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The Last Refuge
Tony-winning Cavan actor Brian F. O’Byrne plays a priest advising
a Gaelic-speaking Clint Eastwood in the new movie Million Dollar Baby. After
a string of successful theater performances, is his new film a once-off
or a leap into the big time? “It would be great if it happens,”
he tells SEAN O’DRISCOLL
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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Pierce Puffs, Paints
THE smoking ban in Ireland is a real drag for Co. Meathman Pierce Brosnan
— so much so that he will no longer drink in Irish pubs.
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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Charlize’s Male
Qualities
DON’T mess with Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron ‘cause
she’s a lot stronger than she appears, according to the person who
knows her best — her Irish boyfriend Stuart Townsend.
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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U2 Wants Stuff Back
WHAT would a year-ending be without news on our favorite band U2?
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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Million Dollar Maybe
Tony-winning Cavan actor Brian F. O’Byrne plays a priest advising
a Gaelic-speaking Clint Eastwood in the new movie Million Dollar Baby. After
a string of successful theater performances, is his new film a once-off
or a leap into the big time? “It would be great if it happens,”
he tells SEAN O’DRISCOLL
more...
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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Pierce Puffs, Paints
THE smoking ban in Ireland is a real drag for Co. Meathman Pierce Brosnan
— so much so that he will no longer drink in Irish pubs.
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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Charlize’s Male
Qualities
DON’T mess with Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron ‘cause
she’s a lot stronger than she appears, according to the person who
knows her best — her Irish boyfriend Stuart Townsend.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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U2 Wants Stuff Back
WHAT would a year-ending be without news on our favorite band U2?
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(Irish Voice) 22 December 2004
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Best of the Year
It was the year that U2 finally dropped an album, an unknown acoustic singer named Damien Dempsey took on America, the Corrs grew up, Westlife released their worst album ever, and Snow Patrol were on the brink of greatness. MIKE FARRAGHER picks the best albums from an eventful year.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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Five of the Best Albums
Another year in the books, and another group of great albums released from some of your favorite Irish artists. From punk rock to Brit-pop, the Irish have produced some of the year’s top albums in different genres. Here’s my top five of the year.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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U2 – The Merchandise Continues
One of the greatest things about a new U2 release is that it makes Christmas shopping so much easier, and this year there’s a ton of gifts tied in to their new release How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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A Great Harpist Plays Manhattan
The Yuletide hustle and bustle seems to revolve around the commercialism that the media throws endlessly our way.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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A Rose By Any Other Name
Last Sunday, around 700 folks turned out for a matinee billed as Mick Moloney’s Irish American Music and Dance Festival, which for many of us looked an awful lot like the Green Fields of America tours he organized and ran for over 20 years.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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Globes Shine for Two Great Biopics
Hotel Rwanda, the latest film from Belfast-born director Terry George, and Kinsey, starring Ballymena, Co. Antrim native Liam Neeson, have been nominated for Best Drama at the Golden Globes.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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Holiday Gift Ideas
It is getting down to the wire now for locating and obtaining that special musical gift for a certain someone or even yourself if you have everyone else looked after.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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U2’s Fame-Ous!
Here's yet another one for the U2 record books. The band on Monday received word that they’ve been elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in this, their first year of eligibility.
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(Irish Voice) 16 December 2004
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The Last Refuge
Former Irish Voice journalist Terry George moves his film work from Northern Ireland’s In the Name of the Father and Some Mother’s Son to the horrors of Rwanda in 1994. In Hotel Rwanda, he finds an international voice and a gripping tale writes
Sean O’driscoll.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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Maguire Hits the Right Notes
Modern times, even in the traditional scene, have not been generous with those dedicated practitioners of the longer form of traditional singing often referred to as the sean nos style.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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Book Reviews
New Releases: Tar and Feathers by Dorothy Nelson and Thomas Kelly by Thomas Kelly.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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One Moore in the Family
Christy Moore needs no introduction. With stints in Planxty and Moving Hearts, along with his storied solo career, he has emerged as the Dylan of the Emerald Isle.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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How to Dismantle a Chart
U2 earned its sixth number one album on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday as its new release, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, sold almost twice as many copies in its first week as 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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Holly’s Irish No Cat’s Meow!
Holly Hunter has won an Oscar and starred in several highly acclaimed films, but she’s no Meryl Streep when it comes to mastering different accents.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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Daniel’s an American Idol!
Did we miss something while watching the latest installment of Desperate Housewives? A big splash in the Sunday World says “Daniel O’Donnell mania has now gripped America.” Huh?
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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No American ‘Aid’
The new version of the classic holiday single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” is selling like gangbusters in the U.K. and Europe, but the song, featuring the likes of Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Dido and, naturally, Bono, won’t even be released in the U.S. by Universal.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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In THE NEWS
Rosanna Davison’s controversial reign as Miss World is now over. She was the first Miss Ireland to win the ultimate crown, but in China over the weekend it passed to Miss Peru.
