Upcoming Irish traditional music events in and around New York

Pete SeegerIt is looking like a very special night for the Irish American Writers and Artists annual bash at the Manhattan Club (upstairs from Rosie O’Grady’s at Seventh Avenue and 52nd Street) on Monday, October 15 from 6-9 pm  Receiving the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award is the grand dame of the American folk music movement, Judy Collins, whose sterling voice has touched audiences for over half a century and still holds strong today   Along with her magnificent singing, she has a storyteller’s soul and a gift for bringing alive the lyrics of many famous and diverse songwriters like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Stephen Sondheim, Dominick Behan and even Irish poet William Butler Yeats Read more