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Larry Kirwan and Friends Mark St. Patrick’s Day With Comedy, Tradition, and Rock and Roll
A sea of green pooled around the sides of Fifth Avenue as the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade stepped off to much better weather than expected, bringing over 200,000 participants to the celebration, and for some marked a new era of…
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in NYC at BB King Blues Club with Larry Kirwan & Friends
It's been almost a year and a half since Black 47 retired their 25-year career at B.B. King Blues Club near Times Square, but that hasn't stopped the band's former leader Larry Kirwan and friends from performing a handful of solo shows…
The Night The Music Lived: Black 47 Brings 25 Year Career Full-Circle in NYC With The Last, Last…
The hustle and bustle of Times Square was weaving in and around 42nd and 8th as usual for a Saturday night as The Bronx invaded Midtown at one floor below street level for a night filled with the heartiest crock of Irish rock around. New…
Holy Craic! Black 47 To Close Curtain On 25 Year Career This Weekend With Final Two Shows In…
When Larry Kirwan and Chris Byrne met in New York City and formed Black 47 in the late 1989, they had no idea that 25 years would bring the band to 2,300 shows and 13 full-length studio albums. Though Byrne left the band in 2000 for other…
Interview: Larry Kirwan Shares 25 Years of Black 47, Politics in Music, and Legacy
Many bands come and go throughout the years: some lasting briefly as a sort of novelty, some with long and hearty careers who only later drift away into touring to a tune of nostalgia, and everywhere in between. Sometimes the "going" part…
Hearing Aide: Black 47 ‘Last Call’
One last musical statement. One more dance on the New York City skyline. One last call for Black 47. New York’s Black 47 released Last Call on March 4, 2014 and it is just that: their last call.
After 25 years the band made a decision to…
Port Chester Bids Farewell to Black 47 at Garcia’s
Garcia’s, with its bar stretching a decent portion of one side of the venue, was filled with a typical evening pub crowd relaxing and loosening up a bit. The stage was set for the entertainment of the night – a house band perhaps? Well,…
Port Chester to Raise One Last Pint to Black 47
New York City's own Irish-American rockers Black 47 may be winding down their career at the end of this year, but before they do so they’ll be hitting Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. this Thursday.
Black 47 has had…