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(Irish Voice) 8 December 2004
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Pasteurized Pop
Sanitized for your protection. Those four words bring back a wave of happy vacation memories that found my brother and I playing in the back seat for the long trip as we motored to Toronto each year.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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Stand to Play at Film Fleadh Benefit
I can't tell you how many e-mails I get from Irish music fans bemoaning the fact that Guinness no longer does their famous fleadhs.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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Ahern Helps Honor Chieftain Brother
Chieftain Sean Keane and his bother, James, are honored with two great nights of appreciation.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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Book Reviews
New releases by Michael Sihksnel.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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Colin Parties On Despite Mauling
Though Colin Farrell’s first big-budget starring role in Alexander provided the holiday turkey at the box office last week, at least the premiere parties for the film are still going strong.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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Clinton’s Second Choice — Ireland
Former President Bill Clinton has said that he would rather live in Ireland than any other country in the world outside of the U.S.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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Flatley’s Proud Parents
Michael Flatley’s parents have every reason to be proud of their eldest boy, who left his Chicago roots to create an Irish empire of his own back in Ireland, the native land of his folks.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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Alexander the Mediocre Bombs
Colin Farrell’s new film Alexander has bombed at the box office after a massive publicity campaign failed to get past the film’s cheesy dialogue and tired storyline.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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The E-Critics Blast Alex
Although Colin Farrell may be an Irish heartthrob, his newest flick Alexander is not sending anyone rushing to see it in theatres, and it’s been hard to miss the treatment that it has been getting critically.
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(Irish Voice) 2 December 2004
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U2 Drops The Bomb
U2’s new album is the most hyped of the year. It’s mostly good, partly great, and partly dud. The only thing consisistent about it is its inconsistency, writes
Mike Farragher.
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(Irish Voice) 25 November 2004
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Colin Farrell’s Awfully Big Adventure
Colin Farrell’s epic Alexander includes almost every Irish supporting actor imaginable. It’s also huge, overblown and a little overlong writes
Sean O’driscoll.
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(Irish Voice) 25 November 2004
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Trad Duo Crowned by Miss America
To most of us when we hear the phrase “We’re playing the Palace!” it harkens back to a by-gone era when Vaudeville or later Sinatra ruled the performance stages and in, particular, this landmark Times Square theater that signified that you had made the big time.
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(Irish Voice) 25 November 2004
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Book Releases
Erin Hart’s second novel is a follow up to her successful Lake of Sorrows. It follows the tale of pathologist Nora Gavin, who arrives at a desolate industrial estate in the Irish Midlands where workers have unearthed a badly damaged body.
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(Irish Voice) 25 November 2004
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Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide, from 24 of November to 18 of December.
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(Irish Voice) 25 November 2004
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Irish Eye On Hollywood
Given that it is Thanksgiving, perhaps it is not a bad week to give thanks about what we have in store from the Irish in Hollywood in the near future. It seems like it is St. Patrick’s Day in November – at least when it comes to Hollywood.
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(Irish Voice) 25 November 2004
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All That Jazz
Roddy Doyle talks to SEAN O’DRISCOLL
about criticism of his new book, the pressures of fame and trying not to be
“a bollox” to young writers looking for his help.
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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Geldof Ready for More Aid
THOUGH Bob Geldof
says he’ll never put together another massive Live Aid concert, the Irish rocker gathered a group of contemporary
artists on Sunday to re-record the classic single “Do They Know
It’s Christmas”.
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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A Wrap for Andie
THE film
adaptation of the Maeve Binchy novel Tara Road is in full swing, and the
project’s star, Andie MacDowell, is loving every minute of her time
in Ireland. more...
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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Bono’s Designing Woman
BONO’S
got quite a busy year ahead of him given all his new U2 commitments, but
his wife Ali has no intention of twiddling her thumbs while her man’s
away making music.
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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Flowers Re-Bloom With New Album
“You know who was a great
band in their day? Hothouse Flowers! What ever happened to them?”
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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New Festivals For Irish Bands
THERE are a pair of Irish American music festivals sponsored by Jivin’ Jones Records of Hoboken that are shaping up to be the Celtic event of the year.
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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U2 Announces U.S. Tour
U2 WILL launch a 35 date US tour on March 1 in Florida, according to
reports. more...
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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Cherish the Ladies Return for Tour
THERE are still some continents out there that have yet to sponsor a
Cherish the Ladies concert, but after their Australian visit a few months
ago they are dwindling. more...
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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Entertainment Guide
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(Irish Voice) 17 November
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GOODBYE, MR. BOND
Pierce Brosnan stars in a new comedy heist movie with Salma Hayek, his second light weight comedy of the year. Accompanied by Hayek, he talks to SEAN O’DRISCOLL about life
post-Bond...
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Fans Dismantle U2 Album on Internet
U2’s UPCOMING album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is being dismantled by music pirates and spread for free on the Internet.
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Redford’s Irish Relocation
PITY poor Robert Redford. It’s bad enough that his candidate John Kerry was soundly defeated by President Bush last week, but the aging sex symbol had to endure a further tarring in the press over supposed comments he made about...
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Roma’s New QVC Jewels
THOUGH Roma Downey’s popular CBS series Touched By An Angel ended its run in 2003 after nine successful seasons the Derry-born star is still on Cloud 9, and with good reason.
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Meet. Dr. Flatley!
AMONG his many other accomplishments, Michael Flatley can now add the lofty title of “Doctor” before his name. Michael was conferred with an honorary degree at University College Dublin last Thursday...
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Bringing Irish Punk Past the Pogues
HERE’S Mud In Your Eye. Is there any phrase that signals the start of an evening of liver abuse quite like that one?
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Shane Plays the Park
AS a warmup for his Irish reunion gigs with the Pogues, the legendary Shane MacGowan will be playing at Gaelic Park (240th Street and Broadway, Bronx) on Friday, November 26.
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Rua Album Burns Flaming Red
RUA, a unique duo comprised of Liz Madden and Gloria Mulhall, recently released their second disc, Dream-Teller, and will be taking their unique brand of Celtic-dusted orchestral pop to Satalla (37 West 26th Street) this month as part of their highly anticipated American debut.
