Café Concert: Michael Slattery
Video: Michael Slattery and Todd Almond play DowlandJohn Dowland is often considered the pinnacle of refined Elizabethan music. He artfully combined melancholy lyrics with dance rhythms that showed off...
View ArticleNew Releases: 'Celtic Reflections,' a Spring Symphony, Goldberg Variations...
This week's featured albums pay a nod to St. Patrick's Day, the beginning of spring and the music of J.S. Bach. Celtic ReflectionsBarry DouglasChandosAvailable at Arkivmusic.comThe concert pianist...
View ArticleThere's More to Irish Classical Music Than Folk Arrangements
WQXR Broadcast Lineup: Irish-themed music this St. Patrick's DayIf any nation was guilty of neglecting its musical heritage, Ireland is probably not it. The musicality of Irish speech almost makes...
View ArticleBagpipes & Metal for St. Patrick's Day
“Tonight's New Sounds show is bagpipe-driven black and folk metal with music from Latvia, France, Spain, Estonia, and of course, Ireland.” -email from the New Sounds All-Purpose Assistant to John...
View ArticleA Priest Walks Into A Bar
What do a great bartender and a great priest have in common? We ask a Catholic priest who moonlights as a mixologist.Plus, Dan revisits a beloved pub from his past to find out what makes a great...
View ArticleYour St. Patrick's Day Playlist
Along with the sound of bagpipes and bohdrán drums, this St. Patrick's Day may we also suggest some John Field and Percy Aldridge Grainger to accompany Erin go Bragh? WQXR will be playing works by...
View ArticleWorld news quiz: St. Patrick’s Day and a Russian surprise
This week, the Irish prime minister visited the White House, Russia made a surprising move and puppies ruled the Internet (again). Take our 5-minute world quiz on this and more.Follow...
View ArticleGay veterans permitted to march in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade
The color guard for LGBT veterans group OutVets marches down Broadway during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. on March 15, 2015. The group was initially banned from...
View ArticleOn St. Patrick's Day, Celebrating Irish and Mexican Culture
For the past seven years, the Irish Arts Center has marked St. Patrick's Day by giving away free books by Irish authors. This year, the group did something a little different, teaming up for the first...
View ArticlePhoto: ‘Kiss me, I’m Irish’
Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesTwo girls seen in The Temple Bar in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday, March 16, 2017. This year, the city’s St. Patrick’s Festival takes place from March 16-19,...
View ArticleCuomo Says It's Time to Focus on Real Issues
The long-simmering feud between New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took to Fifth Avenue Friday.One day after state and federal prosecutors declined to bring charges...
View ArticleBonus Weekend Podcast: Irish Artists and Authors
Yesterday was Saint Patrick’s Day, and for our Bonus Weekend Podcast, we’ve brought you three interviews with Irish artists that we hope you’ll enjoy. In 2004 Leonard spoke with the legendary actor...
View ArticleOther People's Holidays
When one culture's holiday becomes everyone's excuse to party, what's gained and what's lost? And how does it feel when it's your holiday? We go to a Chinese New Year party with no Chinese people and a...
View ArticleCelebrating Springtime in NYC
Will Gleason, deputy features editor of Time Out New York, walks us through some upcoming cultural events around the city, including what to do on St. Patrick's Day.
View Article'Be More Chill,' Time Out's Springtime Guide, Transforming the Hospitality...
Composer Joe Iconis, book writer Joe Tracz, and actor Jason Tam discuss the hit Broadway musical, “Be More Chill.” Will Gleason, deputy features editor of Time Out New York, walks us through some...
View ArticleTales from the Emerald Isle: Michael Devlin, Claire Nevin & Paul Doran
This month is Irish Heritage Month, and on this episode, we’re celebrating all things Irish, a culture in which storytelling is tradition and a people who are working to keep it alive today. Hosted by:...
View ArticleDropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly (Live Streams)
Flogging Molly at Whelan's Irish Pub in Dublin (Live Stream)March 17. 3PM EDT. $20.Dropkick Murphys in Boston, Still Locked Down 2021 (Live Stream)March 17. 7PM EDT. Pay what you can. Wednesday, March...
View ArticleEchoes of Ireland
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, it's an evening of Irish and Irish-inspired music on the Young Artists Showcase. Bob Sherman reaches into the archives for performances from two Showcase evenings in...
View ArticleAn Irish Walking Tour of New York
It's St. Patrick's Day and the parade is back after a two year hiatus, we'll check in with WNYC's Gwynne Hogan from the parade route to see how it's going, plus of you're not ready to be out in the...
View ArticleSenate Acts on Daylight Saving Time; Irish Immigrants & St. Patrick's Day;...
Coming up on today's show: Luke Broadwater, congressional correspondent for The New York Times, talks about the surprise Senate passage of the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean to Be Irish in 2022?
For St. Patrick's Day, Maeve Higgins, comedian and the author of Tell Everyone on This Train I Love Them (Penguin Books, 2022), talks about the Irish immigrants -- and Irish-Americans of today. Then...
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