Hi All, The Prodigals show at the Grog Shop was a fantastic night. The boys sounded better than ever, mixing old favorites and new songs from the Momentum album. Gregory even climbed up on the bar to play (and gave me a coupla kicks in the back, for fun). I don’t know what it is, [...]
Books show me places, people, things, ideas that I could never have imagined without them. How else would I know of the America, or the Ireland, of long ago? Know of my ancestors, what they struggled with, and how I became what I am, thru them and what they became, thru living?
Well, after almost two years and dozens of interviews, meetings, meals and edits, the book is finally completed. Festival Legends: Songs & Stories is in the printing stage now, and will be out in the next few weeks. The book started out as one, but has now expanded to three books. The second, Festival Legends: [...]
Friends and fans of Irish music mourned the death this year of legendary singer and entertainer Derek McCormack. Derek took ill suddenly while performing on an Irish Festival Caribbean Cruise and died on January 30, 2004 at age 51. Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival Cleveland hosted Derek for many years, and over those years he became [...]
Read all About Festival Legends, Songs and Stories, by John O’Brien, Jr., Assistant Director of Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival.