Terence Winch When New York Was Irish: Songs and Tunes By Terence Winch

When New York Was Irish is a captivating anthology of work from the last twenty-plus years of popular Irish-American songwriter and button accordionist Terence Winch. It features his best-known compositions with the influential Irish group he co-founded Celtic Thunder (called one of the best Irish folk acts in America by The Washington Post) and his current band Narrowbacks, such as In Praise of the City of Baltimore, and Hooley with the Herd. It also includes Winch s best-known tune, When New York Was Irish, a song that has been admired and covered by a host of Irish artists. Named one of The Top 100 Irish Americans by Irish America magazine, Winch is also a prolific writer, and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry.His work has been featured on Garrison Keillor s The Writer s Almanac and NPR s All Things Considered radio programs.