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Stockton's Wing reunion gig
 Stockton’s Wing getting together for a one-off reunion gig in Ennis Clare again at the end of
April. clarechampion
YouTube to pay Irish acts
 Irish music acts are to be paid by YouTube each time their video is clicked on the Google-owned website. More at Ramblinghouse
Brady's €20,000 musician fund.
 Singer Paul Brady is provinding €20,000 to fund 25 places at €700 each over three years at Blas Summer School in Limerick. More Here
McGoldrick at large
 Manchester-Irish flute player Michael McGoldrick talks about his new album Aurora in this interview. irishworld
Poet and piper team up
 Piper Ronan Browne and poet Liam de Paor have combined to produce a CD of writings and music. irishtimes
Munnelly's key to success
 Practice makes perfect, says the founder of the David Munnelly Band now on a busy world schedule . californiachronicle
Sharon wins Meteor Award
 Sharon Shannon won the 2010 Irish Meteor Award for best traditional/folk act. Christy Moore was "best Irish male." full results
'Athenry' to be a TV documentary
 Pete St John's 'The Fields of Athenry' is to be the subject of a Noel Pearson RTE documentary to be broadcast later this year. independent
Compensation for Hennessy
 Christie Hennessy's widow has won her claim over his death caused by asbestos while working for a London council. hotpress
Dropkicks inspire Olympics winner
 USA double Olympics champion Sethy Wescott says he was inspired by listening to Dropkick Murphys during competitions. reuters
Huge chart success for Celtic Woman
 Celtic Woman's new CD has entered the USA Bilboard chart at No 9 while the DVD has got straight to No 1. hotpress
Archie Fisher interview
 The Scottish singer and songwriter has been a major influence on Irish folk music, going back to the Clancys. bostoncom
TG4 honours Sean Potts
 Former Chieftains tin whistle player Sean Potts has been honoured in this year's TG4 traditional music awards. ramblinghouse
Altan celebrate 25 years
 Altan celebrated 25 years together when they played Buxton in the British Midlands on February 17 last. allkestinadv
Irish Rovers going strong
 Best known for their Sixties hit 'The Unicorn,' the Irish Rovers, with some personnel changes, are working away in the USA. stlouisbroadway
Mairead short-listed for Meteor
 Altan's Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh has been short-listed for a prestigious Irish Meteor award for her solo album Imeall. donegalnews
Irish musicians drop the pants
 A group of Irish musicians put in a bold performance in New York for the 6th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride Day. irishcentral
Shaskeen pass the 40 mark
 Galway-based ceili band Shaskeen celebrate 40 years on the road with the launch of their 15th album. irishworld
Haiti victim's brother in Prodigals
 Andrew
Grene, the Irish UN worker who died in the Haiti earthquake, was a twin
brother of Gregory Grene of Celtic rock band The Prodigals. bbcnews
Guy Richie signs up his Irish pub band
 Filmmaker Guy Richie packs celebrity punch behind average Irish pub band (see YouTube) on his new record label. guardian
No rest for the Kilfenora
 Kilfenora Ceili Band leader John Lynch looks back on a highly successful centenary year for the Co Clare band. clarechampion
IMRO pay €34m in royalties
 The Irish Music Rights Organisation last year paid out €34m in royalties to recording artists, an increase of 7 per cent. irishtimes
Fiddler Dougie MacDonald dies in crash
 Renowned Cape Breton fiddler and songwriter, Dougie MacDonald (41), died on St Stephen's Day following a road accident. chronicleherald
Is Irish dancing becoming a sport?
 Anybody elso notice the word "sport" creeping into the Irish dancing vocabulary? Will it become an Olympics event? Ramblinghouse.org
Shifting Sands
 Travel as a theme features prominenly in much-travelled Co Down singer and songwriter Tommy Sands' new album. irishpost
Folk duo raise $8,000 for charity
 Canadian musicians Qristina and Quinn Bachand have raised almost $8,0000 by busking for charity. timescolontist
Death of Ciaran Mac Mathuna
 Ciaran
Mac Mathuna, who introduced musicians and singers, styles and songs, to
Irish radio listeners for over 50 years, has died. Biography
On to the next generation
 Aoife Clancy and Robbie O'Connell are carrying the famous Clancy name to the next generation of listeners. madison
Death of Liam Clancy
 Liam Clancy, last surviving member of the Clancy Brothers, died in a Cork hospital on Friday, December 4.
