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  1. NME's Top 50 albums of the decade
    November 17, 09

    The Top 50 albums of the decade - and not a single album from U2

  2. The latest offerings in the world of Irish folk music
    May 29, 09

    There’s a lot of great new music this month from Irish artists with decades of experience and those just starting out.

  3. Irish singer/songwriter The Mighty Stef a force to be reckoned with
    May 21, 09

    The Mighty Stef, a singer and songwriter from Dublin who has been celebrated in the U.K. press for the storytelling in his songs and for his passionate live shows, has release a new album, "100 Midnights."

  4. Bono to pay tribute to Elvis in 850-word poem
    May 04, 09

    U2 star Bono is set to pay tribute to Elvis Presley in an 850-word poem! The Irish rocker is such a big Elvis fan that he wrote "American David" back in 1995 and plans on reading it to the world on Britain's BBC - otherwise known as the Bono Broadcasting Corporation.

  5. Snakes Alive!
    March 10, 09

    IN biblical terms, the snake is a metaphor for the slithery temptations of Lucifer himself, but fans of Irish music along the Jersey Shore equate the snakes for barn burning Irish rock! If you ever wondered how one would/should/could build a bridge between the Pogues' "Dirty Old Town" and Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie," you will need to see the Snakes to believe that it can be done. Their set list is a dizzying ride through folk, rock, and traditional Irish classics, all delivered with all the sudsy glory you'd expect from a great bar band.

    As a nod to the sand and ocean a few blocks away in Asbury Park, they treated the crowd in St.

  6. Everlast on the March
    March 10, 09

    THIS seems to be the summer of the mash up single from aging hip-hopping rockers. Kid Rock scored the biggest hit of his career with "All Summer Long," a mixture of Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and "Sweet Home Alabama." The Irish American rapper Everlast just topped that effort with his brilliant cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," out this week.

  7. Tasty Side Dish from Donegal X-Press
    March 10, 09

    THE Donegal X-Press has emerged as one of the premier Irish American roots rock groups in the country, with a reputation built on high-energy that audiences on both sides of the Atlantic are soaking up.

    Brad Dunnells (guitar and vocals) and Jason Tinney (harmonica and vocals) began collaborating and writing songs in the late 1990s with the hope of rejuvenating Irish American music. Each band member has a musical side project in the works that take the musicians into areas of hip hop, folk and rock, and Dunnells and Tinney are no exception.

  8. Planet Ireland Is 'Bloody Great'
    March 09, 09

    IRELAND, despite all its imperfections, is still "a bloody great place." That's the verdict of the Lonely Planet guide's latest 764-page edition on Ireland.Yet, there's at least one hue missing from the 40 Shades of Green that Johnny Cash made world-famous with a song he penned in 1961.

  9. Catch Them in The Rye!
    March 09, 09

    In the spirit of honesty in journalism, let me come clean. The Rye are my peeps!

    They hail from Athenry, Co. Galway, birthplace of my father's tribe.

  10. Depressed and Quite Happy!
    March 09, 09

    Pete Depressed is anything but. The lead singer of the Gobshites is a jolly looking, frantic soul in search of a good time, and the good times always seem to follow this Boston band. Fans of their acoustic punk mix are rabid.

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