A Note from Michael (view in e-newsletter format) As Saint Patrick’s Day approaches I think of my great-aunt Mamie, Mary Brennan, whose family was from County Cork, born in 1880, 8 years old during the Blizzard Of March 1888, when in New Jersey the snowdrifts were fifty feet high. Mamie married Michael Maccri, who was […]

A Note from Michael (view in e-newsletter format) As Saint Patrick’s Day approaches I think of my great-aunt Mamie, Mary Brennan, whose family was from County Cork, born in 1880, 8 years old during the Blizzard Of March 1888, when in New Jersey the snowdrifts were fifty feet high. Mamie married Michael Maccri, who was […]

Jamie O’Reilly’s St. Paddy’s Day Fête Wishbone North March 17 Update. TODAY ONLY! St. Pat’s tix here only til noon via Paypal. below Walk-in? TONIGHT by 7 PM Get concert tickets for our gig at Wishbone $23 CASH at the door. LIVE MUSIC Featuring Jamie and Peter Swenson (guitar) with Michael Smith​. Al Ehrich, bass. WISHBONE […]

Jamie O’Reilly’s St. Paddy’s Day Fête Wishbone North March 17 Update. TODAY ONLY! St. Pat’s tix here only til noon via Paypal. below Walk-in? TONIGHT by 7 PM Get concert tickets for our gig at Wishbone $23 CASH at the door. LIVE MUSIC Featuring Jamie and Peter Swenson (guitar) with Michael Smith​. Al Ehrich, bass. WISHBONE […]

Purchase the Cd, listen to tracks online http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jamieoreilly5   Credits for Musical Selections The Fairy Tree Music by Vincent O’Brien Words by Temple Lane Kitty of Coleraine Poem: Edward Lysaght (1763-1810) Music credited to Samuel Lover, Arrangement by N. Clifford Page James Joyce quotes in his novel Finnegan’s Wake The Butcher Boy Traditional Irish, a […]

Jamie O’Reilly performs two fall concerts featuring Irish songs from the 1984 WFMT album that launched her vocal career. I Know Where I’m Going is the remastered first solo album of vocalist Jamie O’Reilly. Accompanied by guitarist Peter Swenson, Jamie sang this collection of beloved Irish ballads on heels of her vocal debut at Orchestra Hall.  11 songs […]

Jamie O’Reilly performs two fall concerts featuring Irish songs from the 1984 WFMT album that launched her vocal career. I Know Where I’m Going is the remastered first solo album of vocalist Jamie O’Reilly. Accompanied by guitarist Peter Swenson, Jamie sang this collection of beloved Irish ballads on heels of her vocal debut at Orchestra Hall.  11 songs […]

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. THE NUMBERS GAME: CONSOLATION-COMPENSATION. I published 32 newsletters and 82 Blogs… I’m doing an interview tonight about being a woman artist in Chicago for a future book. Thinking about the things I have done since losing my mentor, editor and dearest friend Susan to suicide last […]