Speaking of The Fuchsia Band, here’s a few minutes of Mairtin, Eoin, and Mick, with some singing from Mitra, some talk, and that broom dance, […]

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There seems to be so much Irish stuff in KC at the moment that I’ve managed to neglect Kansas City’s Irish friends in Nebraska, The […]

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The Fuchsia Band are in California now and claiming the weather is beautiful (109 degrees beautiful? I ask ya), but when they get back to […]

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If you’re heading to see The Elders TONIGHT at St Ann’s in Scary Village, you’ll likely enjoy some photographs of the lads’ previous appearance in […]

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In the mid 1980s I was responsible for auditing the Irish Singles Charts prior to an overhaul of the system. The final calculation of chart […]

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Sav-Art, the gallery home of Kansas City artist Mike Savage on State Line by 45th Street, is having an open night on Thursday, 27 August, […]

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Christy Moore is a barometer of the evolving tradition of Irish traditional songs the world over. And when he speaks, it matters. The Christy Chat […]

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With the 100 degree dog days of summer letting up on Friday I guess Kansas City was partied out by the time it came to […]

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Lisa Dee. From Dublin. Irish Hip-Hop. Has supported Grandmaster Flash, and Public Enemy. Now based in London.
The great Sick and Tired samples Kate Bush. […]

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The tireless Irish singer Majella Murphy stopped by Irish KC again last night, which should illustrate clearly that Sony Ericcson and o2 didn’t just drop […]

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Barclay Martin plays Eddie Delahunt’s Cafe & this Saturday, July 22, at 7pm.
Barclay is a very talented acoustic folk singer/songwriter with a funky jazz […]

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Earlier this year, the students of Sean Cleland’s Irish Music School of Chicago swept the Midwest Fleadh Cheoil in St. Louis. That earned them the […]

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The following is an essay on “Irish Festivals” by Larry Kirwan of Black 47. Larry said he’s happy for “Irish Festivals” to be republished on […]

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In advance of The Elders‘ CD release party for Racing the Tide on Saturday at Borders, The Kansas City Star has a lengthy article by […]

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Every Wednesday I get to say this about Irish music.
See Also:
   • Is Kansas City more Irish than the Cayman Islands?
   • Irish Related Events […]

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Speaking of pirates Larry Kirwan of Black 47 says there are openings for pirates and wenches aboard their Rocks Off Concert Cruise in New York […]

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When talking about David Gray being at the Galway Arts Festival, we mentioned Bell X1. They too now get their space in the Galway Independent […]

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Talking about Horslips and Dearg Doom, here is Horslips, talking about Dearg Doom, including the Italia ‘90 re-working.
And below it is a straight performance of […]

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The new album by The Fuchsia Band is now ready and will be released on August 11 when the boys play the Irish Fair in […]

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The venue for The Fuchsia Band’s gig on July 20 in Columbia Missouri has been changed due to the extreme heat in the region and […]

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