Musician Grant Maloy Smith and the Indie Collaborative Bring Their Holiday Show to NYC
December 1, 2023 No Responses

Musician Grant Maloy Smith and the Indie Collaborative Bring Their Holiday Show to NYC

The Indie Collaborative returns to New York City on Monday, December 4th, to celebrate the holiday season in grand musical style at one of New York’s most exciting nightclubs, The Green Room 42. A cast of award-winning artists from the Classical, Broadway, American Roots, Jazz, and Global Music worlds will take the stage to honor Hanukkah, Christ...
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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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The Long Journey Behind This Summer’s Hot Film, “In The Heights,” Is Revealed by Its Two Lead Actresses
June 23, 2021 No Responses

The Long Journey Behind This Summer’s Hot Film, “In The Heights,” Is Revealed by Its Two Lead Actresses

Story by Brad Balfour Preceding its world premiere at The 2021 Tribeca Festival, the musical celebration, In The Heights, enjoyed a special screening for the influencer set at the AMC 42nd St. the night before. Both the film — and...
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Drank The Gold Offers The Nourishment of Irish Traditional Music to Upstate New York and More
June 17, 2021 No Responses

Drank The Gold Offers The Nourishment of Irish Traditional Music to Upstate New York and More

Q&A by Brad Balfour By now, it’s a familiar story. Due to the pandemic lockdown, bands and performers found themselves frozen out of live venues and were in danger of being driven out of the business entirely. For upstaters Oona...
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From Street Performer to Artist on the World’s Stage, Carlos Battey Transforms into Jackie’s Boy And Become His Own Record Mogul
June 9, 2021 No Responses

From Street Performer to Artist on the World’s Stage, Carlos Battey Transforms into Jackie’s Boy And Become His Own Record Mogul

Interview by Brad Balfour When the pandemic hit, musicians were blessed and cursed at the same time. On the one hand, it shut down opportunities for live performance before paying audiences. On the other hand, it freed up songwriters, instrumentalists...
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Cork Born-and-Bred Actor/Singer Cillian Murphy Goes from Strength to Strength In His Many Performances
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Cork Born-and-Bred Actor/Singer Cillian Murphy Goes from Strength to Strength In His Many Performances

An Appreciation by Paddy McCarthy Actor/singer Cillian Murphy seems to go from strength to strength with his acting and other activities. Currently, the 45-year-old appears as Emmett in the sci-fi horror shocker A Quiet Place Part II (see related interview...
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With His Novel “Rockaway Blue” Out, Former Wexfordian Larry Kirwan Keeps His Multi-Hyphented Status Alive
May 5, 2021 No Responses

With His Novel “Rockaway Blue” Out, Former Wexfordian Larry Kirwan Keeps His Multi-Hyphented Status Alive

Q&A by Brad Balfour Rockaway Blue Larry Kirwan
 Three Hills/Cornell University Press To most who know him, Larry Kirwan has been thought of as the leader of Black 47, a New York-based Irish rock band with clearly left-of-center political leanings....
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A Documentary Celebrating Women in Classical Music Streams During Women’s History Month
March 23, 2021 No Responses

A Documentary Celebrating Women in Classical Music Streams During Women’s History Month

Forte Director: David Donnelly Producers: David Donnelly, Anastasia Boudanoque Cast: Tatiana Berman, Anastasia Boudanoque, Elbjorg Hemsing Q&A by Brad Balfour When the film Forte premiered a year ago at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center Justice Forum, it...
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Sad Story of a Jazz Great Recalled in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”
March 3, 2021 No Responses

Sad Story of a Jazz Great Recalled in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”

Review by Brad Balfour The United States vs. Billie Holiday Director: Lee Daniels Writers: Suzan-Lori Parks (screenplay), Johann Hari (book, Chasing the Scream) Cast: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund When I decided to view The United States vs. Bill...
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