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March 2013 Blog Posts (11)

Lunasa still kickin’ it after all these years

If you are reading this column, you probably know who Lunasa is. Iconic in the tradition. One of the most popular groups of all time in trad, and rightly so. They are out with a new album—joined by The RTE Orchestra! Altan did an album like this last year. This one is better. Great to hear the symphonic treatment of some of the band’s favorite tunes, playing right…

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Added by Bill Margeson on March 25, 2013 at 11:00 — No Comments

Copperplate Time 4pm today

4pm gmt today for Copperplate Time
2 hours of the finest Irish trad/folk music. Full playlist at www.copperplatemailorder.com

Added by Alan OLeary on March 24, 2013 at 15:46 — No Comments

Iarla O’Lionaird has just released his latest, Foxlight

Iarla O’Lionaird has just released his latest, Foxlight. We could write for days about this sean nos singer. Well, he’s not sean nos.BBut, he’s not modern. He inhabits his own universe in which he lives creatively among a lot of strains of Irish music. Working against him, in terms of a big, broad, mass appeal, is the fact that almost all of what he sings is…

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Added by Bill Margeson on March 22, 2013 at 13:30 — No Comments

Question.

Where is everybody?

Added by Alan Parker(Australia) on March 19, 2013 at 0:11 — 1 Comment

happy paddy's day

Imelda sounds in lovely form. Bill, you've a great radio voice, and a face made for the medium

Doc

Added by Rich on March 17, 2013 at 21:16 — No Comments

St. Paddy's Day LIVE from Chicago!

TOMORROW 8pm Dublin/3pm Chicago Bill and Imelda LIVE! 3 hours for St. Paddy's Day. Join Liveireland and join us!"

Added by Bill Margeson on March 16, 2013 at 19:40 — No Comments

Cheers from New Orleans,Louisiana

Hey Folks,

Have a great & safe St.Patricks day.I know I will.

Cheers from the Irish Bayou,New Orleans Louisiana.

They will be throwing cabage & Trinkets from the Parade Sunday.

Sl'ainte

Added by Mike on March 16, 2013 at 11:47 — No Comments

Eric McGrath Album Art by Graffiti Artist Maser

Maser Art:The striking cover artwork of Little Ripples by Eric McGrath is…

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Added by mrbaxteria on March 13, 2013 at 4:00 — No Comments

St Patrick's Day in Dublin

Added by Niamh on March 11, 2013 at 13:53 — 1 Comment

Book Review: Naked in New York by Emmy Winning Irish actor/poet Alan Cooke.

A beautiful journey...

It seems that all great literary pieces of the world always include a rite of passage. Of a story about leaving the familiar and walking into the unknown. Dante's The Divine Comedy starts with

"In the midway of this our mortal life,

I found me in a gloomy wood,…

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Added by mrbaxteria on March 9, 2013 at 4:30 — No Comments