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Of course if you're Irish it's St. Paddy's Day everyday. I am happy to see everyone celebrate this fine day in honor of St. Patrick.

Jim Keane

St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA 

This interview originally appeared in The Celtic Music Fan. However, I removed some bits and decided to go straight to the questions in this post.

Their tour dates and album info is available through the official website:http://www.celtic-tenors.com/

I have Feels…

I'm trying to figure out this site. I see a message "what are you up to?" I have no idea where it came from or how to reply with this answer,. Clint

Something old. Something new. These four treats sure ring true. Valentine’s Day rhyming over.

This month, we have four, one older, three new. Here is something really new, different, and wonderful. Kyle Alden out of California, has released a terrific album. Highly creative. Beautifully done. Songs from Yeats’ Bee-loud Glade. What Kyle has done is taken W.B. Yeats’…

We have Irish here Irish Heritage Society of Milford (IHSM)

http://milfordirish.org/

Duffy Cut is not forgotten and Christy Moore and the bands are playing it

I tried to catch a Leprechaun, or a cute Irish man, but ended up catching a cold instead!

I guess I didn't really try hard enough for the man, but to my defence I was distracted by other things...like Butlers Chocolate stores!!! Oh my word, their mochas are the best (especially if you ask for marshmellows on top) and they give you a lovely little piece of chocolate just for ordering something!

It was a whorlwind trip, and except for the cold I had a great time!

I'll try to get…

The hills seemingly run their length of the Earth, and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I begin to run, I run so hard I start to feel it burning my thighs. But for all things, I wouldn't stop. I didn't want to, though it hurt. The grass on my feet, the freedom of the wind that carried the smells of life and magic on its sweet breath. I feel myself at one with what I always thought I was apart from. Oh, Mother of Life, Mother of everything sweet and beautiful,…

What happens when a bunch of Paddy-Yanks, all American, with Irish ancestry, who love Irish/Celtic music, give the tunes they love their heart and soul?  You get Smitty's Kitchen.  Will we ever win an all-Ireland anything?  NOT.  But it sure is rewarding to enjoy listening to those tunes we love in our album.

Welcome to the 2012 Livies. Along with TG4, these are the most eagerly anticipated Irish Traditional Music Awards of the year. The reason? LiveIreland's unprecedented and instantaneous worldwide reach in its readership. When any site like LiveIreland is the 900 pound gorilla in the room, it's paid attention to. It is our honor to recognize the Best of the Best with the 2012 Livies. So, here we go:…

Although I am not often moved to comment I feel this must be the best (for me at least) Radio Station ever.

Pure music with only occasional but effective chat and a playlist which rarely fails to enchant and connect with something deep within.

Brilliant,

John Alex' 

A Review  of Cathal McConnell's new song collectionin the Scotsman last month  .. worth reading if only for Cathal's comment in the final paragraph.....…

visited Duffy's Cut in PA and google search Duffy's Cut Christy Moore

12/2011 visited Duffy's Cut, read book "The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut" and see http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Duffy%27s+Cut&oq=Duffy%27s+Cut&aq=f&aqi=g2g-m5&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=8644l16743l0l30703l11l11l0l1l1l0l247l1769l1.5.4l10l0

There are three places you have to remember during this entire ramble. Copperplate in London, Rampant Lion in Villa Park, Illinois (USA), and Claddagh Record Distributors across the street here in Dublin. That is where you can get these fabulous Christmas stocking stuffers for the Irish traditional music fan in your…

Waterfall Photography in Atlantic Canada and Maine USA

I have had this blog up for a few years. Hope some fans of live ireland enjoy it as well.Nordic Walking Maritime Canada

The correct link is here:

http://my.liveireland.com/profiles/blogs/margeson-on-the-music-november-2011

Christmas is approaching, and next month we’ll have a huge lineup of albums we have recommended over the past year as stocking stuffers for the trad fan in your life. Best of the Best type thing. And actually, a precursor to the vaunted 2011 Livies in which we hand out awards for the year’s best. The LiveIreland Awards are really sought after, as they represent the site here.…