Irish music’s Boston legacy

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The Connolly House living room was overflowing on November 5 for a multi-media presentation by Seamus Connolly about Boston’s Irish music scene in the 1970s and 1980s. Connolly, the University’s Sullivan Artist-in-Residence and 10-time winner of the Irish National Fiddle Championship, reminisced about music and musicians, showed slides, played recordings, performed on the fiddle, and invited other musicians in the audience to perform and share their memories. Sitting in the front row listening to Connolly (standing) were Irish musicians (l-r) Brendan Tonra, fiddle; Helen Kisiel, piano; Larry Reynolds, fiddle; Joe Derrane, accordian; John McGann, mandolin and guitar; Tommy Kelly, pipes; and (partially hidden) Sally Kelly, piano.


This feature was posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 and is filed under Featured Photo.

Photograph: Gary Gilbert