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Irish Review of Hansard Irglova KC Gig

Posted by: eolai on May 15th, 2008

Some of you will be interested in an Irish review of the recent Kansas City Swell Season gig at the Uptown Theatre.
There’s on Cluas - […]

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Hansard & Irglova Live: Reviewed & Recorded

Posted by: eolai on May 6th, 2008

Last night’s gig at Kansas City’s Uptown Theatre of Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová gets a rave review from Timothy Finn on Back to Rockville, […]

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Categorized as: Frames, Reviews | 1 Comment »


Cole Camp Missouri Irish Festival Reviewed

Posted by: eolai on April 7th, 2008

The Cole Camp Missouri Irish Festival over the weekend got a write up
Started 5 years ago by Tara Walker and her husband, Storm, after they […]

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The Elders in Dublin, Ireland

Posted by: eolai on March 5th, 2008

The elders of Kansas City played here in Ireland in my hometown of Dublin on Monday night.
It was in Whelan’s, which is a great venue. […]

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Enjoying Live Fiddling, Dancing, and Singing

Posted by: eolai on February 20th, 2008

Sandie had a good time over the weekend and enjoyed StepCrew.
Did you?
More Irish-related events in the Kansas City metro area are on the Irish Events […]

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Chicken McBride’s

Posted by: eolai on January 3rd, 2008

For anyone asking whatever happened to WJ McBride’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Village West in KCK out there by the Legends and the Speedway […]

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Categorized as: Food & Drink, Reviews, WJ McBride's - KCK | 1 Comment »


Midwest Irish Focus: 2007 in Photos

Posted by: eolai on January 2nd, 2008

On its MySpace page, Midwest Irish Focus has posted a picture of the year 2007 in pictures, if you know what I mean.
As reviews of […]

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Categorized as: Midwest Irish Focus, Photos, Reviews | 2 Comments »


Irish KC Reviewed

Posted by: eolai on December 15th, 2007

Ah look, IrishPhiladelphia has reviewed IrishKC (now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write back when I wouldn’t speak to Dublin’s southsiders) and says […]

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Categorized as: 1-eolai, Reviews, blogs | 6 Comments »


McFadden’s Failing To Impress

Posted by: eolai on December 3rd, 2007

The KC Beer Blog reviews a visit to McFadden’s and mostly only gives good marks for the look of the place.
If Kansas City’s Power & […]

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“Piano Trio on Irish Folk Tunes” Reviewed

Posted by: eolai on November 12th, 2007

The performance of Frank Martin’s Piano Trio on Irish Folk Tunes by the Claremont Trio at the Lied Center is reviewed today by Dean Bevan […]

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Kelly in KC, MO: Cafe & Review

Posted by: eolai on September 29th, 2007

The gig by Kelly I told you about yonks ago at Eddie Delahunt’s coffee shop took place a couple of days back.
And while I wasn’t […]

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Deerhunting With Jesus: Don’t Americans Get Americans?

Posted by: eolai on September 23rd, 2007

There’s a review by Brad Tyler of Joe Bageant’s book on America’s class war, Deerhunting With Jesus, in the Houston Chronicle
The general gist is that […]

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Categorized as: Books, Immigration, Reviews | 3 Comments »


The Fuchsia Band Played Cafe And

Posted by: eolai on August 7th, 2007

Sweltering. 45th & State Line. Cafe &. Nice night for a cycle. Aproned Eddie mans the gate with Gabe. Máirtín introducing Dick Darby on stage. […]

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Categorized as: 1-eolai, Cafe &, Eddie Delahunt, Fuchsia Band, Photos, Reviews | 3 Comments »


Elders’ CD Racing The Tide Reviewed in Pitch

Posted by: eolai on July 25th, 2007

Dated tomorrow, July 26, 2007, but already on your news stands, is a short review in the Pitch of current CD Racing The Tide by […]

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Categorized as: Elders, Reviews | 5 Comments »


Report From O’Dowd’s Little Dublin 7/11/2007

Posted by: eolai on July 12th, 2007

Yes I went to see the bould Eddie Delahunt perform in Kansas City for the first time since his return from Ireland.
The perfect surface of […]

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Categorized as: Eddie Delahunt, Fuchsia Band, Gabriel Reyes, Jimmy Crowley, O'Dowd's - Plaza, O'Malley's Irish Pub, Reviews, Westsider | No Comments »


Free American Gigs by The Saw Doctors

Posted by: eolai on June 30th, 2007

Two of the Saw Doctors‘ USA shows on their summer tour during August are FREE admission. Lewiston, NY on August 15, 2007 and Albany, NY […]

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Review: ‘To Hell Or Barbados’ by Damien Dempsey

Posted by: eolai on June 24th, 2007

The following review of To Hell Or Barbados by Damien Dempsey, appears in a slightly shorter version in the July 2007 issue of the Midwest […]

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Categorized as: 1-eolai, Celtic Comment, Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, Luke Kelly, Midwest Irish Focus, Morrissey, Pogues, Reviews, Sinead O Connor | No Comments »


Jonathan Ramsey’s West Missouri Weekend

Posted by: eolai on June 19th, 2007

Jonathan Ramsey’s visit back to this side of Missouri last weekend rocked according to the man himself.
On Friday and Saturday night Jonathan played O’Malley’s Irish […]

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Rave Review for Irish Movie ‘Once’

Posted by: eolai on June 19th, 2007

Once, the Irish musical movie we first told you about all the way back when it was a huge hit at the Sundance Film Festival, […]

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Categorized as: Frames, Ireland, Movies, Reviews | 1 Comment »


Yes She Said Yes She Did Yes

Posted by: eolai on June 18th, 2007

Free beer and hot weather. An intoxicating combination.
And it’s probably best to go to bed the night before such a day.
I did my reading, spotting […]

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Categorized as: Books, Brett Gibson, Eddie Delahunt, Lucky Charms, Photos, Reviews | 5 Comments »


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