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Who are your favorite LOCAL Irish bands & musicians?

I'm sure we all like many of the same favorite Irish bands and musicians that are internationally known, but are there any local/regional bands or musicians that you think we should give a listen to?

Here are some of my favorite Celtic groups from Wisconsin & Illinois:

Wisconsin:

Athas
Ce'
Atlantic Wave
Andreas Transo
Brett Lipshutz
Maria Terres-Sandgren

Illinois:

Gan Bua
The Tossers
Liz Carroll
Liz Knowles
Kieran O'Hare
Lawrence Nugent

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Permalink Reply by Steve on November 9, 2007 at 11:32pm: If you are ever in the Tempe, Arizona area check out The Liars Handshake.

I saw them when they opened for Flogging Molly last St. Paddy's Day; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kobi on November 10, 2007 at 2:10am: My favorites:

Nuremberg, Germany (my old home town)
Fiddlers Green (Irish Independent Speed Folks)

Indiana (my new home):
Rowan Tree (of course...); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cathy Jo on November 12, 2007 at 1:47pm: From Ohio, Knot Fibb'n and General Guinness are two of my favorites. I'm also rather fond of Kennedy's Kitchen out of Indiana. (Heard them in Michigan).; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kennef on November 14, 2007 at 6:51pm: In Central NY, we get a lot of Canadian bands that come around. Among my favorites are:

Hadrian's Wall
Searson
Enter the Haggis

also from Rochester, The Wild Geese
and from NYC the McCabes; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jerry on November 17, 2007 at 3:46pm: In my area (NYC) we love Black 47 and SHILELAGH LAW. Both really rock.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John McCann Sullivan on July 5, 2008 at 6:30pm: at the present, i realy enjoy dervish the group from sligo town. seen them many times and have sung in their pub in Sligo. Cathy is a hoot, and on stare she is mesmerizing........if you havn't seen them and have the opportunity, go for it. A real treat. johnboy; ▶ Reply to This