Poll: Happy St Patrick's Day, Did You Know About The Black Leprechauns?

You can imagine my surprise, many Years ago, when I first read about the Scottish historian David Mac Ritchie and his findings that the original Leprechauns were ethnically the wee Twa people of Africa.  If my memory serves me, he was pointing out that some of the early inh …

Sharon Corr lives to make music

The Corrs farewelled their fans in 2006, announcing that they were going to take time to focus on their families. They had definitely earned a break. Since releasing their debut record in 1995, which fused the traditional Irish folk of their homeland with modern pop music, siste …

Sinead O'Connor: I Was Only Joking About Wanting To Murder The Pope

Irish songstress Sinead O’Connor came under fire a few weeks ago when she took to Twitter to announce that she would perform a "bloodbath" if Pope Benedict XVI visited Ireland.    

Sinead O'Connor In The Spotlight For Talking About Sex - Oh, And She has a New Album Coming Out

Sinead O'Connor, never known as a shrinking violet, has been getting a bit of attention for the last couple of weeks for musings about sex she posted on her two web-sites.* It all started with what seems to me like a satirical post she wrote on August 20th called Sinead on a manh …

Bono's bad back may cost U2 hundreds of millions

Fears are now being expressed that the European leg of the tour may also not happen. The singer had made it clear that he will not come back until he has his old mobility and what friends describe the "the full-on Bono treatment."

Lisa Furman Finds Her Own Sound in a Marriage of Bluegrass and Celtic

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