Adam Clayton works for QuikTrip in Kansas City.
Kind of.
Pat Ross is the bassist in Kansas City’s U2 tribute band, Rattle & Hum KC. A music […]

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Being in a part of Ireland far away from the land of broadband, I don’t get to listen to much music anymore. But sometimes the […]

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Following the release of their debut CD, Dair, the Kansas City based Irish tradional music band Kelly have added a couple of tunes to their […]

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So today is halfway to St Patrick’s Day.
I only know that because of events in America. Here in Ireland the day is known as Wednesday.
Halfway […]

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There are some great photos, of a couple of the Irish events in the KC area last weekend, now posted on the MySpace page of […]

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Leavenworth was the 1st city to be incorporated in Kansas.
To that end you have a First City Festival. Mind you the 2nd time it […]

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The rather moving Stranger is the latest song from the Missouri Scotland collaboration that is Triflemore.
In the song by song MySpace dripfeed of the forthcoming […]

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Kansas City’s 5th Annual Halloween Pooka Party takes place on Saturday, Oct 25, 2008 in Harling’s Upstairs.
It’s the time of the year again for Ron […]

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I’m mad busy right now, with something regular readers can probably guess, so here’s a previously unpublished Irish music question and answer from my personal […]

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A feast of top class Irish & Celtic music is performing in downtown Kansas City, Missouri this September, much of it featuring entertainment from Ireland, […]

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Some people in America think that being Irish and being Scottish is the same thing as if Ireland and Scotland weren’t distinct countries with different […]

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Track 7 from Words From Notes, the new album by Triflemore due out later this year, is here.
When I say here I mean on […]

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Rattle & Hum, Kansas City’s premier tribute group to a little Irish non-traditional foursome called U2, are playing in Olathe, Kansas on Saturday, September 6, […]

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Carrie Jensen joins the Wild Clover Band as Heidi Hilligas moves on to other fiddling pastures.
It’s not until the beginning of October that Heidi leaves,
So […]

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There aren’t enough opportunities to see John Morris perform in Kansas City, so take note that John is singing at Walsh’s Corner Cocktails on Saturday, […]

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Here’s a list of bands and performers in the Kansas City area that play Irish traditional music or some form of music drawn from the […]

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The Kansas band Dead Girls Ruin Everything, who also double up as Thik Lizzy, tribute band of original Irish rock superstars Thin Lizzy, won in […]

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This weekend, August 23, 24, and 25, 2008 you can hear Irish music on the Kansas streets of Lawrence. Outdoors.
Because it’s a festival. And […]

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Tina Turner, that well known Irish woman, is playing Kansas City, Missouri on October 1, 2008.
She’s not Irish, I hear you say, for my Irish […]

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The Elders of Kansas City are starting to appear all over the KC Irish Entertainment calendar these days.
If you’ve been keeping a close eye […]

Read: An Irish Sundae for Kansas City Singles »