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  1. Musical history to be made at Catskills Irish Arts Week
    July 09, 09

    The Catskilll Mountains will once again ring melodically with the sound of Irish music as the 15th edition of the Catskills Irish Arts Week (CIAW) unfolds in all its abundance next week in the tiny hamlet of East Durham.

  2. The High Priest of Trad
    March 10, 09

    For many years one of my favorite ways to pass a Sunday afternoon was to pop along to the venerable Irish hooley known as Father Charlie's Rhinecliff session. On the banks of the Hudson River, about two hours north of NYC in the back room of the old crumbling Rhinecliff hotel beneath one bare light bulb, Father Charlie Coen, now Monsignor, hosted and performed with the cream of visiting Irish musicians. Everyone came, and many credited Charlie as one of their first inspirations.

  3. Fleadh Season Rolls Around
    March 10, 09

    FOR traditional music to survive and be passed on to the next generation, it takes a dedicated core of teachers who are willing to give of their time and talent to help young students learn. Thankfully these are not in short supply or devoid of energy and commitment based on a couple of upcoming events that I am aware of.

    Once again the New York Fleadh is rolling around again in its firmly rooted home of Pearl River, New York just outside of New York City and Northern New Jersey at the Pearl River High School.

  4. Mulvihill Honored at Hall
    March 10, 09

    ONE of the latest inductees into the CCE Mid-Atlantic Regional Hall of Fame, fiddler Brendan Mulvihill, succinctly captured the magic of this annual affair in honor of the musicians who blazed the trail and kept the music alive in their respective communities.

    He told the crowd of over 200 at the Mineola Irish American Center last Saturday evening as he received an award along with the late Larry Redican that "It was nice to grow up around all the grand music and all the friends" which could easily describe why this is such a special night of remembrance and reunion.

    Mulvihill is a man of few words but mighty prowess with the bow as he demonstrated for an audience including friends from the Baltimore and D.

  5. McComiskey's Time to Shine
    March 10, 09

    YOU couldn't really fit many more people into the Shamrock House on the Thursday night of the Catskills Irish Arts Week in East Durham. Numbers won't really tell the story when traditional Irish music and the friendship and camaraderie that go with it combined to transform the historic old roadhouse into a living testament to the hold the music has over us at times.

    We have gotten used to the Thursday evening ceili orchestrated by Billy McComiskey operating on another level each year, but this year would be hard to top no matter how long that custom continues.

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