The Irish Museum and Cultural Center in Union Station begins the lease and plans to create a home for Kansas City’s Irish in the Zephyr […]

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Being asked to nominate the best song from the exalted canon of The Clash, is a task befitting the wise and, ideally, those who weren’t […]

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Listening to samples from The Janissary Stomp by Roger Landes & Chipper Thompson. Bouzouki bazilliance.
The boys played KC a few months back, thanks to the […]

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When Enter The Haggis have finished up north with Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Michigan, they come closer to Kansas City with the nearest being […]

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If you listen to the current Cleveland Celtic Podcast - the Halloween Special edition - you’ll get to hear Ian Byrne, lead singer with The […]

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This Saturday, October 28, Lehto & Wright are having a CD release party at The Focal Point, St Louis way.
This is with a full […]

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Bairbre Munnis on Balcony TV has something I can’t quite put my finger on, but I’d like to.
Earlier in the year Bairbre was a […]

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The ads for the PaperMoon Attractions in Arkansas are everywhere. So I’ve been keeping an eye.
If you’re anywhere near Eureka Springs, so should you. […]

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The music blog of the Kansas City Star, Back To Rockville, has a great review of The Pogues very recent appearances in L.A. by Mike […]

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Before we get too much further into this Best of 2006 lark, let me get 2005 out of the way.
Regardless of what I say I […]

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One of the highlights of the recent Irish Festival in Kansas City for me, was sitting with Seven Nations‘ Kirk McLeod as we watched Black […]

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Speaking of The Elders they will be at Paddy O’Quigley’s once again for what the Irish-American sports pub is saying may be their final appearance […]

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Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the man who’s filled Eddie Delahunt’s shoes since Eddie’s weekly Harling’s Upstairs gigs finished. I’d like to see him fill his […]

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Irish Festival season is over and so Kansas City’s Elders now move into Dubliner Season.
Fresh from their debut in St Louis’ new Dubliner pub, […]

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Once upon a time I was listening to Fiona Looney talk to Gerry Ryan on his RTE 2FM radio show, when she started equating certain […]

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Now on Sunday I walked past a hurley in the window of O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza, to see Máirtín hold sway with a […]

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1. Camán makes hurleys in Belfast to this sweeping Irish music pap. Perfect for conquering lands and finding your true love. Or Lassie.
2. All Things […]

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Ripped From the Headlines: A Month of Bono
1. Bono Speaks Out Against Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur
2. Bono Is Cool, Green Day Is Not
3. Mexico’s Fox […]

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Irish Festival stars, Gaelic Storm, have posted a review of their CD Bring Yer Wellies. I think it’s meant to be a good review, but […]

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Keep an eye out in the US for the tremendous Mike Got Spiked. Indiana tonight, Ohio tomorrow, for example.
And as Aaron of the Wild […]

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