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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(Irish Voice) 11 November 2004
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Sexual Healing
Liam Neeson takes on one of his most challenging roles as scientist and sexual researcher Professor Alfred Kinsey, a performance that has been tipped for an
Oscar nomination.
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(Irish Voice) 4 November 2004
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Ruffians Release New Live Album
IF you like your Irish music delivered on a speeding Guinness truck that has lost its breaks, I’ve got a disc for you.
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(Irish Voice) 4 November 2004
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U2’s 6th Member Rockets Into Stores
Super producer Daniel Lanois defined the modern U2. Just as the band releases its first album in years, he releases a great solo album.
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(Irish Voice) 4 November 2004
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A Perfect 10 for Riverdance
THEY say time flies when you’re having fun, and for the creators of Riverdance, the past 10 years have been filled to the brim with accolades and honors as the Irish music and dance spectacular garnered brand name status throughout the world.
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(Irish Voice) 4 November 2004
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Entertainment Guide
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(Irish Voice) 4 November 2004
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Giant of Irish Music Scene Passes
Pat Roche inspired two generations of Chicago dancers, and was an inspiration for Michael Flatley. Traditional music fans from across the U.S. gathered to mourn his passing last week.
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(Irish Voice) 4 November 2004
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Bachelor Wild About Irish!
THREE Irishmen are poised to find fame in reality TV as they were selected to compete further for a part in the hit ABC series The Bachelor.
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(Irish Voice) 4 November 2004
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Country Girl, City Woman
Acclaimed Irish novelist Edna O’Brien is back in New York with a controversial new play. She is also uncovering her mother’s early life in Brooklyn.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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CSI Actor to Star As Lynott
A STAR from the hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation has been chosen to play Thin Lizzy singer Phil Lynott in a multi-million dollar biopic.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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Apple Release New U2 iPod
AM I the only one completely obsessed with the new Apple commercial? It’s bad enough that they’ve got me hooked on the iPod and all the allure that digital music has to offer; now, they’ve enlisted U2 to gyrate in the flesh in their new advertising campaign.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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Galway – Lord of the Flute
JAMES Galway has always weaved a spell with his golden flute. That magic has reached the big screen in recent years, and his work with composer Howard Shore on the Lord of The Rings soundtracks has elevated interest in the Belfast native’s music.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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Dropkicks for Red Sox
BOSTON punks the Dropkick Murphys have been doing everything possible to help the Red Sox break the curse of Babe Ruth. They were one of many hometown fans who packed Fenway last week for the mother of all rallies.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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KFM Music
THE KFM Band is back to making beautiful music together; this time, it’s for a good cause. KFM (Pete Farrell Tobias Gibb, Glen Munoz, Dinny Keague, Steve Watson, and Matt Sullivan) are readying the release of their new
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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Lord of the Dance Is Still King
Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance returns for shows in Boston,Connecticut and New Jersey.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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Books
Horses and the Mystical Path – The Celtic Way of Expanding the Human Soul
Talk Nation – The Irish on Everything and Anything
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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Colin’s Sorry for Heroin Gaffe
THE media blitz for Colin Farrell’s upcoming star vehicle Alexander is already beginning in earnest - but the Dublin superstar is attracting the kind of headlines that can only make the $100 million film’s backers cringe.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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Jude’s Law - an Irish Break
BRITISH actor and tabloid favorite Jude Law is all over the place these days, given that he’s had something like a million movies released all at once.
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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In THE NEWS
THE Donald Trump roadshow is set for Northern Ireland next month. The Donald is booked to speak at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown on November 12 about how he...
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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(Irish Voice) 28 October 2004
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The Thrill Is Gone
Once the favorites of the indie scene, Dublin band The Thrills are making an assault on the U.S. market.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Des Bishop for Irish Oscar Nod
NATIVE New Yorker Des Bishop has been nominated for the Best New Talent award in the upcoming Irish Film and Television Awards. The ceremony will take place in Dublin on Saturday, October 30.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Elvis Goes Country – and Classical
“IT”S the same person, the same voice,” Elvis Costello says in an interview in this month’s Rolling Stone as he explains the release of a country rock album and a classical disc on the same day. “I think you can recognize that, if you have the ears for it.”
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Turner Emerges With New Album
PIERCE Turner, the critically acclaimed Wexford rocker who has made his home in New York, chatted with the Irish Voice recently upon returning to the Big Apple.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Sugar Ray Take a Break
MARK McGrath, the Celtic surfer who fronts the So-Cal pop band Sugar Ray, has traded in his amplifiers for a spot on the interview chair with a gig as entertainment correspondent for the syndicated nightly show Extra.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Pipers Gather for New York Festival
An uilleann pipes festival in the Catskill Mountains introduces the talents of two great Dublin musicians, while Halloween weekend brings great music along the East Coast.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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What’s Ahead for the Abbey
BEFORE a packed house at NYU’s Glucksman Ireland House last Thursday, Professors Nick Grene and Anna McMullan held a panel discussion on the 100th anniversary of Dublin’s famed Abbey Theatre.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Entertainments Guide
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Irish Porn on the Way!
THE image of Ireland as a holy Catholic land is about to be further assaulted by the irrepressible American porn purveyor Ron Jeremy, who toured the country last week as a guest of the highly-regarded Philosophical Society at Trinity College in Dublin.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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No More Bonding
PIERCE Brosnan has strongly suggested in the past that his days as superspy James Bond are over — we even told you a couple of weeks back that production on a new Bond flick has been held up for at least a year because of behind the scenes problems.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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In THE NEWS
THE famous St. Malachy’s in Times Square, better known as the Actor’s Chapel, will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Monday night, October 25, with Liam Neeson on hand to do a reading.
