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Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960. It involved a mixture of popular songs, comedy, speciality acts, and variety entertainment.

Mister Romantic, aka John C. Reilly, performs “What’ll I Do?”

June 21, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOY
Categories Music, Music Hall Tags Mister Romantic, Mr. Romastic, Tin Pan Alley, What'll I Do 1 Comment

Jack Stafford – The King of Eccentric Dance

May 14, 2025 by THE HOBBLEDEHOY

Jack Stanford (June 26, 1900 – 1968) was an English actor, singer, dancer and mime. He is known for his “eccentric” dance style, which featured unusual versatility, frenetic motion, optical illusions and acrobatic motion. Stanford’s nickname was The Dancing Fool

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Ol’ Timey Heaven: Hollace & Margo perform “Ragtime Annie”

July 1, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOY

Hobbledehoy favorite Margo MacSweeney jams with her friend Hollace Oakes who is one cute but fierce bluegrass fiddle player. Congrats to her on winning 1st Place Adult Bluegrass Fiddle at Elk Creek

Categories Music Hall Tags appalachian, banjo, Bluegrass, clawhammer, Elk Creek, fiddle, Margo MacSweeney, ol timey Leave a comment

Piaras Ó Lorcáin live from Pearse Museum

June 22, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOY

Member of the traditional Irish music supergroup Bláth na hÓige and renowned multi-instrumentalist Piaras Ó Liorcáin brings an emotive traditional performance to the Pearse Museum in Rathfarnham for Other Voices

0:00 ‘Pádraig Mac Ruiairí’
7:41 ‘The Wounded Huzzar’
16:07 The Patriot Game’

Categories Music Hall Tags Bláth na hÓige, Ireland, Irish, Piaras Ó Liorcáin Leave a comment
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British artist Frank Reynolds was an illustrator for Punch Magazine, regularly published within its pages during World War I. He was also well known for his many illustrations in several books by Charles Dickens.

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