www.irishfest.com

Milwaukee Irish Fest announces its 2015 board of directors. Board members re-elected are: Pat Fitzgibbons (Whitefish Bay), Peter LaBonte (Milwaukee), Colleen Kennedy (Elm Grove) and Linda Klibowitz (Wauwatosa).

New members include John Daley (Milwaukee). John has been volunteering with Milwaukee Irish Fest for the past 23 years, most recently serving as a stage-manager.

Existing board members are: Donna Brady, past president (Milwaukee), Eileen Carpenter (Milwaukee), Timm Heck (Wauwatosa), Bernie McCartan (Oconomowoc), Maureen Modlinski (Franklin), Cynthia Nazario (Milwaukee), Stewart Oliver (Elm Grove), Mona Pliskie (Brookfield), Catherine Ward (Brookfield) and Ed Ward (Brookfield).
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www.celticconnections.com
It is less than one week to go until Celtic Connections 2015 and the festival is delighted to announce that the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan will be joining the line up for Blood & Roses: The Songs of Ewan MacColl in Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday 25th January.

The evening’s entertainment is a tribute to one of the most pivotal figures in Britain’s folk revival, Ewan MacColl, whose vast legacy of musical classics will be celebrated to mark his centenary year.

Joining Paul on the bill is Norma Waterson of The Watersons and Waterson:Carthy fame alongside her husband Martin Carthy and daughter Eliza Carthy. The festival also announced in December that Pulp’s former frontman Jarvis Cocker will be joining this star-studded line-up.
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www.musicnetwork.ie

The April Verch Band (Canada/USA)
April Verch (fiddle, vocals)
Hayes Griffin (guitar)
Cody Walters (bass, banjo)
On Tour 6 – 15 May 2015

“A transcendent level of musicianship where hard-earned technique can be safely abandoned” – Toronto Star
“Award-winning fiddler, step dancing expert, and vocalist April Verch brings new meaning to the word multi-tasking…” – Fiddler Magazine

The April Verch Band’s fondness for a killer dance tune leads it on a joyful journey through North American roots music, from bluegrass and old-time to western swing, and honours its myriad of influences including French, Irish and Scottish traditional musics.
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- musical gatherings hosted by GAEL LINN
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton Street
6p.m. – 8p.m.
( Doors open from 5.45p.m. )

TUESDAY, 27 JANUARY 2015
A great start to the the New Year in the company
of lovely Belfast singer,
GRÁINNE HOLLAND
(www.grainneholland.com),  with
MICKY McCLUSKEY ( guitar ) &
BRENDAN MULHOLLAND (flute)

ADMISSION: €15 ( includes complimentary finger food )
Bar open/tea and coffee available
BOOKING ESSENTIAL ( LIMITED SPACE ! )
087/2547574/niamh@gael-linn.ie