This is a year unlike any other for “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn.”The 2022 edition marks the 20th anniversary of the popular holiday stage production, which features music, dance, and storytelling from Irish, Scottish, other Celtic – and occasionally non-Celtic – traditions. Irish singer-songwriter Karan Casey returns to the line-up as a featured performer for the first time in
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