Chico Huff News Today

The Christ Episcopal Church hosted a jazz, blues and folk trio concert.

Folks, a reminder that this weekend the second annual Irish Tenor Banjo Summit will happen at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance. It starts with a céilí...

As host Brian ODonovan battles brain cancer, a tradition endures, with "A Christmas Celtic Sojourn" coming to The Hanover Theatre in Worcester.

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 rundown of events happening in the Worcester area.

Brian O'Donovan joined GBH's All Things Considered to talk about the return to live shows — plus the virtual option they're keeping from last year.

However many years “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn” lasts – and it’s about to hit 19 – there’s little doubt that the 2020 and 2021 editions will loom large in the collective memories of those involved in the music-song-dance-and-storytelling production, perhaps none more so than the show’s creator and guiding spirit, Brian O’Donovan. In 2020, with Covid-19 an overwhelming concern,

Reply The Wells School of Music at West Chester University will welcome Levitas-Rudresh Mahanthappa at its Jazz Festival concerts and master classes that start soon. (ETHAN LEVITAS) WEST CHESTER, PA ­­— The Wells School of Music at West Chester University will bring world-class entertainment and free jazz to the community in the universitys 30th Annual Jazz Festival. From March 24-27, students, educators, and audiences alike are invited to enjoy virtual jazz concerts and participate in liv...

  Chart-topping singer-songwriter  Lisa Jeanette, whose latest hit holiday song “Mrs. Claus” (featuring iconic Folk Artist Vance Gilbert) skyrocketed to #1 on the December 2020 Folk Alliance International (FAI) Folk DJ chart, has announced that her much-anticipated album  Jellyfish on the Moon released March 1 on all DSPs. Garnering early support from some of the top folk DJs in the country, Jeanette’s sophomore release debuted at #12 on the FAI Folk DJ Chart in December thanks to...

By Sean Smith, Special to the Reporter December 10, 2020 Sean Smith, Special to the Reporter Jenna Moynihan, left, and Maura Shawn Scanlin, with Owen Marshall (foreground), during preparations for “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn.” Creative minds, talent, technology triumph over space and time Right from the beginning, the idea behind “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn” was to make audiences feel as if they were enjoying the Celtic-flavored celebration of the holiday season in the comfort of their...