Tag: Irish Music
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The Pub Shall Rise Again
I read the news today, oh boy. Last Thursday, the texts started arriving. My daughter got the first one. It was from Liam Macik, a playwright, director, and podcaster who was a frequent special guest at Riley’s Storytelling Nights a few years back. The second text came to me. It was from Christopher Laughrey, my long-time musical…
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Getting our Irish on @ Riley’s Pour House
The music started when Young John Gallagher took the stage before a packed house in Riley’s Outdoor Pavilion. An hour later, The Connolly-Davis Band followed suit before an SRO crowd inside the pub. For the rest of the day, Riley’s delivered a double-track of Irish-trad and Celtic-rock that also featured The Danny McGoo Duo, John…
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Putting on the Music Hat
The 21st-century scop wears many hats. It’s not like the old days, when the traveling minstrel-storyteller showed up at the mead hall with a repertoire of poetry and epic tales uploaded to his personal memory. Today stories are delivered through books, films, digital downloads, spoken-word and musical performances. The most recent posts at this site…
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Last Weekend @ Riley’s:
The St. Patrick’s Day ShowsPittsburgh’s still the best place to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. That’s according to Niche.com, which places the Burg ahead of Boston (the city that held its first St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1737) and Chicago (where they dye the Chicago River green in the saint’s honor). Pittsburgh’s Parade Day traditions might be younger than Boston’s,…
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Parade Day @ Riley’s: Just the Beginning
The Parade Day Celebration at Riley’s Pour House topped all expectation — a veritable three-ring wonder featuring entertainment under the big top, in the pub, and even (when the famed Irish Belly Dancers arrived) on the bar. If you were part of the multitude in attendance, you know what I’m talking about. If you weren’t,…
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Parade Day & St. Patrick’s Day Shows
March 11 (Parade Day) 6:00 – 7:30: Riley’s Pub Stage with bassist Duane Davis. 8:00 – 10:00: Riley’s Pub Stage with bassist Duane Davis and vocalist-mandolinist Lauren Connolly-Moore. March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) 5:00 – 7:30: Riley’s Garden Center Stage. 8:00 – 11:00: Riley’s Pub Stage with bassist Duane Davis. March 18 8:00 – 11:00: Riley’s Pub Stage with…