Susan gedutis lindsay biography of donald

The accompanying article was first published in the Boston Irish Reporter in the summer of 2004.

Its focus was a new book by Susan Gedutis that spoke to a time in the city’s history when Irish music and dance had plenty of spaces in which to flower and plenty of participants eager to listen and take to the floor.
Today, the author, now Susan (Gedutis) Lindsay, and her husband Stephen, a Dublin native, performing as “The Lindsays,” are well known for delighting audiences with music that deeply honors the Irish folk tradition while also reflecting who they are and where they have been.
With Susan playing sax, Irish flute, and whistle, Stephen playing guitar and singing, and Ted Mello joining them on upright brass in their full-band configuration, the team’s menu of contemporary songs, old ballads, and traditional Irish jigs and reels has long been a favorite with Irish music lovers up and down the Massachusetts coast.

From the 1940s to the mid-1960s, Boston’s Dudl