An Irish singer-songwriter from Kilkenny, Majella Murphy, has become the first artist to launch an entire album exclusively on a mobile phone. It must mean […]

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It is 1979 in Dublin. You have just become a teenager. You are too young to get into the TV Club or McGonagles. You cannot […]

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The 41st River Bend Art Fair takes place this coming Memorial Day Weekend Saturday and Sunday at the Downtown Atchison Mall, Kansas, May 27th and […]

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The first time you ever heard of Enter the Haggis - the band, not their music - what was your reaction? Two words, I’m guessing. […]

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The recent Shamrockin’ in Westport event has had a gallery of photos posted to the the official website. The Elders, Seven Nations, and the Tullintrain […]

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The Kansas City Irish Festival back in 2003 was when I last saw The Indulgers. Indeed two of the photos on their homepage are of […]

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Belgium, one of the favourites of the 37 countries competing for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, has shockingly been eliminated at the semi-final stage.
With a […]

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Speaking of updates to gigs, I hear that the Eddie Delahunt gig in OP on Saturday will now take the form of a roving performance […]

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You may have noticed a few updates to the Events Calendar yesterday. You may not have noticed. Or maybe you need to refresh your browser […]

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The Wild Clover Band of Kearney, Nebraska continue with the takeover of the Irish music scene in the midwest, and now have their latest CD […]

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Kansas City of a Wednesday. Irish Music all over the place. Bards, Bhoys, Bob and Eddie. There’s a calendar of events you know

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-Is it getting better Voxer?
-Nah Christie, not when I’ve never seen you looking so lovely
-Do you feel the same?
-As you did tonight? Yeah lovely alright, […]

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An Index for each of the following has been added to the sidebar:
    • Black 47
    • Liam O Maonlai
    • Enter The Haggis
and of course:
    • Bono

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Speaking of John McSherry (as Liam o Maonlai was), the Belfast uilleann piper had a similar bunch of records in his house to everbody else. […]

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Irish singer Eddie Delahunt plays guitar TONIGHT 7pm at WJ McBrides Irish Pub in KCK’s Village West by the Kansas Speedway.
Eddie was not wearing a […]

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Celtic Music News Podcast #69 has just been released and the whole podcast is an interview with Larry Kirwan of Black 47
It’s a long one, […]

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It’s here. Today is the day that the Irish man who shapes the world guest edits the British Independent newspaper. In his editorial Bono gets […]

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The Weston Brewery is having its Grand Opening for Tours on June 3rd. There will be an open house in the brewery from 2-7pm. […]

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Liam Ó Maonlaí is just back from Spain where he took part in the WOMAD festival of world music. Liam doesn’t update his blog often […]

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So I was talking music with Kirk MacLeod of Seven Nations over the weekend, and when we were discussing the creative process he said:
-I’ll tell […]

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