The Immortal Jukebox » Ireland

Tall Towers. Falcon Nests. Twisted Rocks. Summer Sunsets. Mary Black. Soul Singing. A Song for Ireland. Drinking in the Pub all day. Fiddler play your Reel. Stand on the beach at Dingle. Atlantic...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2020/03/14/mary-black-luke-kelly-the-dubliners-a-song-for-ireland/

Traditional Irish music demands far more than mere instrumental virtuosity from its practitioners. What is demanded is cultural and spiritual engagement with the spirit of the music combined with...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2020/03/11/paul-brady-arty-mcglynn-matt-molloy-crazy-dreams-hail-st-patrick-2/

Well here in the South Downs March did indeed come in like a Lion. A very angry Lion. Storm force 11 tree felling, roof lifting, banshee howling winds. Field flooding, roof rattling, better build...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2020/03/07/dolores-keane-maura-oconnell-teddy-oneill-hail-st-patrick-1/

Christmas opens the door to Hope. Even in the bleakest of bleak Midwinters. Though the earth be hard as Iron and Water stands like Stone there is yet, as Snow falls on Snow, Hope in a humble birt...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2019/12/11/christmas-alphabet-i-for-in-the-bleak-midwinter-james-taylor/

You’ve either got it or you haven’t. Presence. Some things you just can’t buy. Presence. Coaches and Gurus and Snake Oil salesmen will portentously promise to reveal the secret to you. Bett...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2019/08/27/van-morrison-mark-knopfler-last-laugh-happy-birthday-van/

Love can make you ask funny questions now and then. Who puts the rainbow in the sky? Who lights the stars at night?   Questions we, and all those who have gone before us, and all those who follo...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2019/05/16/galileo/

Well, the answer to Bing’s question is a resounding Yes! Did she kiss The Blarney? Not literally, but if I have any gift for words, for telling a tale, it comes from her. There were some storie...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2019/03/31/mothers-day-bing-crosby-did-your-mother-come-from-ireland/

A little over ambitious with my scheduling! I forgot that not only did I have a duty to celebrate the season of St Patrick here on The Jukebox I also had to celebrate in person and recover from t...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2019/03/18/eleanor-mcevoy-ailie-paula-meehan-moyra-barry-ceiliuradh-mhna-na-h-eireann-celebrating-the-women-of-ireland-5/

The Jukebox continues the celebration of the glories of Irish Women with : Songs from Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (An Mhaigdean Mhara) & Sinead Lohan (Sailing By). A Painting by Letitia Hamilton (1878...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2019/03/16/mairead-ni-mhaonaigh-sinead-lohan-catherine-ann-cullen-letitia-hamilton-ceiliuradh-na-mna-na-heireann-celebrating-the-women-of-ireland-4/

Our celebrations today continue with: Songs by Eleanor Shanley ( Come Back Paddy Reilly) & Inni-K (Teardrop). A Painting by Estella Solomons (1882-1968) ‘Moppie Morrow’. A Poetry Reading by R...

https://theimmortaljukebox.com/2019/03/14/eleanor-shanley-inni-k-rita-ann-higgins-estella-solomons-ceiliuradh-na-mna-na-heireann-celebrating-the-women-of-ireland-3/