Jonathan Ramsey had an interesting crowd at a couple of the three MVFS-sponsored gigs for the Kansas City Fringe Festival last weekend.
Jonathan himself had a […]

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When news of Tommy Makem’s death came yesterday I found myself reading a lot of tributes.
I remembered watching Makem talking on Irish television about […]

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Now you might think I’ve been doing nothing here it seeming so quiet at Towers gan Fhéile, and you’d be right.
However when I do nothing, […]

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Anúna are about to be everywhere in the US.
By everywhere I mean in that way that Riverdance was, and Celtic Woman more recently.
I first talked […]

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Talking of following Irish trad bands, The Fuchsia Band from Cork are back in the US and, as they tour around, Eoin Verling has once […]

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Early days yet, but the excellent Kansas City trad band Kelly is on MySpace and just waiting to make friends with you.
Kelly are currently recording […]

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The Great American Irish Festival was on over the weekend in Utica, New York and in this report in the UticaOD Kansas City’s The Elders […]

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Have ya heard Liam Ó Maonlai’s brand new Song For Tara?
Listen to Tara’s Eye (Money Mad Mile) on MySpace, and wonder if you can do […]

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Okay Branson, Missouri readers, here’s some Irish events for you.
Dirty Old Towne are playing at Waxy O’ Shea’s Irish Pub in the Branson Landing TONIGHT […]

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Some assorted sounds I’m listening to.
These links won’t stay up forever. It makes sense when you like music to then buy it from the artist […]

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A few notes and reminders for this coming weekend July 27/28/29 2007 in Kansas City.
And by “Kansas City” I mean wherever I want it […]

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The Potcheen Folk Band play at Paddy O’Quigley’s in Leawood, Kansas on Wednesday August 1, 2007 at 9pm
The Potcheen Folk Band are out of Colorado […]

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Irish musical movie Once has bee retined for, oh, week 7 exclusively at Kansas City’s Tivoli - but who’s counting anymore?
See:
  • Trailer & Reviews
  • Live […]

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Speaking of The Elders, there was a nice story with a Kansas City twist posted by Steve Phillips on their messageboard last week.
Peter Gabriel has […]

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Dated tomorrow, July 26, 2007, but already on your news stands, is a short review in the Pitch of current CD Racing The Tide by […]

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Here’s a nice article in the Columbia Missourian on Brian Hart.
We’ve talked about Brian Hart’s sean nós singing before of course, and over in […]

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A lot of people continue to ask me about the music from the Irish film Once.
If you don’t like The Frames then I imagine […]

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Like the rest of the US, the midwest has its share of U2 tribute bands, but based in Kansas City and billing itself as the […]

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Out of Ireland, the PBS TV show produced and hosted by Dublin born journalist Patricia O’Reilly, will be showing some clips from the The Elders […]

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Here’s an interesting slice of a documentary on The Clancy Brothers.
It features Liam Clancy talking about playing in New York’s village back in the times […]

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