one person
in his life is his mother Rita. more...
(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
The Bottom Will be Tops
THE Bottom Line will be tops on Friday, September 5, when two of the most
innovative and explosive bands in Irish music invade the venerable Greenwich
Village Club for two sets at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., kicking off a very active
post-Labor day scene. more...
(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
New Dublin Rose
THERE’S a new Rose of Tralee, and she doesn’t come far from where the annual
Co. Kerry festival takes place. more...
(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
Great Strides at Fleadh
THE Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, has come and gone
and once again the Yanks have done well in the All-Ireland traditional music
championships organized by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann.
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(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
Happy 21st!
BONO and his wife Ali celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary in style
last week in the South of France. more...
(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
Must-See Irish TV?
HAVE you seen the new 7-Up soda commercial? The one with some goofy little
leprechaun all dressed up in green speaking with an intentionally dreadful
Irish accent, tripping his way through some Riverdance steps?
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(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
In the News
AIDAN Quinn, no stranger to Irish shores, will spend some more time over
there in the coming year. more...
(Irish Voice) 28 Aug 2003
Aherns: Don’t Blame Us!
THOUGH they were slammed at home for selling pictures of their French wedding
to British glossy magazine Hello! for $1 million, Georgina Ahern – daughter
of Irish Prime Minister Bertie – and her wealthy pop star hubby Nicky Byrne
couldn’t really care less about the negative fall-out back home in Ireland.
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(Irish Voice) 21 Aug 2003
Celia Cobbles Along
WE promise, we’ll try and keep off the Bertie beat from here on in, but
he and his many women make for fascinating gossip!
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(Irish Voice) 21 Aug 2003
Sinead ‘Almighty’
THE world will likely greet a new Sinead O’Connor CD with a snicker and
a roll of the eye: Isn’t this the same woman who announced to the world
a few short months ago that she was quitting the music business?
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(Irish Voice) 21 Aug 2003
From Mayo to Massachusetts
IRELAND has long produced more than it’s share of fine writers. Maybe it
is the strong sense of place, of being from somewhere and keeping some part
of that place with you always. more...
(Irish Voice) 21 Aug 2003
London Lasses Come Calling
ONE shouldn’t be too surprised at the abundance of great Irish music coming
out of the English scene these days, given that emigration to the U.K. and
U.S were similar, especially in the 1950s. Immigrant communities embraced
and celebrated traditional music as a link to their homeland and the best
musicians began a legacy that spawned a couple of generations of players
whom we can be assured will carry on. more...
(Irish Voice) 21 Aug 2003
A Star is Re-Born
BRIAN Mallon is giving a tour-de-force performance in Playing Burton at
the Irish Repertory Theatre’s downstairs studio. It doesn’t hurt a bit that
Mallon bears an astonishing resemblance to the late Welsh star of stage
and screen. more...
Hello and Goodbye!
WELL, Celia Larkin must be grinning from ear to ear these days. Her newly
ex “partner,” Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern, made a complete
show of himself in the French countryside over the weekend at the behest
of his money-grabbing daughter Georgina and her new husband Nicky Byrne,
a member of some manufactured Irish pop band called Westlife.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Sinead With Child
IT wasn’t too long ago that Sinead O’Connor announced her “retirement” and
a desire to be left alone, but her latest announcement ensures that the
media will be hot on her trail for the next few months at least – the singer
is eight weeks pregnant with her third child.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Williams Wows!
SOME 135,000 music fans made their way to Phoenix Park in Dublin on Saturday
for an outdoor concert by English pop singer Robbie Williams.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
S.W.A.T.: Hot or Not?
AKIN to the storming nature of the movie, Dubliner Colin Farrell’s latest
movie S.W.A.T stormed the box office this weekend, raking in $37million
and putting it in the number one spot. This was just the latest Farrell
flick to open up at the top of the box office list, following other hits
such as Minority Report and Daredevil. more...
(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
She’s Back! (Yet Again!)
Sinead O’Connor will release the two-CD set She Who Dwells in the Secret
Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty on September
9, a mere five months after announcing her retirement.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Nifty Sounds
“SHOOGLENIFTY” is not only a great word to get you out of a pinch during
a game of Scrabble, it is also an amazing Celtic fusion experience. This
six-man band is credited with being the originators of ‘acid-croft,’ a fiery
and infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance grooves that
band members describe as “hypno-folkadelic ambient trad.”
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Hungry’ for More
THE Irish Rep is offering a well-deserved reprisal of actor-writer Des Keogh’s
The Love-Hungry Farmer, which played earlier this year. Only this time the
one-man show has been moved from the downstairs studio to the large, upstairs
theatre, and it more than amply fills the space.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
OFF THE CUFF
GETTING THERE: “We are getting closer to making the music we have always
wanted to make.” says Bono about the new U2 CD in an interview with Ireland’s
Sunday Independent that has been reprinted on the band’s website.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Top of the Hill
“IT is a long road that has no turns” is an old Irish expression that Noel
Hill, the Clare-born wizard on the concertina, evoked the other night to
illustrate the continuity over the decades of traditional music and the
people who play it. more...