irishtimes obit
funeral report Tom Paxton's tribute
Robbie O'Connell: On the road with Liam
Larry Kirwan of Black 47 Earle Hitchner
Crafting tin whistles in Florida
 Making tin whistles started for this Florida man during a kayak camping trip in the Ten Thousand Islands. news-press
Joanie: 'Just a Girl from the Bronx'
 "I was a girl from the Bronx playing Irish music," says Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies. Interview
When Gerry met Pete Seeger
 Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams writes in his blog about meeting one of his teenage heroes - the pacifist singer Pete Seeger. leargas
New Willie Clancy double CD
 A new double CD of Willie Clancy recordings from the RTE and RMG archives, compiled by Peter Browne, is due on Dec 4. clarechampion
Eileen Ivers in profile
 Profile of high energy New York fiddle player Eileen Ivers who will be playing a Christmas concert in Fairbanks. newsminer
Sean O Se finally gets to Moscow
 Sean O Se of Ceoltoiri Cualann fame finally plays Moscow. The last trip was postponed by the 1968 Chech suppression. moscowtimes
Three Irish dates for Mary Black
 Mary Black, who's career in folk music has spanned over 25 years, is to play three Irish dates in February. hotpress
Leahy keep it in the family
 Canadian band Leahy, which is made up of eight brothers and sisters, bring their unique family act to Yuma. yumasun
Power to the Mulkerrins
 Young musicians and sean nos dancers, the Mulkerrins Brothers from Aran, are to be managed by Mean Fiddler founder Vince Power. herald.ie
Heartfelt notes on the harp
 For Lake Zurich resident Daphne Quigley-Freund, her harp music is raising funds for her son Patrick's leukemia treatments.
pioneerlocal
Harmonica CD by Clare duo
 A father and daughter have produced "good, strong rhythmic Clare music on the harmonica.” clarechampion
Album sales in the doldrums
 Irish music sales - already hugely depressed as a result of illegal downloading - have hit a new low. businesspost
Scots and Irish harp strings
An interesting tale of two harpers - Scotland's Mary Macmaster and Kathleen Loughnane from Ireland. Scotsman
Story behind Liam Clancy film
 Interview with singer Liam Clancy and director Alan Gilsenan about their film The Yellow Bittern. pingpongandaslowset
Pogues pack the joint with energy
 In Phoenix, USA, the Pogues can still teach young bands a thing or two about filling a venue with energy. Phoenixnewtimes
Hayes on the tradition today
 Martin Hayes's still fresh and relevant 2004 JMI article, Tradition and Aspiration, is now online. JMI
Managing Chicago's Irish heritage hub
 Tim McDonnell turned down the comfort of academia to run the Irish-American Heritage Center in Chicago. irishecho
Brady to release 'Welcome' CD
Singer Paul Brady is to release what he calls the previously bootlegged Welcome Here Kind Stranger on CD on his own label. website
Degree for Master Gavin
 Fiddler Frankie Gavin has been awarded an honorary master's degree by his local university, NUI Galway. independent
Charlie Coen: a living New York legacy
 Fr Charlie Coen, originally from Woodford, from Co Galway has been a mainstay of the NY music scene for five decades. dailyfreeman
Next generation of Donegal fiddle
 The Music Network has released a CD by Fidil - Ciarn Maonaigh, Aidan O'Donnell and Damien McGeehan. musicnetwork
Musicial tour of County Donegal
 Read Paul Keating as he eases his way through an intimate and informed musical tour of Co Donegal. IrishCentral
It's Cavan for 2010 Fleadh
 Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann will be held next year in Cavan, the venue of the first Fleadh back in 1954. Comhaltas
Cherish the name
 It's a good story: How the all-female group Cherish the Ladies got their name all of twenty five years ago. cumberlink.com
Topic marks seventy years
 Born of Marxist ideals in the 1950s, Topic Records declined to put profit first - and both company and the music survived. guardian
Great Irish music
on guitar reissued
 Hear guitar players Dan Ar Bras, Davey Graham,
Duck Baker and Dave Evans play Irish music on this 1979 reissue. Sampler; Review
Irish Fests favouring Celtic Rock
 Is Celtic Rock on the rise and easing native and
traditional music acts out of Irish Festivals in the USA? Ramblinghouse
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