Ashley Davis is back in Kansas.
Since leaving Kansas Ashley has studied and performed in Nashville, studied Irish music in Ireland - earning a Masters […]

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Ireland’s Hothouse Flowers are releasing a recording of a live performance of them playing in Kansas City, Missouri in 2009.
Fiachna Ó Braonáin explains how the […]

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The initial videos that were uploaded are over on the Reactions to KC Irish Fest 2009 post, but now there are much more available and […]

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While “this loser hasn’t lived in KC for a year* and wasn’t even at the Irish Fest”, here’s the words of 50 people who were. […]

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Here’s something that’s been creating a bit of a buzz in Irish music circles for the last few weeks.
It’s the tribute to Ronnie Drew. No, […]

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Anúna are about to be everywhere in the US.
By everywhere I mean in that way that Riverdance was, and Celtic Woman more recently.
I first talked […]

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Have ya heard Liam Ó Maonlai’s brand new Song For Tara?
Listen to Tara’s Eye (Money Mad Mile) on MySpace, and wonder if you can do […]

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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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Speaking of Shane MacGowan, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Tom Petty, and Lemmy, here’s The Saw Doctors:

Hey, it’s Sunday; on the seventh day, God 2.0 watches […]

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• Added video from KCIF 06 to Enter The Haggis profile
• Trinity Dec 2 gig at JoCo Library Lenexa added to Calendar
• Added Seeline Woman […]

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Irish KC is not writen as a continuous narrative, but as a disconnected collection of narratives serving the gods of search. As such, most comments […]

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Damien Dempsey has a nice interview in the Dublin People, Northside and Southside united apparently.
Update: I get to interview Damo
For all his rapping and […]

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The Cliffs of Moher. You crawl to the edge, and your testicles crawl somewhere else. Such is the power of nature and a sheer drop […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Luka Bloom has had to withdraw from Kansas City’s Irish Festival this Labor Day Weekend due to a throat infection:
To those of you hoping to […]

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The Hothouse Flowers on MySpace have changed their songs you can listen to (for FREE remember). Don’t Go is still there, but now the other […]

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Speaking of Christy Moore, and speaking of people singing Spancil Hill, here is a video of Christy Moore singing Spancil Hill with Mr Shane MacGowan. […]

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Showing that it’s almost impossible these days to draw up a list without an Irish reference, so far - and there’s a ways to go […]

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Not sure why, but Van Morrison features in today’s Entertainment section of the Kansas City Star. The Irish musician/singer/songwriter, god of Celtic soul, and dabbler […]

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