Bertie’s Messy Love Triangle
THE great Yogi Berra coined the memorable phrase “It ain’t over till it’s
over,” and it sure does seem to fit when considering the tangled love life
of Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. more...
(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Depp’s Irish Days
JOHNNY Depp is the new king of Hollywood thanks to his starring role in
the summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean, but he fondly remembers
a high-profile project he worked on in Ireland with Marlon Brando some years
back that never made it to the finish line.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
The Unforgiven
There are tons of reasons to go to a movie: because you like the leading
actor, because the popcorn always tastes better, because you like Hollywood
explosions, because you want to escape for 90 minutes.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Hot Summer, Hot New Music
THESE warm months will no doubt go down in history as the “makeover summer.”
On every TV channel, there is someone “trading spaces,” or casting a “queer
eye on a straight guy,” and viewers like me can’t stop watching people transform
their wardrobes and personal spaces. It’s even inspired some of us to pick
up a paintbrush around here! Perish the thought! more...
(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Wedded Bliss for Dan Fan
ACCORDING to a report from the Limerick Leader, Daniel O’Donnell gave a
West Limerick bride a wedding present she will never forget last Saturday.
more...
(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
Cíaran Hinds: ‘Life’ Is Good
ANOTHER month, another blockbuster film for Belfast thespian Cíaran Hinds.
Perhaps you have not yet heard of Hinds. But he is making a habit of showing
up in blockbuster motion pictures. more...
(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
A True Irish Village
ANYONE who has spent any time around East Durham recently will be aware
of the fanciful scheme to build an historic Irish Village on the grounds
of the Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural and Sports Centre.
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(Irish Voice) 14 Aug 2003
OFF THE CUFF
SAW BOSTON: The Saw Doctors will appear in concert at the Irish Cultural
Centre of New England, 200 New Boston Drive, Canton on Saturday, August
16. A local Irish band, Sunday’s Well, will support them.
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The ‘Book’ On U2
THE members of U2 have never really been on the receiving end of bad press,
but that’s likely to change thanks to a disgruntled former employee of the
band who’s going to publish a tell-all book.
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(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
Oscar’s Irish Competition
WE don’t think that the folks who run the Academy Awards every March have
anything to worry about – yet – but there’s another new awards show on the
block that’s hoping to grab some Oscar glitz. more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
Brosnan’s British Honor
IRISH-born Pierce Brosnan has portrayed James Bond, one of British filmdom’s
most enduring characters, to perfection, and now the Queen of England herself
has given him a token of her gratification. more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
Celtic Net Tunes
ALL you Celtic music fans take note – one of the top 10 Internet stations
in the world, www.accuradio.com, has just added Celtic programming to its
slate. more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
Riders on the Storm
He was the little horse that could, and the story of Seabiscuit now seems
certain to captivate a new generation of Americans.
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(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
‘Flower’ Power Is Back
WITH so many outstanding performances turned in from legendary live acts
such as the Prodigals and Black 47, it is remarkable that a band largely
removed from the limelight should emerge as the undisputed stars of the
recent shows that were the American Fleadh. more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
More ‘Later’ for Gleeson, Murphy
THE creepy sci-fi flick 28 Days Later has been hailed by critics as scary
and original. Well, now the film is about to do something truly original.
more...
(Irish Voice) 24 Jul 2003
Strong Week in the Catskills
THE past, present and future all converged like a “perfect storm” on the
hamlet of East Durham last week, unleashing a torrent of tunes during the
Ninth Annual Catskills Irish Arts Week. more...
'Sisters' Star Speaks Out
The Magdalene Sisters has already generated major debate in the U.S. GEORGINA
BRENNAN talks to the film’s Irish star, Nora Jane Noone, about religion,
the controversy and her own connection to Ireland’s laundries.
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(Irish Voice) 16 Jul 2003
Hot Rice: Next Big Thing?
Witness the emergence of Damien Rice, a rakish 29-year-old from the Dublin
suburb of Celbridge. He has emerged with O, a homemade disc that was met
with universal praise when it was released in the states last month.
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(Irish Voice) 16 Jul 2003
The Prodigals 'Drive' On
FANS of the jig-punk kings The Prodigals are rejoicing this week with the
release of the band’s new CD, the oddly-named Needs Must When the Devil
Drives. Truly, there is much cause for celebration.
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(Irish Voice) 16 Jul 2003
Returning with A Furey
Perhaps you caught a glimpse of an Anthony Quinn lookalike as he strolled
in a New York shebeen singing “New York Girls” in Martin Scorsese’s recent
film Gangs of New York. He was none other than Finbar Furey.
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