I remember the instant I first saw the Apple Newton. EUREKA ! THE CELLULAR COMPUTER !! I was a computer supplies salesman, on foot in the SF Financial District. My job was good and …

The Roman diaspora following the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD sent Jews all over the known world. Many subsequent events pushed them out of one place to …

For the past 25-plus years I've been playing traditional Irish music on a variety of instruments, including Uilleann pipes, tin whistle, wooden flute, Anglo concertina, and B/C-tuned button …

This unique album was recorded 15 years ago by Neil Young in Canyon and recently re-mastered by Toby Seeger in Davis. Nauticas is Peter Kasin on fiddle, Riggy Rackin on concertina, Shay …

Marla Fibish plays mandolin like no one else in Irish music. The second you hear one of her students play you’ll say, “Marla taught you to play, it’s obvious” and they’ll say, “Yes.” Other …

Riggy looks authentic. He looks like one of those guys who sits in the back of the general store or the forecastle of a ship and spits tobacco juice on the floor, but people put up with him …

Jason Pollack is one of the premier Irish Fluters in the SF Bay Area. Jason: My Dad was a psychiatrist. He had the Newman family name on his mother’s side. His father was Pollack, but …

Peter Kasin is a fiddler’s fiddler; or really, a musician’s fiddler. His clean take on traditional tunes, with strong bowing and great intonation, makes him a wonderful tune leader. I’m very grateful …

Riggy: Who have been your teachers? Richard: After first just hearing a concertina in how-to recordings and poor attempts to figure the thing out I was lucky to find my way to the inspiring …

I’ve been singing about Jesus all my life, without being a “believer” in any sense of the word. I bet it started with those tiny booklets of Christmas Carols that the John Hancock Insurance …