Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Scenes from a pub in Dublin, circa 2011.
Category - Irish
A Conversation with Larry Kirwan: . Larry Kirwan has been around the literary and music worlds – both in the United States and Ireland — for quite some...
There seems to be a very tangible continuum between the generations of Irish music. The mantle is systematically handed down from bands such as The Irish...
One of the great things about Irish music is its ability to incorporate other types of music without losing its essential character. Other genres do this, of...
I’m sorry that the site neglected to mark the passing on October 8 of Phil Chevron, the lead guitar player of The Pogues. Here is part of The Los Angeles...
Acoustic Guitar Masters John Fahey: On the Sunny Side of the Ocean Bert Jansch: Reynardine/Angie Leo Kottke: Vaseline Machine Gun/Last Steam Engine Adrian...
Since The Daily Music Break doesn’t update on Sundays and since any reason to post Irish music is a good reason, the site is celebrating St...
The Pogues were formed in London but really are an Irish band. I don’t know much about Irish music other than there is a whole lot of very great stuff...
For Columbus Day, here is a look at some folks who came to America and thrived. Black 47 has been playing around New York City for years. Here is a bit of its...
Flogging Molly is best described at its YouTube Channel: The Los Angeles-based post-grunge seven-piece Flogging Molly are an interesting mix of traditional...
