Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
Singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, Tríona is a key figure in the evolution of Irish traditional music since the 1970s.
Tadhg McSweeney
Memorial site for the masterful painter and philosopher based in Co. Cork, Ireland.
Willie Murphy Remembered
A memorial website for Willie Murphy — a place for all who loved him to gather, remember his many talents and celebrate the force of LOVE that was Willie.
CB Murphy
Novelist, painter, object maker, and rogue anthropologist. His work has been shown all over the world and he volunteers at a high security prison teaching art.
Seo Muid · Here’s Us
Tríona & Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill gathered songs they haven't recorded before, and haven't been singing for a long time, re-exploring them in more recent times.
Steve Tibbetts
Guitarist Tibbetts has recorded 13 albums on ECM, including Life Of, Natural Causes, Selwa, and Chö.
Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill
A celebrated Irish singer who has brought her music to audiences in Ireland and internationally as a solo artist and in collaboration with many other artistes – most notably her sister Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill.
Väsen
Based in Uppland, Sweden, “ the band's anciently original compositions can be immensely brooding, stately, fitfully spry or dramatically expansive.” -Washington Post
Olov Johansson
Many regard Olov Johansson as Sweden's greatest craftsman on the nyckelharpa.
Lily Vakili
“The Songs [are] … all compelling the way the first Patti Smith music gripped a listener, The Swans’ Jarboe enthralled or even Nico startled” – Americana Highways
Jao
"I want to join in the communal creative spirit of all beings, nurture imagination and promote a life style that that is committed to curiosity and wonder."
Sandy Spieler
Celebrating the "glorious interconnection of all things, the astounding intricacies of beauty and diversity, and the eternal cycle of birth, death, and birth again."
Conor Caldwell
Conor Caldwell is a fiddle player from north Belfast. He currently serves as Course Director for the MA in Irish Traditional Music Performance at the Irish World Academy in the University of Limerick. His research explores various aspects of music in Ireland, including style, structure and form in traditional performance.
Diane Jarvi
Diane Jarvi is a versatile performer of folk and world music, and an award-winning poet under the name Diane Jarvenpa, with five books of poetry.
Fintan Vallely
Musician, writer, lecturer and researcher on Traditional Irish Music, from County Armagh, Ireland.
Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind
The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story. A film by John Whitehead.
Evelyn Conlon
Monaghan-born and Dublin-based Irish novelist and short story writer.
John-Ivan Palmer
The author’s work deals with unorthodox narratives, yet in a disciplined, belletristic style. Tom Bradley’s irreverent interview with Palmer in Exquisite Corpse, A Journal of Art and Life describes the author as an “odd and versatile figure in the literary world.”
Flying Cardboard Theater
Puppet theater, Cantastoria, and community based art projects and events in Detroit.
Creative Community Builders
CCB helps communities to identify cultural and creative assets - and to leverage them for community revitalization and change.
Bobby Brown’s Beyond the Court
Bobby Brown's Beyond the Court Violence Prevention Initiatives seeks to empower dreams and inspire change within individuals and families that extends beyond the court and results in a healed community.
Chris Bates
Chris Bates is a bassist of formidable talent. Having worked professionally for 25 years across all spectrums of the musical landscape he continues to be a driving force in the Minnesota music scene.
Linden Leadership
Partnering with businesses to establish high performance cultures, leaders, teams and individuals.
Dáithí Sproule
Exquisite guitar and singing from the bard of Derry. Design & photos by Lisa Richardson.
Sarah Ruden
A leading translator of the ancient literature of the West, Sarah has set new standards for accuracy, stylistic integrity, and accessibility.
Danny Diamond
Through his work as a performer, composer, archivist and sound engineer, Danny contributes to the revitalisation and reimagining of Irish music and song.
Ray Barnard
“Indie Soul that runs the gamut from Old-School R&B with a modern twist to Trip-Hop with a Muscle Shoals feel – the songs have hooks, the vocals have range, and the grooves have cut.” ray-barnard.com
Roochie Toochie
Roochie Toochie and the Ragtime Shepherd Kings perform the weirdest songs from the early days of tin pan alley on the format on which they were first recorded: wax cylinder.
Timothy C. Kane
Gallery of paintings and drawings by Timothy Crispin Kane, from 1968 to the present.
Dave Ray
An archive of the music and opinion of Dave “Snaker” Ray, the brilliant American blues singer and guitarist, emulating the design and intent of Dave’s original site.
Dakota Dave Hull
Classic American Guitar... a restlessly curious, adventurous traveler along the broad highway of America’s music.
Hinduism Resource
A free teaching curriculum dedicated to educating students of all ages on the principles of Hinduism.
Emily Richardson
Works in Cloth. Emily Richardson is a fiber artist based in Philadelphia.
Dan Rein
Musician, poet, and radio host Dan Rein plays Setar, a four string long neck lute native to Iran, the two string Dutar of Torbat-e Jam (Iran), and the three string Kurdish Tanbur.
Mary Griep
Visual artist and Professor Emerita of Art and Art History at St. Olaf College. Over a long career in painting and drawing, she has shown her work from Finland to Thailand.
Nancy Bo Flood
An author and educator, Nancy has lived in Malawi, Africa, Hawaii, Japan, the western Pacific, and, most recently, the Navajo Nation Reservation.
Martin McHugh
Originally from Castlerea, Co. Roscommon in Ireland, Martin has inspired and encouraged a great number of the musicians who make the Twin Cities such a lively Irish music scene.
Helen Diamond
Brilliant singer and fiddle player from Dublin, singing unaccompanied English language songs in a traditional style.
Elizabeth Garvey
An artist who combines found objects with natural materials into mixed media assemblages that explore relationships between work, nature, and self.
