Aaron and Dave of the Wild Clover Band in Nebraska, came down for the Irish Festival in Kansas City this last weekend, and they ‘had […]

Read: Wild Clover Band members KCIF ‘06 review »

To add to the 8 earlier reactions to the festival, here’s another few:
  • Timothy Finn of the KC Star’s Back to Rockville, enjoyed himself, especially […]

Read: More Blog Reactions to KC Irish Fest 2006 »

Before I get to my reaction, here’s a few other links regarding the weekend’s Irish festival:
  • Jason from the pitch did not have a great […]

Read: Reactions to 2006 KC Irish Fest »

It’s two weeks since the release of Kíla & Oki and reviews are favourable - to say the least.

Metro - Album of the Week […]

Read: Kila & Oki »

CMN Podcast #79 has been posted. This latest celtic podcast features five artists all new to the show. Poor Aaron has a heavy cold, so […]

Read: Celtic Music News Podcast #79 »

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 […]

Read: Kansas City Treat »

Speaking of Irish food and drink, the current issue of The X (a publication I’m biased towards since they ran a feature on my good […]

Read: O’Neill’s of Prairie Village, Kansas »

The Pogues were always very good at knocking their portrayal as a stereotypical drunken Irish band. Noting their national make-up they claimed it was much […]

Read: Flogging Molly’s Drunken English Influence »

Irish accents in the midwest as done by people who aren’t Irish have a tendency to sound like pirates as done by Disney, so going […]

Read: Pirates: Dead Man’s Ren Fest »

The following is a personal review of The Wind That Shakes the Barley, by my brother, Greagoir, a military historian who should have an insight […]

Read: Loach Irish Film: A Personal Review »

Riverdance, the Irish show that ultimately launched air stewardess stripteases, oily chests, Celtic underpants, and old fashioned bondage, to Irish music and dance, had its […]

Read: Riverdance & Rain Reviewed »

(Read about the American Release of The Wind That Shakes The Barley on March 14, 2007)
As The Wind that Shakes the Barley opens in cinemas […]

Read: Loach Irish Film Opens in Ireland and Britain »

Bloomberg reviews The Wind That Shakes The Barley today, and wisely steers away from debating Irish history or Irish politics, deciding simply that
This isn’t the […]

Read: Loach Film ‘Deserves To Be Seen’ »

Go HERE for Bloomsday 2007 in KC
NOTE: The following relates to the 2006 event, though much of it applies to any year:
Some Irish chancer gets […]

Read: Kansas City Star Reviews Bloomsday in KC »

Aaron from Celtic Music News stopped by Irish KC, to let us know that Enter The Haggis are featured in interview on the brand new […]

Read: Enter The Haggis Interview: CMN#73 »

The Kansas City Star describes a movie called Millions as:
Irish siblings find a bag of cash; will they spend it on themselves or on good […]

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You might think of him as a classy Irish tenor; I never have. In five months he’ll own Missouri. Right now he’s touring the northeast […]

Read: Daniel O’Donnell: He’s Coming to Missouri »

Snow Patrol started a 20-date North American tour last night in Denver.
Eyes Open, the follow-up to the hugely succesful Final Straw album, came out earlier […]

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Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards has posted a review of their Wednesday gig at O’Malley’s Irish Pub in Weston. Highly impressed by the pub, […]

Read: Review of the Bards at O’Malley’s »

You have been in love with Eileen Ivers since she spilt all that blue paint on her fiddle and brought it to the Brookside Irish […]

Read: Eileen Ivers: Irish Fiddle on Fire »