On Friday, September 26 2008, Irish band Bell X1 are playing in Lawrence, Kansas on their tour with Canadian indie melodramatic pop-rockers, Stars.
And who are […]

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List time again.
I’m clearing my desk and so packing away the CDs that are on it. They are not all the CDs I […]

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Now I don’t want to turn Irish KC into Gawker’s Celebrity Watch, at least not until I return to Ireland, but I did receive a […]

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Crowded House play Kansas City, Missouri on Monday, August 20, 2007 at the Uptown Theatre.
Irish? Well, no, but let’s make some connections.
Australia and New Zealand […]

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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 […]

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Courtesy of the four major search engines - yes Google is not the only orange - here’s just a sampling of some of the questions […]

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I think I gave the impression that the last time Damien Rice came to the KC area - actually Lawrence, Kansas - the best thing […]

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It’s been a few years since Damien Rice toured in this part of America, but he’s coming back. On Sunday, May 13, 2007, Damien Rice […]

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Once, the Irish movie made by John Carney starring Glen Hansard of the Frames, and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova, has just won the Audience Award […]

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Tribe, the much awaited new CD by Luka Bloom, the man who almost played Kansas City in 2006, is finally finished.
Tribe is a collaboration […]

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In the world of Irish music, there’s news of Eurovision, sectarian muders gangs, Michael Flatley, Damien Rice on tour, and Bono.
I’m actually drifting in and […]

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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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Update: 18 months later, April 2008, and you can see Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova in Kansas City - following on from the successful run […]

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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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Speaking of David Gray (when we were talking about Majella Murphy), there’s a nice interview with the Welsh performer in the Galway Independent as he […]

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But not Kansas City for the Irish singer. Or Lawrence, Kansas, like last time. Damien Rice’s tour of the US and Canada, where he is […]

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A newspaper that used to pop in my letterbox in Dublin when I lived in Ireland was the Dublin People, with its Northside and Southside […]

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A section on Irish & Celtic Music I’m currently listening to has been added to the sidebar. Damien Dempsey’s Shots is the best Irish album/CD […]

Read: Damien Dempsey, Kila, & The Cottars »