Dane Stauffer
Dane's career spans cabaret, theater, film, television, radio, and teaching empowerment through storytelling and theatre arts to children and adults in all settings.
Skydoll
An electronic music project influenced by House, Soul, Funk, R&B and New Wave.
Masanari Kawahara
Performer and educator who incorporates puppetry, mask, and movement into his work.
My Wild Heart
A documentary about Nader Vakili, an Iranian-American plant geneticist and sculptor, at 91, carving a final statue of his beloved wife Mary Jane.
Reach for the Stars
Reach for the Stars is a nonprofit organization that promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education.
Edina Neighbors for Affordable Housing
Working for an equitable, welcoming, and sustainable community with senior and workforce housing available for people of all income levels at all stages of life in Edina, MN.
Adventures in Cardboard
Creative workshops for kids of all ages that focus on creating places for imaginative play.
Companion to Irish Traditional Music
The ultimate reference for all players, devotees and students. Edited by Fintan Vallely.
Brenna Busse
Using materials as metaphor; Brenna shares her celebration of the beauty of nature, faith in possibility and the sacred quality of daily life.
Art Sled Rally
An annual, out-of-the-ordinary community spectacle in Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis.
Tara & Dermy Diamond
The music of flute player Tara (Bingham) Diamond of County Down and fiddler Dermy Diamond of Belfast.
Acoustic Electric Strings
Acoustic Electric Strings is the creative inspiration of Gary E. Bartig, designer of the Eminence Portable Upright Bass, and the Dahlia 5-String Acoustic Violin.
Fretless Films
John Whitehead, an independent filmmaker whose work ranges from social issue documentaries to humor.
Dermot McLaughlin
Dermot is a renowned exponent of traditional Donegal fiddle music.
Sean Egan
Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and music educator, working in a variety of genres.
The Corn Potato String Band
The Ears and Eyes of America · Dedicated to continuing the traditional fiddle and banjo music and dance of the Central Southern US.
Paddy O’Brien
Accordion master and author from County Offaly, Ireland who has collected more than 3,000 compositions, including many rare and unusual tunes.
Concertina Cruinniú
The Cruinniú is an annual festival weekend consisting of Concertina classes, lectures, recitals, and sessions, in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Dec Barry Yoga
With over 40 years of experience and practice, Dec takes life and yoga seriously, but likes to have fun and enjoy the journey at the same time. decbarry.com
Organic Farming Works
Atina & Martin Diffley's consulting business, educating farmers and consumers.
Richard Ashcraft Wilson
Celebrating the life of an artist, visionary, and magnificently beautiful soul, Rich Wilson.
REO Collaborative
Movement Funders Organizing with Movement Builders toward a Regenerative Economy.
Roger Blobaum
"One of the 25 individuals who have done the most to develop organic agriculture in the US".
Due East
Working to ensure educational equity, academic success, and belonging for each and every student.
John Devine
Saxophonist/composer John Devine has delighted audiences for over 30 years.
Commonplace
Remembering St. Paul's iconic mid-70s vegetarian collective restaurant.
Creative Strategic Solutions
Dermot McLaughlin provides organisational development, strategy and planning, research and analysis, in English and Irish.
Welch Wallcovering
Serving Minnesota's North Shore for over 20 years. welchwallcovering.com
Sonoglyph Collective
The Sonoglyph Collective fuses poetry, song, storytelling, and spoken word with improvisational music in unique, spontaneous performances.
Whinstone
Dublin-based marketing of original writing and music publications. All of the material on this site can be ordered through bookshops, but if purchased here it is of maximum benefit to the writers and musicians.
Jon Pemberton
Trumpeter, pianist, teacher and composer, Jon is one of the most versatile musicians in Minneapolis.
Peter Schimke
Memorial site for Peter Schimke, the brilliant pianist and composer from Minneapolis.
Ben Lennon – The Tailor’s Twist
A study of the fiddler Ben Lennon of Kiltyclogher, Co. Leitrim, conceived by Nutan Jacques Piraprez and developed with Martin Gaffney and Fintan Vallely.
Joe Welch Qigong
Certified Level 1 & 2 Spring Forest Qigong Master based in Minneapolis.
Frank Noise
Frank Noise & The Logs of Wood: The improvisational music family from Minneapolis Minnesota has been making music without benefit of charts or sheet music since 1969.
Music of the Periodic Table
Musician and educator Mark John explores the vibrational qualities of the physical world, highlighting the unique light and tone of the elements.
Global Village
Purveyors of good vibrations from around the world, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Leslie Rubman
Creating abstract assemblages built on the ruins of the recent and remote past.
Nothing Left To Waste
Collaborating with clients to start chipping away at the model that perpetuates waste to accomplish more just and equitable solutions.
John Sims Piano
John Sims creates music that embodies a wide range of styles. As a composer/pianist, John is at home working in the Jazz, Blues, Rock and Classical idioms.
Ethan Johnson
To honor and remember our beloved friend, colleague, husband, brother, and son, Ethan Johnson.
Poetry Attic
A multi-media publisher of poetic works, Poetry Attic seeks to expand both the audience for, and definition of, poetry by exploring different media forms beyond the printed page.
Faye Berton
Teaching yoga and working with The Feldenkrais Method since 1988, Faye has the highest certification from Yoga Alliance and is a FGNA certified Feldenkrais practitioner.
Cobblestone Cabins
Built in 1926, a small, family-owned and operated resort in Tofte, Minnesota, overlooking the beautiful North Shore of Lake Superior.
Malia Burkhart
Multidisciplinary Performance Artist, Environmental Activist, Global Somatics and Herbal Medicine practitioner, Singer-Songwriter, Arts-Educator.
Craobh Rua
Traditional Irish Musicians from Belfast, touring the world since 1990.