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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Flatley Goes Wild
IF you’re wishing for an opportunity to meet Lord of the Dance creator Michael Flatley — and who isn’t? — now’s your chance, as he’ll be the guest of honor at the Wild Geese Celtic Ball at the
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(Irish Voice) 21 October 2004
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The Understudy
Damien Dempsey won a huge fan base in Ireland with his cuttingly honest mix of reggae, rock and traditional Irish. He has just played to sold out shows at Radio City Hall supporting Morrissey, who has championed his cause every chance he can.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Playboy of the Eastern Seaboard
The Irish Voice was fortunate to snag an interview recently with director Ben Barnes, who was in New Haven to open Dublin’s Abbey Theatre Company’s production of J.M. Synge’s classic comedy The Playboy of the Western World.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Willy Nile Gets Doctors’ Help
SURE, the Big Apple might be rolling out their Italian pride with parades to mark the Columbus Day festivities, but the Irish are hanging onto the core this week in pubs and clubs all over the city.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Morrissey Starts Something He Couldn’t Finish
Morrissey played two packed nights at Radio City Music Hall, supported by Dubliner Damien Dempsey. It all went so well until the last song on the final night. SEAN O’DRISCOLL was there for both shows.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Keane Edge Brings Dublin Tribute
Box player James Keane, a brother of Chieftains player Sean, is returning to Ireland after 36 years to be honored with a tribute concert in Dublin.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Books
FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father’s Code
A Bit on the Side: Stories
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Entertainments guide
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Tatum’s Not Over the Moon
TATUM O’Neal’s autobiography provides a textbook instruction on how not to raise a child - at least that’s what we can tell from the book excerpts that have been published in various outlets.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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No Miss Moneybags!
HER reign as Ireland’s first Miss World winner is coming to an end in December, and it’s safe to say that Rosanna Davison has courted as much controversy as praise during the past year.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Geldof on Marriage
BOB Geldof, the rock star Dubliner who literally changed the world with his Live Aid African relief drive in the 1980s, is talking up the virtues of marriage and family stability, urging couples to do everything they can for the sake of their kids.
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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In THE NEWS
THE famed Dublin nightclub Lillie’s Bordello catered to a Triple A-list for many years, but all good things have to end, right?
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(Irish Voice) 13 October 2004
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Triple Treat at the Irish Rep
AN unusual departure for the Irish Repertory Theatre on Manhattan’s West Side, Triptych, by noted novelist/playwright Edna O’Brien, is both realistic and yet a touch beyond the realistic.
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(Irish Voice) 5 October 2004
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Eleanor McEvoy - Soul
IT’S a shame that New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg banned smoking in bars. Not that I mind ordinarily, mind you; I hate navigating through the choking clouds coming from the mouths of others.
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(Irish Voice) 5 October 2004
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OFF THE CUFF
“THIS is going to be a great live record,” says Bono during a lengthy interview with Britain’s Q magazine.
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(Irish Voice) 5 October 2004
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Newlyweds Honeymoon With U.S. Tour
ECONOMIC necessity often decreed that a traveling life was in order for Irish harpers in the past. One of its foremost exponents in Ireland today is Michael Rooney from Co. Monaghan, who is...
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(Irish Voice) 5 October 2004
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What’s Up With ‘Alexander’?
THE historical figure known as Alexander the Great can now officially be called Alexander the Chicken — in Hollywood terms, anyway.
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(Irish Voice) 5 October 2004
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Naomi Needs Divorce
SCROLL your minds back a decade to the ‘90s, and we’ll provide you with a bit of U2 nostalgia. It’s hard to believe, but the band’s bassist Adam Clayton used to generate bigger headlines than world savior Bono!
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(Irish Voice) 5 October 2004
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Double-Oh Down the Drain
THERE’S nothing happening any which way with the lucrative James Bond franchise which is controlled by MGM Studios.
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(Irish Voice) 5 October 2004
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Flogging a Live Horse
Irish American punk band Flogging Molly has shocked the music industry by landing at number 20 in the Billboard album charts. It’s the culmination of a lot of hard work for lead singer David King, who is finally seeing his dreams...
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Donkey King
THERE is only one trip that’s wilder than traveling the perimeter of Ireland by donkey, and that is reading a book about traveling the perimeter of Ireland by donkey.
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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U2 Back to Dizzying Heights
U2 release their first single in four years this week, and it’s an explosive new U2 returning to the international stage.
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Unique ‘Women’ for Irish Arts Center
WOMEN on the Verge of HRT by Marie Jones, currently playing at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan, is unique.
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Leitrim Dancers Hit Broadway
FOR a performing troupe to get to Broadway takes talent and determination and in this case a certain amount of pluck. Twenty-one intrepid performers from Shaylyn, a music and dance ensemble based in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim...
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Tommy’s Cracked Mirror
IT’S a scary and thrilling sight to see Tommy Tiernan, without microphone, shout out his lines at New York’s Village Theater during his show Cracked, his head pulled back, starring wide eyed at his audience.
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Sinead Advertises for Mercy
FOR the past couple of years she’s been begging and pleading for privacy, saying she no longer wants to be a “public” figure . . . so why does she keep doing things that have the exact opposite effect?
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Bono for Prez? Nah!
