Speaking of anger, it’s Sunday, and I always think of Sunday as a day of anger.
Apartheid is something that used to make me angry. […]

Read: Remembering Stephen Biko »

More artists to join local Irish trad band Kelly have been added for the MVFS Metro Artists’ show TONIGHT, May 19 2007 at the Bragg […]

Read: MVFS Metro Artists’ Show »

It seemed life had no answers for me
No special meaning or plan
How could I be a happy man?
Then just like in a love song
You’re here, […]

Read: Happy Man »

Present Magazine, Kansas City’s increasingly impressive online magazine, has a feature on Connie Dover and her first book of poetry, Winter Count
There are a couple […]

Read: Podcast of Connie Dover on Poetry »

A month from today, on Friday June 15, 2007, the Irish movie Once opens at the Tivoli in Kansas City.
Update: Once has been held over […]

Read: Irish Film Once for Tivoli in Kansas City, MO »

Cathal Dunne in a bad green suit played the Irish festival in Crown Center last year in Kansas City.
Back in 1979 he sang the song […]

Read: Cathal Dunne Eurovision Happy Man video »

Damien Rice played Kansas City last night, and a lot of people have been looking for a review of the gig.
I didn’t go myself […]

Read: Review of Damien Rice in Kansas City »

Saturday May 26th, 2007 is the date of the first anniversary party for the Greenwood BBQ & Triple P Irish Pub
The Triple P in Greenwood, […]

Read: 1st Anniversary of Triple P Irish Pub in Greenwood, MO »

If you want to cheer Ireland on in the Eurovision Song Contest tomorrow, you can watch it live online.
If you’re not familiar with the […]

Read: Eurovision Online but no Bagatelle for KC »

It’s four in the morning and what’s more the dawning… oh no, wrong sentiment.
Well it is four in the morning, and I’m just in […]

Read: Limping Towards Knowing What Matters »

Last night I was talking with one of the committee members for the Jennifer Ireland Foundation, and he told me that there are still some […]

Read: Last Chance for Unique Irish Event »

Just to note that both The Kelihans and Eddie Delahunt are now also confirmed for the bill along with The Elders at Browne’s Street […]

Read: The Kelihans and Eddie Delahunt at Brownes 120th »

Tom Shawver of Bloomsday Books tells me that Eddie Delahunt is confirmed for his annual performance at the FREE mini-festival that is the Bloomsday celebration.
Tom […]

Read: Charms & Delahunt for Bloomsday 2007 »

Rough times for Sunday night at the September 2007 Irish festival have been published.
It’s:
Solas or The Saw Doctors
followed by
Gaelic Storm or The Elders
Or you could […]

Read: Crown Center Festival: Sunday Night Choices »

It’s almost time for The Wind That Shakes The Barley to make its Kansas City appearance, and Máirtín de Cógáin sends news that he has […]

Read: Discount Rate For Some Barley Premiere Tickets »

In a FREE event that’s quite a treat for music and poetry fans in KC Connie Dover will be performing and reading from her debut […]

Read: Connie Dover Book Release Reception »

You may recall I told you about this song when talking of the songs we learned in school - and this would be in Ireland […]

Read: Everybody sings Óró sé do bheatha ‘bhaile »

I’ve been listening to Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
The only problem with that is that it’s impossible to stop.
There’s a deep joy in the Dublin fiddler’s tunes […]

Read: Saturday Somebody: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh »

The Vandon Arms are out of Des Moines in Iowa and they’re a punk band who tap into Irish music in that Dropkick Murphy’s and […]

Read: Irish Punk by Vandon Arms »

We’ve been featuring some of the main reviews for the Irish Broadway musical thingy, The Pirate Queen, since its pre-Broadway run in Chicago - and […]

Read: Kansas Uilleann Piper Lauded for Pirate Queen »