Celtic Connection

Cindy caught up with Paul McKenna at the Celtic Connections fest in Scotland for a quick chat on his bands Colorado debut February 25th at Soiled Dove in Denver. Blog—April, 2008 We’ve [...read]

“terrifically enjoyable show…accomplished line-up…thrilling climax of galloping jigs and reels.” – THE AUSTRALIAN Celebrating Traditional Irish Music in its Purest Form with Martin Hayes, artistic director, fiddle Iarla Ó Lionáird, vocals Dennis [...read]

Direct from Scotland – Colorado Debut! THE PAUL McKENNA BAND Saturday February 25, 2012 8PM Show 7PM Doors The Soiled Dove 7401 E. 1st Ave Denver, CO 80230 $20 Advance $25 DOS [...read]

by Jeremy Lee (Photo) Noel receiving the Civis Princeps (First Citizen) Award from Father Michael Sheeran, S.J., President of Regis University in 2006. It’s the highest honor the University bestows.) I was [...read]

On December 9th 2011 Noel Cunningham was laid to rest in Denver. He began his journey of 62 years in Dublin Ireland. At age 14 he began to prepare for a lifelong [...read]

Mar thosach, bamhaith le GaeilThírnaSpéireMóirebeannachtaí ó chroí a bhreithdárgcairdeuilearfudna Rockies agus go mórmhór do luchtléiteannuachtáinsaoithiúilseo. Translated into the finest Cork English this reads ‘To begin, the Irish of Big Sky Country would [...read]

John Francis O’Brien, Jr. is an author, writer, poet, publisher and spokesman. Named as one of Irish America Magazine’s 2011 Top 100 Irish Americans, he is Co-Founder, Co-Publisher and Editor of the [...read]

One of the best things about Irish traditional music, and indeed most traditional musics, is that so much of it is about the community that builds itself around and through it. Those [...read]

by Rodger Hara In an essay, Unitarian Minister turned author/essayist Robert Fulghum described an Aha! lesson he learned from an Auschwitz survivor about the distinction between a problem and an inconvenience. Denver [...read]

by Rodger Hara In January 1919, Michael Collins of Sam’s Cross, Clonakilty, West Cork, helped newly-elected President Eamon de Valera escape from a British jail. President de Valera returned to Dublin and [...read]

(Photo credit: Don Senia Murray) Barry Fey, the legendary Denver based concert promoter, was a trailblazer in the evolution of live Rock n’Roll. He didn’t just break the trail – he paved [...read]