Celtic rockers the Prodigals like the Beachland so much, they named their new CD after it. In fact, they recorded Beachland Bootleg: Prodigals Live there last October 22. And if the Cleveland connection and St. Pat’s Day aren’t enough for ye, then trust the words of Irish Music Magazine’s John O’Regan, who wrote the liner notes: “New York’s jig-punk practitioners play a high-energy fusion of Irish folk and rock that is at once nostalgic and exuberant . . . This is the voice of Irish America in the 21st century.” Erin go bragh!

This article appears in Mar 16-22, 2005.