With St. Patrick's Day landing this weekend, "Sunday Supper" leans into some Celtic influences, from homegrown Irish artists such as Van Morrison, Maura O'Connell, Sinead O'Connor, the Chietains, and Grainne Hunt, to Americans celebrating their Irish lineage, like Tara O'Grady, Joe Jencks, Miranda Hardy, and Nanci Griffith.
On Your Radar: Jess Klein, Jillian Matundan and Madeleine Roger
John Platt's On Your Radar has a new venue, the legendary Bitter End NYC.
At the age of 83, Tom Rush’s powers are undiminished: as a singer, a guitarist, an onstage performer, and judging by his new album, Gardens Old, Flowers New, as a songwriter. Because he’s known for burnishing the careers of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, et al, he is sometimes underrated as a writer himself.
I’m back from Kansas City for my annual (10th? 12th?) Folk Alliance pilgrimage – both an exhausting and refreshing experience. The main objective, of course, is to hear as much music as I possibly can, but the ancillary benefits (learning from sessions, reconnecting with friends) are equally rewarding.