THE awards just keep piling up for Bono, who’ll be front and center again with the rest of his U2 mates now that their first new single in four years, “Vertigo,” has been released.
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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McFadden Split ‘Shock’
WE absolutely hate printing anything about those vulgar McFaddens, Bryan and Kerry, who are unknowns over here (thank God) but have a huge following in Ireland and the U.K. (God only knows why.)
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Entertainment guide
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(Irish Voice) 30 September 2004
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Kenny’s ‘Glass’ Is All Full
TRY as I might, I have been unable to part with Parting Glass, Emer Kenny’s gorgeous new CD. It is a jazzy, sexy take on traditional Irish music which incorporates loops and the modern sounds of the “new” Europe.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Nile Runs Through Irving Plaza
FOR any of you heading over to the Saw Doctors shows at Irving Plaza on the 25th or for their show on October 10, you are in for a treat indeed. Tuam’s favorite sons will be supported by a great Irish American singer songwriter.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Rebel Without a Pause
Dublin actor Stuart Townsend has one of his biggest roles yet with Head in the Clouds, with Penelope Cruz and real life love interest Charlize Theron. His next big project is his own script about the Seattle protests in 1999.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Irish Music Tour Hits East Coast
THE autumn Irish music scene continues unabated with plenty to keep you busy and out on the town in the greater New York area over the next couple of weeks.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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New Releases
The Sucker’s Kiss
Prayer Against Famine and Other Irish Poems
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Entertainment Guide
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Roma’s Feeling Pretty Funky
THERE’S good news and bad news for Roma Downey fans who’ve missed seeing her in action since her hit TV series Touched by an Angel was canned by CBS last year.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Brosnan’s Candidate
HIS future as James Bond may be up in the air, but there’s no doubt at all about who Pierce Brosnan is supporting in the presidential election.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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They’re Together
WE told you a few weeks ago that the relationship between Irish Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan and her trainer/partner Nick Bideau was grist for the rumor mill after her last place finish in the 5,000 meter event in Athens last month, but
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Vaughn’s Blarney Kiss
VINCE Vaughn has carved out quite a successful career for himself in roles where he gets third or fourth billing — this year’s Anchorman and Dodgeball just two examples. Just don’t ask him to kiss the Blarney Stone, even in the name of his craft.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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In THE NEWS
SARAH Jessica Parker, who visited Dublin and Donegal a couple of months ago with her hubby Matthew Broderick and son James, plunked down 20,000 bucks for a painting by Donegal artist Kevin Sharkey.
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(Irish Voice) 22 September 2004
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Tiernan Takes a Bite
Tommy Tiernan, Ireland’s favorite home-based comedian, has won Britain’s top stand up comedy award and acclaim for a televised walking tour of Ireland.
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Rain Town’s Dark Secrets Are Stunning
I WANTED to hate this play. When I saw the settling — a pub in the west of Ireland, drunk wasters and a priest who steps in intermittently, I thought this was going to be another cliched play....
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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DXP Rewrite Irish American Rock
DONEGAL X-Press, the locomotive Baltimore band which made their name with punked-up jigs and reels that snagged them CD of the year with the Irish Voice back in 2001, has cast their eye on
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Hothouse Flower Blooms on Tour
HOTHOUSE Flowers has just signed a U.S. record deal on the eve of their upcoming U.S. tour. Redeye Distribution won out on what must have been a fierce bidding war....
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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New CD Captures Keegan’s Genius
IT is too often overlooked that Galway has produced some of Ireland’s greatest and most respected traditional musicians. Even more startling are the number of accordion players who have emerged from...
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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books: New Releases
Dead I well May Be
The Family Silver – A Memoir of Depression and Inheritance
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Irish Short Film Festival in New York
FORMER Brat Pack actor Andrew McCarthy, is to debut his interpretation of Frank O’Connor’s short story News for the Church at the New York Film Fleadh’s fourth annual Short Film Night.
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Flat as a Pancake!
THE cruel tabloids dubbed him “Lard of the Dance” after Michael Flatley took a break from performing a few years back, as he preferred for a while to eat scrumptious foods, quaff fine wines and...
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Trinity Honors Porn King
TRINITY College in Dublin boasts a Philosophical Society that certainly knows how to mix it up when it comes to attracting guest speakers. In past years the society has played host to the likes former...
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Bomb’s Away for U2!
THE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its list of 15 nominees for induction next year, and U2, for the first time, made the grade. Nominees must have at least 25 years in music, and
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Boy’s Dad Suddenly Dies
THE relationship between Cork native Jeremiah O’Dowd and his son, known to the world as the one and only Boy George, never was the greatest, but that won’t stop George from...
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(Irish Voice) 17 September 2004
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Dowd World
Pulitzer Prize winner Maureen Dowd first appeared in a newspaper as a 2-year-old Little Miss Ireland. After more than a decade of declining interviews, she is
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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Americans Score Well in Clonmel
U.S. competitors did well at the annual Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, while the fall session season is about to begin in New York.
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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Prodigals Percussion Change
NOTHING stays the same in the Prodigals camp. They have just added former Riverdance percussionist Eamon Ellams behind the drum kit after Chris Nicolo bowed off the road due to family reasons.
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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New and Old New Wave
Early ‘80s New Wave is being reinvented by stylish New York/Irish band Audio Fiction, who have just released a new Bush-bashing EP entitled Songs In the Key of Orange Alert.
