1-Mar-16, The Jersey Journal
By Lois DiTommaso
Mick Moloney and Friends will start the St. Patrick's Day celebration a week early with a special concert March 9 for the UBS Atrium Series in Weehawken.
Classic Irish and Celtic tunes music will be featured at the event, to be held at 12:30 p.m., in the Atrium at 1000 Harbor Boulevard in the Lincoln Harbor section of Weehawken.
Moloney will be joined at the concert by Athena Tergis, known for her featured work as principal violinist in Broadway's Riverdance; fiddler and vocalist Liz Hanley; button accordion master Billy McComiskey; uilleann piper Jerry O'Sullivan; and step dancer Niall O'Leary.
Moloney, a musician, folklorist, musical anthropologist, and educator, has recorded and produced over 40 albums of traditional music and acted as advisor for scores of festivals and concerts across America. He also has served as the artistic director for several major arts tours including The Green Fields of America, an ensemble of Irish musicians, singers and dancers which toured the United States on several occasions.
He has hosted three nationally syndicated series of folk music on American Public Television; was a consultant, performer and interviewee on the Irish Television special "Bringing It All Back Home"; a participant, consultant and music arranger of the PBS documentary film "Out of Ireland"; and a performer on the PBS special "The Irish in America: Long Journey Home."
In 1999 he was awarded the National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts — the highest official honor a traditional artist can receive in the United States. He also received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award from the President of Ireland in November of 2013.
The concert is free and open to the public and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Free parking is available and public transportation options include NJ Transit Bus #158 as well as the Hudson Bergen Light Rail to Lincoln Harbor.
For directions and more information, visit hrpac.org - or call the concert hotline at 201-716-4540.
