With Their Legacy in Play, The Saw Doctors Fulfills Audience Expectations at New York’s Summerstage and More
August 3, 2025 No Responses

With Their Legacy in Play, The Saw Doctors Fulfills Audience Expectations at New York’s Summerstage and More

Photo: Brad Balfour Review by Brad Balfour The Saw DoctorsSaturday July 26th, 20256 –10 pmSummerstageCentral Park On a recent Saturday night, one of Ireland’s biggest rock bands, The Saw Doctors, returned to New York to perform before a capacity crowd at New...
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With George Heslin as Executive Director, The NY Irish Center Celebrates 20 years as a Culture Hub for its Community
September 19, 2024 No Responses

With George Heslin as Executive Director, The NY Irish Center Celebrates 20 years as a Culture Hub for its Community

Exclusive Interview by Brad Balfour  Based in Long Island City, The NY Irish Center (NYIC) launches an ambitious season of new programming initiatives starting in September. Joining the Center for the first time will be Ireland’s national broadcast...
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Coming Up on 50 Years, Record Promoter Brad LeBeau Has Survived The Fall of The American Music Business and Thrived
December 4, 2023 No Responses

Coming Up on 50 Years, Record Promoter Brad LeBeau Has Survived The Fall of The American Music Business and Thrived

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For 25 Years, Joe Hurley has Produced His All-Star Irish Rock Revue With NY’s Finest
March 21, 2023 No Responses

For 25 Years, Joe Hurley has Produced His All-Star Irish Rock Revue With NY’s Finest

Report by Bruce Alexander with Brad Balfour Joe Hurley’s 25th Anniversary All-Star Irish Rock RevueFriday, March 17, 2023 6-8 pmCity Winery25 11th Ave. (at 15th St.)New York, NY646-751-6033 www.CityWinery.com A St. Pat’s Day celebration took place in City ...
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CraicFest 25 Kicks Off Feb 24th with a Craic Concert at Rockwood Music Hall and Continues Into March
February 22, 2023 No Responses

CraicFest 25 Kicks Off Feb 24th with a Craic Concert at Rockwood Music Hall and Continues Into March

“The Ghost of Richard Harris” Preview by Brad Balfour CraicFest 25February 24 & March 2-4Various Locations While working as a doorman at Club Macanudo in 1999, native Irish New Yorker Terence Mulligan met famed director Jim Sheridan. As a result,...
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The Closing Ceremony of Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023 Celebrates Contemporary Performing Arts Celtic Style
February 13, 2023 No Responses

The Closing Ceremony of Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023 Celebrates Contemporary Performing Arts Celtic Style

On Monday January 30, at 7 pm, the Closing Ceremony of  Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023 was held at the Irish Arts Center ( 726 11th Avenue at 51st Street), the site of the Festival's three-day finale. A total of 12 Festival events took place through Tuesda...
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Experience Marriage, Monsters & More On Stage at the Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023
January 11, 2023 No Responses

Experience Marriage, Monsters & More On Stage at the Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023

Preview by Brad Balfour Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish FestivalJanuary 9 – 31, 2023Various Venues Throughout New York Now in its 15th installment — and returning to being fully in-person for the first time since the pandemic’s start — the...
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Making Music on Her Own Terms, Performer/Composer Ruth Weber Stays True To Her Own Melodies
August 16, 2022 No Responses

Making Music on Her Own Terms, Performer/Composer Ruth Weber Stays True To Her Own Melodies

Profile by Brad Balfour Most kids, when they embark on a musical trajectory, focus on making pop hits, club gigging and eventually radio. At the very least. Supposedly, they hope for a career that means big tours, private jets and...
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Celebrating Irish Music and Culture at The Milwaukee Irish Fest This August
July 31, 2021 No Responses

Celebrating Irish Music and Culture at The Milwaukee Irish Fest This August

Preview by Brad Balfour Milwaukee Irish Fest August 20 – 22, 2021 Henry Maier Festival Park 200 N Harbor Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Although Boston and New York are often thought of as THE American centers of Irish diaspora life,...
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Director/Musician Questlove Takes The Recordings of a 50-Year-Old Concert And Makes a Film and Manifesto
June 30, 2021 No Responses

Director/Musician Questlove Takes The Recordings of a 50-Year-Old Concert And Makes a Film and Manifesto

Report by Brad Balfour Back in 1969, The Woodstock Music Festival captured the world’s imagination. At virtually the same time, 100 miles away, Harlem hosted a music festival which was so totally overlooked that filmmaker Hal Tulchin — who recorded...
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