A look at upcoming Irish/Celtic music events in Greater BostonGuess these things just happen sometimes: By whatever twist of fate, this coming month includes an abundance of concerts with performers who have brand new or recently released albums.•At Club Passim in Harvard Square, guitarist-mandolinist-vocalist Flynn Cohen – now Brattleboro-based but a longtime denizen of
So, here we are, in what is arguably the most active month on the Irish/Celtic music calendar – especially here in Greater Boston/Eastern Massachusetts. A sampling of what’s coming up follows.– SEAN SMITH We’ll start with the Burren’s Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series, which will present Dàimh on March 6. Based in the Isle of Skye and West Lochaber, the quintet – former winner of
With 2023 over, ahead of us lies a new set of 12 months during which we can anticipate many fine Irish/Celtic music events in the Greater Boston area. Here’s a look at January:•The 21st Boston Celtic Music Fest (BCMFest), which takes place Jan. 11-14, is the big happening this month. Festival events will take place in Harvard Square’s Club Passim as well as the Crystal
It wasn’t actually planned that way, but last month in the space of a week, Boston College’s Gaelic Roots series hosted two of the most celebrated Irish fiddle players of the past five decades. On Nov. 2, Frankie Gavin and accompanist Catherine McHugh performed in BC’s Connolly House, and then on Nov. 9, Kevin Burke played solo in the very same place.Gavin’s appearance had
•The high-quality, well-loved and equally well-attended slate of concerts that Brian O’Donovan organized, nourished, and emceed for so many years at the Burren Backroom will now live on there in his name. And the Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series will get off to quite the start on Nov. 1, presenting uilleann piper Cillian Vallely and Worcester-born-and-bred fiddler David Doocey –