Damien Dempsey has just played the Wye and has a couple more festivals in Britain this month before coming to North America for dates in […]

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Just a reminder that with the extension of the Events Calendar out to the end of October 2007 that I did a couple of weeks […]

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You know that new festival in the Kansas City metro area? The festival called Strotherfest - where you can watch KC’s premier Celtic Rock band […]

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Omaha, Nebraska has a new Irish pub.
It’s called Two Fine Irishmen, which is a fine Irish name.
As well as Guinness, Harp, and Smithwicks on tap, […]

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Gaelic Storm, especially since the release of their last CD Bring Yer Wellies, are deservedly growing and growing in popularity.
They are one of the more […]

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Did you know there are jam sessions by Irish musicians of traditional tunes from 1–4pm every 3rd Sunday of the month at the Irish Museum […]

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Today, Tuesday 3rd July is your last chance to get an Irish Mocha in Kansas City until Monday July 9, 2007.
Why? Because yesterday the proprietors […]

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Two of the Saw Doctors‘ USA shows on their summer tour during August are FREE admission. Lewiston, NY on August 15, 2007 and Albany, NY […]

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Jonathan Ramsey, in 3 performances sponsored by the Missouri Valley Folklife Society, is playing at the Kansas City Fringe Festival on July 27, 28, and […]

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So I decided to cycle in the rain to O’Dowd’s last night. And very glad about it I was.
And not because riding on the Trolley […]

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Now I don’t want to turn Irish KC into Gawker’s Celebrity Watch, at least not until I return to Ireland, but I did receive a […]

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The Kansas City School of Irish Music is having a Tinwhistle and Fiddle Recital on Sunday July 15, 2007 at 2pm at the Irish Museum […]

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Actually I could have said Tullamore in Meath. Or Tullamore in Virginia.
Why? Because Kansas City’s trad band Tullamore are still on their tour of Ireland, […]

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Lord, won’t you give me the strength to be strong, and be true
Cos, Lord, when the devil gets into my head, I’m so blue
You knock […]

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The following review of To Hell Or Barbados by Damien Dempsey, appears in a slightly shorter version in the July 2007 issue of the Midwest […]

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Larry Kirwan of Black 47 has wished everyone a belated Happy Bloomsday.
Strictly speaking he’s wishing us a Happy Mollyday as he renames it. Larry considers […]

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There are some nice photos of Kansas City’s trad band Glen Road performing with Mason Browne and Charlene Adzima back in April over on Mason’s […]

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Crowded House play Kansas City, Missouri on Monday, August 20, 2007 at the Uptown Theatre.
Irish? Well, no, but let’s make some connections.
Australia and New Zealand […]

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Because I don’t have a television, the bits I do see (on the computer) tend to be the more dramatic moments rather than more thoughtful […]

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Wondering how Kansas City’s Tullamore are doing on their tour of Ireland?
Well they have their name in the paper, specifically The Kingdom - and that […]

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