Tag: @Jobjr
Out of the Mailbag, Comes Songs and Stories: African Giants
Tensions mount, and we wonder, what happened? What has not been said, and why? Is it fear? Perhaps out of respect and perhaps because of their deep love for each other, not wishing to hurt anew?
Out of the eMailbag, Comes Songs and Stories: Who is St. Patrick?
Who was st. patrick? Sober St. Patrick’s Day founder and chair Bill Reilly feels that as St. Patrick’s Day approaches, there’s no better time to remember what this important figure […]
Out of the Mailbag, Comes Songs and Stories – The 1981 Hunger Strike
“Since it is impossible to experience the circumstances these men lived through, history will have to serve to illuminate what
Out of the Mailbag, Comes Songs and Stories – Give the Gift of Great Music for Christmas
Tara McNeill and Alexander Bernstein, Across the Atlantic, 2023. 12 Tracks When I last interviewed Tara McNeil in April of 2022, as part of Celtic Woman’s Postcards from Ireland U.S. […]
Out of the Mailbag, Comes Songs & Stories: Six Decades On, Derek Warfield Continues to Entertain Audiences and Commemorate Irish Patriotism
By John O’Brien, Jr@Jobjr Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones Set to Perform at Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival and Milwaukee Irish Fest Derek Warfield has spent more than sixty […]
Out of the Mailbag, Comes Songs & Stories: High Kings Release New Album
By John O’Brien, Jr@Jobjr The High Kings, Finbarr Clancy (Tipperary), Darren Holden (Kilkenny), Paul O’ Brien (Laois) and Brian Dunphy (Dublin) known collectively as Ireland’s most successful modern-era folk act, are […]
Out of the Mailbag Comes Songs & Stories: Language and Belfast Elephants
By John O’Brien, Jr.@Jobjr The Elephant of BelfastBy S. Kirk WalshCounterpoint Press ISBN: 978-1-64009-511-3. 320 Pages This national bestseller has such an unusual storyline, I just had to get it. […]
AER LINGUS TO MAKE POPULAR PBS TRAVEL AND MUSIC SERIES
“Ireland with Michael” Season 3 will be part of the airline’s in-flight programming on North American routes. Popular PBS travel and music show, “Ireland with Michael” has announced that Aer Lingus, […]
Dublin’s Victoria Johnston’s Tar Liom (Follow Me) single released ahead of Where the Lights Glow Debut Album Release
You hear a call, It is calling you far from here, Calling you like a bird, come follow me beyond the mountains, Follow me Dublin’s singer-songwriter Victoria Johnston has release her new […]
A Scythian Christmas Out at Sea Has Arrived!
Check it out on YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k34L-WpAdmc&feature=share