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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Entertainment Guide
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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The Bono Factor Wows O’Reilly
THAT was quite a love-fest between Bono and Bill O’Reilly on the latter’s top-rated Fox News show, The O’Reilly Factor, broadcast last Wednesday from the Republican convention.
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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Colin’s African Quickie
COLIN Farrell is well-known for partying like it’s 1999, to quote from a famous Prince song, but who’d have thought that he’s a sensitive soul who carries a beat-up typewriter around so he can keep a diary of his life and times?
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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Newman’s Own at Barretstown Birthday
THE Barretstown Gang Camp in Co. Kildare founded by Paul Newman celebrated its 10th birthday in style over the weekend.
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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Books
Beconing Finola
Notre Dame Vs The Klan
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(Irish Voice) 8 September 2004
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War and Roses
Dublin actor Stuart Townsend lost a major role on Lord of the Rings, but now he had bounced back with a sweeping war epic, alongside Penelope Cruz and his Oscar winning girlfriend, Charlize
Theron.
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Snow Patrol Plough Into Charts
‘I’ve still not broken into a girl’s house, but I’m not that romantic.’– Snow Patrol Lead Singer, Gordon Lightbody
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Music
Katie Melua
Eleanor McEvoy
Susan McKeown
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Books
Every Inch of Her
Buy The Best of Ireland
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Chicago Honors a Great Chief
THE Irish diaspora is filled with many success stories, but the life of Chief Francis O’Neill ranks at the top because his achievements on behalf of Irish culture reaps benefits every day in the Irish music world.
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Stiff Little Fingers Roars!
WHILE the current new wave of New Wave is music to this reviewer’s ears, there are still one vintage Irish band who can teach everyone in this new class a few tricks.
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Madonna Mania in Slane!
MADONNA’S show at Slane Castle in Co. Meath on Sunday — her first ever Irish performance — went off without a hitch, and the 46-year-old superstar thrilled her 80,000 fans with an amazing performance.
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Mrs. Ahern Finally Meets Bill
FOR the first time ever, Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern’s estranged wife, Miriam, got a feel of what it would be like to be the country’s first lady when Bertie escorted her to a reception he hosted in honor of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Dublin last week.
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Wilde About Oscar!
THE famed Irish playwright Oscar Wilde may be gone, but he certainly hasn’t been
forgotten.
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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Sonia’s Love Troubles
SONIA O’Sullivan bombed out at the Olympics last week with a last place finish in her signature 5,000 meter track event, but there may have been more to the poor showing than the stomach ailment she complained of afterwards.
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(Irish Voice) 1 September 2004
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The Importance of Being Bono
Every weekend, an army of U2 tribute bands perform in cities across America. It’s a lucrative business, complete with intense rivalries, lawsuits, and fan
adoration. Various band members give the inside story to SEAN O’DRISCOLL. more...
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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Great Rooney Tunes!
Mickey Rooney started out, at age two, as a feisty, adorable kid. At
age 84 the adorable kid is gone, but he is still feisty.
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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Mona’s Intriguing Charm
A young lad who grew up in a Bronx household of two Irish immigrants
from Co. Tyrone is now considered one of the finest in a long line of
outstanding New York fiddle players.
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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Diary of a Brilliant, But Tortured, Writer
Maeve Brennan left her Republican family in Dublin for a life as a writer
for the impossibly stylish The New Yorker magazine. Later, she slipped
into mental illness and homelessness before her death in 1993. CHRISTINE
HICKEY reviews an upcoming biography of an overlooked Irish writer.
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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Rubyhorse On U.S. Gallop
“I THINK there’s a lot of soul in this music. I love singing
these songs, and I feel like I’m giving out a part of me every
time I sing these songs.” That’s what Rubyhorse singer Dave
Farrell has to say about performing the songs from the band’s
great new CD..
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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New Book Releases
Irish Boston –A Lively Look at Boston’s Colorful Irish Past,
The Last of the Celts, Tides of Change – Memories of a Kerry Childhood,
Take The Kids – Ireland, Life Mask
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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Clinton’s Life to Break Irish Records
THOUSANDS of people lined up at the Eason’s bookstore on Dublin’s
O’Connell Street on Wednesday, August 25 for a signed copy of
former President Bill Clinton’s memoirs.more...
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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‘Breakfast’ in Kilkenny
NEIL Jordan, an Oscar winner for his memorable film The Crying Game
several years back — and many projects before and since —
will soon start shooting his latest, a screen adaptation of Patrick
McCabe’s acclaimed book Breakfast at Pluto, at a church in Callan,
Co. Kilkenny. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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U2 Buzz Blitz
THE new U2 album will arrive in U.S. stores on November 23, we see on
Tuesday’s E! Online website, and if advance word on the offering
proves true, the boys will have yet another monster hit on their hands.more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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(Irish Voice) 26 August 2004
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Nothing Stiff About These Fingers
THANKFULLY, age has not tightened on Stiff Little Fingers. The band
released the excellent Guitar and Drum earlier this year, and it is
a breath of fresh air for those aging punks who are bored to death with
the paint-by-numbers snarlers who think playing three chords rapidly
constitute the antiestablishment vernacular. more...
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Horslips Gallop Again!
Word from Ireland is that Horslips, the legendary band from the 1970s
who originally came up with the idea of mixing Celtic sounds and bombastic
rock chords, are holed up in a Westmeath studio plotting their comeback.
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Conway Keeps the Sligo Style
A young lad who grew up in a Bronx household of two Irish immigrants
from Co. Tyrone is now considered one of the finest in a long line of
outstanding New York fiddle players.
