Enjoy Some Inspirational Music

You can now purchase any of the following CDs featuring beautiful music from the Singing Sisters, Rosemonde and Rosalie Deck, CDP and the Sister of Divine Providence Choirs.

Songs to Cherish, $12 - This special CD contains original vocal pieces composed by Sister Rosalie and Sister Rosemonde, as well as some very enjoyable favorites, including Over the Rainbow and Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

A Little Bit of Heaven, $15- Irish songs including A Little Bit of Heaven, Danny Boy, Cockles and Mussels, Galway Bay, The Last Rose of Summer and That's an Irish Lullaby (Tura Lura Lura).

Providence Resounds Inspirational Music, $12 - Director, Sister Mary Alvin Hunter accompanied by Sister Genevieve Brandstetter

Christmas Always Songs, $15 - Director, Sister Mary Alvin Hunter accompanied by Sister Genevieve Brandstetter

Please contact Mary Traupman at mtraupman@verizon.net for more information or to purchase one of these CDs.

Virgin Mobile Music Festival - Baltimore MD

I missed last Sunday's meeting because I was down at the Virgin Mobile Music Festival in Baltimore, Maryland. My brother had some "all access" passes which gave us a perfect backstage vantage point for watching some pretty big stars - Foo Fighters, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, etc.

Anyway, this has nothing to do with Ireland, the Irish, the AOH, or anything else we do, I just like the picture above of Scott Weiland from Stone Temple Pilots and a crowd-surfing chicken.

Terry Griffith at Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle

Terry Griffith will perform at Mullaney’s Harp and Fiddle at 9 p.m. Friday, June 6. He says he'll play favorite Irish songs and acoustic classics.

"If you have a song you want to hear," he says, "email back and I’ll try to pick it up."

www.pittsburghirish.org/griffith

Terry Griffith at Sieb's Irish Pub

This Friday, May 30, I’ll be playing at Sieb’s Irish Pub on Babcock Blvd. Sieb’s is a very comfortable pub with great food. Come out and relax with an evening free from the pressures of a hockey night in Pittsburgh.

Sieb’s address is 3382 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh PA 15237. Phone: 412-364-8511.

Hope to see you there for a mix of Irish and Acoustic Classics.

-- Terry Griffith

She may be bald, but she sure can sing....

She may be balder than our good brother Mickey Abbott, and despite the fact that Frank Sinatra wanted to "kick her ass," you can't help but admit that Sinead O'Connor has perhaps one of the purest voices of any modern day Irish lass. So forget about some of that stupid stuff she did in the past and enjoy this selection as she sings the classic rebel song The Foggy Dew with The Chieftains:

Battle of the Bands: The Dubliners & Thin Lizzy sing "Whiskey in the Jar"

We members of Division 32 have a wide variety of musical tastes. Some, such as our good brother Bill Delaney (and former lead-crooner for Pittsburgh's own The Vi-Counts) favor the traditional Irish ballad. Others, such as our long-haired, Teutonically-named brother John Graf prefer their Irish music a little more "caffeinated." As a newly-minted blogger for Division 32, I aim to please all segments of the Division 32 community.

Whiskey in the Jar is a traditional Irish song about a highwayman who is betrayed by his lover. In order to please each and every Division 32 member, I provide you with these alternative versions of this classic as sung by two of Ireland's legendary acts - The Dubliners and Thin Lizzy. You be the judge!

Update: For any Division 32 headbangers, you may prefer the Metallica version. Click here.

Irish Song - Grace

It's fitting that today's Irish Song is in tribute to Irish patriot and leader of the 1916 Easter Rising Joseph Plunkett was executed by firing squad on May 4th and who married who Grace Gifford a few hours earlier in Kilmainham Gaol.

Here is Grace by Jim McCann (and you tell by his terrific voice, he's no relation to our good AOH brother Padraig)

25 Years Ago Today in Pittsburgh music history....

On May 3, 1983 - for my 15th birthday - my brother bought us tickets to see U2 at the Fulton Theater (now the Byham). U2 was far from a household name at that time, but my brother and I were somewhat ahead of the curve in our musical tastes. U2 was just beginning to hit it big in the U.S. on the success of its "War" release and the singles "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Years Day." The Fulton Theater in the 1980's was far-removed from its early-20th century vaudeville/movie house grandeur (read: pretty dingy), but it was a fantastically intimate and appropriate venue for the Irish quartet. No stadium-sized laser shows, no explosions, no giant stages -- just a 23 year-old Bono on the road to taking America by storm.

Tonight - Night of Irish Music

Division 1 is hosting its annual Night of Irish Music on Saturday, April 26, at Castle Shannon Fire Hall, Library Road at Grove Road. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Entertainment is by Corned Beef & Curry, plus Mike Gallagher and Step Dancers.

There will be an Irish auction and door prizes. Beer, set-ups and snacks will be provided.

Admission is $15. Tickets and details: Rich O'Malley at 412-401-3945.

Irish Song - Celtic Tenors

Thouhgt I'd bring a little more culture to this blog with these guys.

These Celtic Tenors brought down the house at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival with Remember Me - Recuerdame. Check out their web site here. They do sing traditional Irish songs too.



Here's a longer compilation of the Celtic Tenors with Dierdre Shannon - lovely. Nice opening with Danny Boy.

Irish Songs - Roisin Dubh and Slievenamon

For my good friend and AOH 32 brother Joe Mathers.

Here is an instrumental of Roisin Dubh. Irish traditional tune by Christy Sheridan


And, here is one of his other favorites Slievenamon (Mountain of the Women). Great song, but look beyond lack of video.