by Jim Briggs | Jun 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
VOTE FOR SHADES OF GREEN! Shades of Green and our album, Conversations We Never Had have been nominated for not one, not two, but eleven Homey Awards for the best local music of the Delaware Valley. The nominations are: Album of the Year Song of the Year (I’m...
by Jim Briggs | Apr 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hot off the press, a lyric video for “Song to Shatter Stone”, from the album Conversations We Never Had. This song, written by Jim and Pat, features multi-layered vocals of all of the Shades, as well as guest vocalist Jordan Schreiber. The video features some recent...
by Jim Briggs | Apr 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
The 600th episode of Marc Gunn’s Irish and Celtic Music Podcast includes “I’m Irish” from our album Conversations We Never Had. This particular episode, falling as it does on April Fool’s Day, leans toward some more humorous and whimsical tunes but also features...
by Jim Briggs | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
On March 12, we had the pleasure of visiting with Mark Rogers on his Hometown Heroes radio show. Mark’s show is a staple in the Philadelphia area for more than twenty years, and it continues to thrive in its new home at Delaware Public Media (broadcasting locally on...
by Jim Briggs | Jun 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Just in time for Father’s Day, the story behind our album got widespread circulation in several regional papers, including the Delco Times. The Beaver County Times’ article was titled: Late father’s poems transformed into Irish folk album 50 years...