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Johnson Wanted for Dublin Fraud
HE played a hero detective on the iconic 1980s show Miami Vice, but
star Don Johnson has the Irish cops on his tail now, as he’s being
investigated in connection with a bank fraud in Dublin, according to
the Sunday Independent. more...
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Sheridans Ink NBC Deal
JIM and Naomi Sheridan, fresh from their Oscar success with their big hit In America, have just inked a deal with NBC to script a series about an Irish family running a restaurant in New York.
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Quentin Supports Pierce
One prominent director is willing to lend his name to a 007 project
with Pierce if he gets the go-ahead.. more...
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Bono’s Cash Talk
F or those who like to hear Bono talk, specifically about the plague
of AIDS in Africa, he’s available for private appearances thanks
to his new alliance with one of the top booking agencies in the U.S.more...
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Entertainment Guide this week
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(Irish Voice) 19 August 2004
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Rooney Tunes
Mickey Rooney is known in the business as a great entertainer but a
little ‘difficult.’ He gives SEAN O’DRISCOLL a sample
before he and wife Jan hit the Irish Repertory Theater in New York with
Let’s Put On a Show. more...
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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McCourt’s Controversy
MALACHY McCourt is livid after being banned from a bookstore in Pennsylvania.
He is back with his most controversial book yet - Bush Lies In State.
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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Ahern’s Love (and Clothes)
Woes
POOR Bertie Ahern. The Irish prime minister is getting slapped about
the place by the Irish tabloids for his burgeoning belly, which he displayed
while on vacation — alone — in Co. Kerry last week.
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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Geldof’s Gal Still Smitten
WHAT’S it like being Bob Geldof’s girlfriend? Pretty good,
according to Jeanne Marine, who’s been the Boomtown Rat/Live Aid
hero’s partner for more than nine years. more...
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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In the News this week
Proclamation of Independence on auction - Pierce Brosnan's trees.
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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Colin’s Party to the Max
THE hard-partying image of Colin Farrell has been enhanced by his Alexander
co-star Val Kilmer. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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New Album Is Wholly Moley
BERNIE Moley is in a good mood. It is only a few days after Bernie’s
CD launch, when she was joined by new boyfriend, actor Eric Stoltz.
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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The View From the Hill
IF County Clare is synonymous with the concertina then its native son Noel Hill is surely one of its finest exponents even if he is flying below the radar these days keeping a low profile.
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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Hobnobbing
ONCE again Irish music in America is attracting
the attention of video
producer Philip King of Hummingbird Productions in Ireland.
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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Who You Callin’ Punk, Punk?
N the heels of the recent Democratic National Convention, a pack of online punks on Punk Voter.com are unleashing a campaign to dethrone the Bush empire in the next election with a CD called Rock Against Bush II.
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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Entertainment Guide
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(Irish Voice) 12 August 2004
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No IRA for Colin
COLIN Farrell is furious at rumors linking him with a proposed film
that supposedly glorifies IRA violence, so much so that he called into
one of Ireland’s most popular radio shows last week to squelch
the chatter.
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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Sinead Finds Religion
. . . Again!
GOD Bless Sinead O’Connor. She’s always good for a few wacky
stories during the course of a year.
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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Bono’s Conventional Wisdom
BONO is having a ball with the Democrats up in Boston this week —
but lest you think he’s showing his true political colors, the
U2 frontman also plans on mixing with his GOP pals at the Republican
convention in New York City next month.
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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‘Pod’ Masks Afro Celt’s Brilliance
WITH one word and an extended jam session at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, a group of African and Celtic musicians gave birth to a world beat party that spans four amazing CDs.
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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Off The Cuff
OT Press reports that Shane MacGowan will reunite the Pogues - Could
the new U2 CD be in your hands by the end of the month? - CALIFORNIA
Celtic punk rockers Flogging Molly. more...
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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Catskills Fest the Best
IF the sun didn’t shine in abundance for this year’s Catskills
Irish Arts Week (July 11-17), then surely good fortune did because it
was the most successful year yet in the 10 years the summer school has
existed in East Durham.
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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Everlast — White Trash Wonderful
THERE was a time when Everlast was everywhere. As lead singer with Irish
American hip-hop act House of Pain, he took rap and hip-hop to the Irish
suburbs and smashed perceptions of what a white rap act could achieve.
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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Entertainment Guide
Find out what's happening in the Tri-state area this week.
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(Irish Voice) 30 July 2004
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COLIN’S FINAL CUT
Tabloid frenzy over one nude scene in Colin Farrell’s new movie has overshadowed a brave and challenging low-budget role. Now Farrell is angry and wants the press to judge the film on its merits.
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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Riding the Rubyhorse
Cork band Rubyhorse have worked with ex-Beatle George Harrison, and they’ve done support shows for REM, Sheryl Crow and David Gray. Now they are out with an excellent new album and ready to take on America.
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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OFF THE CUFF
NEW York will have Irish rock coming at it from all sides on August 20 as the Saw Doctors take the stage as part of the Roots of American Rock Festival, which is part of the
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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Death of a Musical Legend
The Irish community says goodbye to Andy McGann, one of the greats of New York’s fiddle scene. McGann maintained the Sligo style and inspired a new generation of musicians.
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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Entertainments Guide
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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Geldof’s Ready to Go Live
IN addition to being one of Ireland’s most famous musicians, Bob Geldof is a heckuva savvy businessman, having fronted media-related companies in England that have earned millions of bucks, or pounds, or whatever.
