Dervish is a traditional Irish folk band from County Sligo, Ireland, that is in the midst of a nationwide tour celebrating the band’s 30th anniversary of touring America. As we head into St. Patrick’s Day weekend, band members Shane Mitchell and Cathy Jordan join to discuss the tour as well as the history of Irish traditional music and its connection to New York. Dervish play tonight in Fairfield, Connecticut, at 7:30pm. They’ll also be playing on Long Island in Riverhead on Sunday, and Red Bank, NJ on March 20th.
A new book explores the science of food, and explains how concepts from chemistry, biology and psychology can help bring more flavor and flexibility into the kitchen. It’s called Flavorama: A Guide to Unlocking The Art and Science of Flavor. Arielle Johnson, flavor scientist and co-founder of Noma’s ‘fermentation lab’ shares her insights from a lifetime of studying what makes things taste good.
Actor Tobias Menzies is currently starring in two exciting projects. In the play “The Hunt,” running at St. Ann’s Warehouse through March 24th, he plays a teacher accused of child molestation. And in “Manhunt” on Apple TV +, he plays Edwin Stanton, the man in charge of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination. Menzies joins us to discuss these two projects, and later he will be joined by James L. Swanson, author of the book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer.
After joining us to discuss the new adaptation of his book Manhunt, author and historian James L. Swanson sticks around to talk about his new book, The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America, an examination of a moment of violence in colonial America and what it represented for the future relations between white colonists and indigenous Americans.
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