A sampling of this month’s Irish/Celtic music-related events in, or slightly beyond, Greater Boston. Not surprisingly, most performances in and around town this month are holiday-oriented, but there’s at least one that isn’t, strictly speaking: Boston College’s Gaelic Roots series will feature concertina virtuoso Brenda Castles and locally based guitarist Alan G. Murray on
Following is a sampling of this month’s Irish/Celtic music-related events in, or slightly beyond, Greater Boston.Over the years, there have surely been periods of time when local Irish/Celtic music fans felt like they may as well quit their jobs and basically give up any semblance of a normal life, because of a converging surfeit of concerts they feel compelled to attend.This
A sampling of this month’s Irish/Celtic music-related events in, or slightly beyond, Greater Boston.•The Burren Backroom series begins this month with an appearance by The Alt (Nuala Kennedy, John Doyle, and Eamon O’Leary) on Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Click here to read an interview with Kennedy.On Sept. 11 at 3:30 p.m., the series will present a special collaboration featuring
On Thursday March 3t the Gaelic Roots Series at Boston College invites you to an in-person presentation and performance, "Remembering Seán Ó Riada (1931-1971) and Ceoltóirí Chualann."Peadar Ó Riada's talk will be followed by music performed by:Peadar Ó Riada, piano, concertinaJoey Abarta, uilleann pipes, whistleAnna Colliton, bodhránSheila Falls, fiddleOisín McAuley,