Podcast: June 27, 2015

Bill and Paddy welcome international sensation Mary Bergin to the show just prior to her opening night concert for the Francis O’Neill Irish Arts Week.  Mary has been called the “Queen of the Tin Whistle” and she does not disappoint with a handful of tunes as she is...

Podcast: June 20, 2015

Bill and Paddy welcome old friend Timmy Ryan and his band, The Black Oil Brothers, who have a big gig coming up at The Wire on Saturday night. The Oil Brothers play a bunch of tunes and the Houli Brothers riff on everything from old guys in Hawks jerseys to how...

Podcast: June 13, 2015

17-year-old phenom Liam Durkin  brings his very large extended family to pack the Sidebar at Fitzgerald’s for The Houli’s Hooley. Liam flexes his Irish with rebel songs like “Willie McBride” and then kicks it old school with “Folsom Prison Blues”, and rocks an...

Podcast: June 6, 2015

Leo Moran of the Saw Doctors opens the show with a plug for the Houli’s Hooley. Paddy and Bill remember fondly all the summer festivals of their youth, particularly one summer when they won a prize at the Elmwood Park Fest that their mother ripped from the wall ten...

Podcast: May 30, 2015

The Houli’s Hooley brings Irish rock band St. Stephen’s Green to Fitzgerald’s for another night of music and hilarity. Announcer Bud Kerwin spars with the Houli’s as they exchange stories of the weird and we welcome new sponsors BIG GUYS...