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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U2 Songs Swiped
DISASTER can strike no matter how famous you are, as evidenced by the awful news out of the U2 camp last week that a CD of their upcoming release was stolen while they were at a photo shoot in France.
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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‘King’ a Hit . . . in Wicklow!
YOU gotta love the optimism of the seriously flawed report that appears in the current edition of the Wicklow People, one of the local Irish county newspapers.
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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In THE NEWS
ACCORDING to the Sunday World, Colin Farrell and Britney Spears, who did share some smooches last year, are reuniting — but only for an episode of The Simpsons.
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(Irish Voice) 21 July 2004
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Sooooo Embarrassing!
Violence! Alcohol! Hair curler assault! Pro-life politics! The family of superstar teen Lindsay Lohan is accused of acting like an Irish stereotype. Her refusal to answer questions about them is costing her valuable media space.
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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Keyes’‘Other Side’ Sizzles
IRISH novelist Marian Keyes has delivered a summer sizzler with The Other Side of the Story. Keyes’ seventh novel explores such subjects as family life, careers, and relationships with touches of humor and sentimentality.
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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Christy Moore – Box Set Records a Genius
A new box set chronicles 40 years of Christy Moore’s radicalism, wit, poetry, humour and piercing social commentary. Mike Farragher had a listen. more...
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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At a Celtic Crossroads
Celtic Cross mix traditional music with the Grateful Dead and the Velvet Underground. They want to be more than just background music, they tell Mike Farragher.
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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U.S. Family Gather for Feile
200,000 people are said to turn out for Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, Ireland’s largest Irish music festival each year. Irish American families are organising fundraisers to make it to make it their for another year.
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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Flatley’s Back in Action!
WE never did think that the word “retirement” was in Michael Flatley’s vocabulary, despite his taking a backstage role in Lord of the Dance behemoth these past few years.
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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In the News
IRISH folk music legend Donal Lunny, 57, is the father of Sinead O’Connor’s baby son Shane, born on March 10 of this year.
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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Dynamic Connection for Wall Street 50
IRISH America magazine, in conjunction with title sponsor Financial Dynamics, will host its seventh annual Wall Street 50 event this week at the Sky Club in midtown Manhattan. more...
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(Irish Voice) 16 July 2004
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Siamsa Fights For Fading Culture
THERE has been much written about the erosion of culture in Ireland, and a trip last week sadly proved that point.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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Galway Rocks!
PERHAPS the only regret I have from my trip to Galway last week was that I didn’t arrive a few weeks later. The annual Galway Arts Festival will be taking place from July 12 through the 25.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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Entertainment Guide
Find out what's happening in the Tri-State area this week.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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The Frames Return
After a collapsed lung, two names changes and record company rejection, the Frames are back on the top of the Irish charts.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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Beauty and Some Beastly Behavior
WHAT is it with these so-called Irish beauty queens? They sure do like to mire their pretty faces in controversy.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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Gerry’s Personal Confessions
SOME rare personal tid-bits from Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams appeared in an interview he gave Ireland on Sunday over the weekend.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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Tyrone Man Records Visit Home
A Tyrone carpenter is appealing for help with a documentary about the New York Irish.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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Cork Couple Honored For a Life Of Dance
Joe and Siobhan O’Donovan (both 87) helped revive set dancing in Ireland and the U.S. Now they are to be honored at Ireland’s best traditional festival writes Paul Keating.
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(Irish Voice) 8 July 2004
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Moore Film Should Be Seen By All
Taking a look around the cinema at 1am last Friday night, it was saddening to see the demographic of the audience in to see Michael Moore’s latest rantomentary, Fahrenheit 9/11.
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Best of Trad Gather for Catskills Fest
A record number of teachers and pupils are expected to attend the the 10th Annual Catskills Irish Arts Week in East Durham, New York on July 11th.
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Firestorm 9/11
Michael Moore talks about his new film,
right-wing attacks, Bush’s visit to Ireland and growing up in working class Irish America.
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Nashville Inspires O’Connells
MAURA O’Connell is at home wherever she goes. The Co. Clare native burst onto the scene in Ireland as the leader of the celebrated traditional Celtic group DeDanaan in 1981
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Sham Rock ‘N’ Roll!
“MUSIC makes the people come together,” sang Madonna a few years ago. Who knew this aging poptart was such a sage?..
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Pride Lives On
IN these long, barren months between U2 albums, fans can take pride.
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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First Lady’s Low Profile
Mrs. Bush on her visit to Ireland.
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Colin’s Full Frontal Nixed
COLIN Farrell, naked? Definitely not a stretch of the imagination, as the hot to trot Dublin hunk has snared his share of girls since hitting the big time.
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Tri-State Entertainment Gudie
Find out what's happening in the Tri-State area this week
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(Irish Voice) 30 June 2004
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Entertainments Guide
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(Irish Voice) 23 June 2004
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Soooooooo Graham Norton...
GRAHAM Norton is staring at a plastic doll as he speaks. She was designed to represent the bodies of real women, not the Barbie fantasy.
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(Irish Voice) 23 June 2004
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Catskills Come Alive for Arts Week
DURING June we have witnessed the tight-knit Irish trad community at its best at a couple of benefit occasions for the late Joe “Banjo” Burke at the McLean Avenue
Fleadh, and the recovering Jerry O’Sullivan just last week up at Tara Circle.
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(Irish Voice) 23 June 2004
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Bono’s Smokin’ Sorry!
THE country-wide smoking ban in Ireland snagged its most high-profile offender to date recently — the one and only Bono. And the scene of the “crime” was his own hotel, no less!
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