Singer and Songwriter Annie Hughes at the Forefront of the Traditional Music Revival in Dublin
September 5, 2023 No Responses

Singer and Songwriter Annie Hughes at the Forefront of the Traditional Music Revival in Dublin

Q&A by Brad Balfour When Irish director Luke McManus recently debuted “North Circular,” his current full-length doc feature, at DCTV’s downtown Firehouse Cinema, he brought along with him Dublin-based singer Annie Hughes. The 30-something performed two songs acapella before post-screening...
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Composer/Singer/Songwriter Randy Edelman Performed Heartfelt Compositions at City Winery Offering a Preview of His Shows to Come in December
October 27, 2022 No Responses

Composer/Singer/Songwriter Randy Edelman Performed Heartfelt Compositions at City Winery Offering a Preview of His Shows to Come in December

Report by Brad Balfour Along with Randy Newman, Paul Williams and Van Dyke Parks among others, pop singer/songwriter Randy Edelman has established himself as a member of the snarky, eccentric songster sub-genre. The 75-year-old tells tales of failed love, unre...
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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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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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Michaela Eremiasova’s Journey To The United States Through Music
April 7, 2021 No Responses

Michaela Eremiasova’s Journey To The United States Through Music

Q&A by Brad Balfour When young Michaela Eremiasova came to the United States from the Czech Republic, she already loved and had studied music. As she explained: “Music has been always my ultimate love, my soulmate since I remember. There...
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Artist/Entrepreneur Luca Dayz Gets “Back To Love” In Making Music — His And Others
February 10, 2021 No Responses

Artist/Entrepreneur Luca Dayz Gets “Back To Love” In Making Music — His And Others

Q&A by Brad Balfour Multi-talented recording artist Luca Dayz is as much an entrepreneurial executive as he is a musical creator. In that he is following in a noble tradition prominently set in motion by the late, legendary Motown Records...
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Musicians Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams Express Their Romantic Bond in “It Was The Music”
February 9, 2021 No Responses

Musicians Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams Express Their Romantic Bond in “It Was The Music”

Q&A by Brad Balfour Both a musical odyssey and a deeply personal love story between two musicians, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams’ It Was The Music is a search for what they call “music utopia.” When this romantic and musical...
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