Living in New York City it is not uncommon to randomly come across celebrities while you're doing something relatively normal. I've bumped into movie star Dustin Hoffman on my way to lunch, spoke to The Daily Show's Jon Stewart outside of starbucks, and met legendary music producer Daniel Lanois at … [Read more...]
Moya Brennan Captivates Manhattan
The spiritual presence of her sound is intoxicating, and the 50 plus people who watched Moya Brennan perform at The Winery in late March witnessed sonic beauty at its finest. Standing between two harps her music radiated throughout the venue, causing waiters and other venue employees to stop dead in … [Read more...]
A Toast to the Irish –Welcome Home:Music of Ireland
Kermit the frog once said, "It ain't easy being green," and for the people of Ireland nothing could have been closer to the truth. As potato famine spread across the land millions of Irish families, with little or no money, were forced to settle in the cities that ships landed in. Despite their … [Read more...]
Epic All-Star Remake of “We Are the World”
By Lindsay Wallace Today, the charity song “We Are the World” originally written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson is being remade to benefit the Haiti relief efforts. Just as the original song included the biggest super stars of the time in 1985, the 2010 edition will include the biggest … [Read more...]
Julia Haltigan adds a sinister beauty to the blues
Julia Haltigan was born in New York City off the Bowery in 1984. She grew up moving constantly from one New York neighborhood to another, throughout her travels she collected literal and figurative pieces. Her overly musical, and slightly twisted family, suffers from what they call "the singing … [Read more...]