There's a disconnect between music heritage and the history of the community. It falls through the cracks.

They had to meet a plateau of standards, such as being able to work together and showing community spirit. We were also looking for communities that had had some distress, but were willing to pull together in spite of it.

I believe in my heart that the music community will come together as one and rally to the aid of thousands of innocent victims, ... There is a tremendous need for relief dollars right now and through this effort each one of us can play an immediate role in helping comfort so many people.

I like the gospel music and the idea of getting people together. It's just a good community event. It's soul weekend, that's what's so beautiful about it.

The community has always been very supportive of the show.

My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.