Bloomsday 2007. An Irish celebration in Kansas City.
Why would you go?
1. It’s FREE
2. There’s Beer
3. The book is the laugh-out-loud kind of fun
4. You don’t […]

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You may recall I told you about this song when talking of the songs we learned in school - and this would be in Ireland […]

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Speaking of the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, you can keep an eye on some of the highlights in audio and video through the BBC.
The […]

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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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Art Garfunkel, Marianne Faithful, Van Morrison, Bert Jansch, Charlotte Church, Donovan, Boyzone, John McCormack, John Martyn, Sinéad O’Connor, Richard Thompson, Luka Bloom, Shane MacGowan, Loreena […]

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Luka Bloom, who didn’t play Kansas City in September, has a lot of people waiting for the long promised DVD. Well, writing from Germany today, […]

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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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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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Luka Bloom is working on all kinds of projects right now.
1) Luka is writing away for the next solo record, and that will take […]

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Mark & Valerie Andruss, from MVFS, are doing another Celtic music show on KKFI today, Sunday, August 13, from 11am-1 pm. You can also listen […]

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The Luka Bloom Team report that work is ongoing on the Luka DVD as they ask for just a bit more patience, claiming it will […]

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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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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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Speaking of Irish festivals and rain, Hearne Christopher makes an idiotic comment - well actually he makes two - in the Kansas City Star yesterday.
In […]

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Luka Bloom, influential singer/songwriter of the Irish music world - he’s a bogman - is 51 today. Baby Barry has come a long way since, […]

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As music festival season gears up, Luka Bloom is featured in today’s New York Daily News, in somewhat philosophical mood as he talks about security […]

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Luka Bloom is in Atlanta and finds a few moments to send word about his current US tour:
A tour such as this is a great […]

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Go HERE for Bloomsday 2007 in KC
NOTE: The following all pertains to the 2006 event, though much of it applies to any year:
On June 16 […]

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So you’re wondering how Luka Bloom’s US tour is going? Luka has just played Arizona, and says the tour is going great. In Bloom’s longest […]

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You’re not sure about Irish Traditional Music, but you like The Cure. Perhaps like Luka you like Irish music, but you’ve heard enough of it. […]

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