www.rte.ie/radio1/rootsfreeway

RTÉ Radio 1 Music Collection is marking Culture Night 2008 with an exclusive Roots Freeway concert live in the RTÉ Radio Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 on Friday 19 September.

Regular contributor to the RTÉ Radio 1 Music Collection Niall Toner will host a very special night of music with Sligo quartet No Crows and American Bluegrass duo The Carter Brothers. Tickets to this free event are available to the public from the RTÉ Radio 1 Music Collection website at http://www.rte.ie/radio1/rootsfreeway. Both performances will be broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1’s Music Collection on 22 and 29 September at 9.02pm.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 7pm

www.centerforirishmusic.org

The Paul & Sheila Wellstone Center
179 Robie St. East  St. Paul, MN 55107

The Brock McGuire Band is here in the U .S. for the Chicago Celtic Festival and we were fortunate enough to get them to come to St. Paul for a night.  This is a rare Minnesota appearance with internationally acclaimed traditional artists. This is the first time this band has been here and who knows when they’ll be back.  So we hope you put this rare concert on your calendar and tell all your friends!
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OCTOBER 2nd - 5th, 2008

www.corkfolkfestival.com

Beamish & Crawford announced details of the upcoming Beamish Cork Folk Festival today at a launch reception in the Beamish and Crawford Brewery.  The festival will open on the 2nd of October and run until the 5th of October, 2008.
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November 21st - 23rd, 2008
www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
Kevin Burke, Jock Tamson’s Bairns, The Chair, The Jenna Reid Band

The 12th annual fiddle festival will take place from 21 to 23 November 2008 at Edinburgh Assembly Rooms in George Street.

This year, the programme has been put together by a substantially reformed committee, following the (semi) retiral of several hard-working stalwarts. The new chair of the Fiddle Festival, Mike Kinch, says of this year’s programme:
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September 18th - 28th, 2008
www.clifdenartsweek.ie

The much anticipated Clifden Community Arts Week, which will take place from September 18th to 28th is set to rock the town with an exciting music line that is sure to get every toe tapping. Some of the biggest and much loved acts on the traditional Irish music circuit as well as internationally respected performers will take to the stage throughout the 10 day festival.
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www.seamusenniscentre.com

Date:    Friday, 12th September.
Venue:  Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin.
Tel: (01) 8020898 www.seamusenniscentre.com
Event:   HUNGRY HILL

Hungry Hill is a contemporary Bluegrass unit with a focus on original writing. Based in northwestern Canada, Hungry hill features five seasoned musicians with a desire to create a fresh sound while staying true to the roots of bluegrass and old-time music. Lush vocal harmonies resonate from singers around one microphone in the traditional acoustic Bluegrass setting.  “After hearing their sophomore disc, Ride, this critic has no problem declaring Hungry Hill the best bluegrass band in Canada”. - Barry Hammond, Penguin Eggs 2007.
Doors open:  7.30 p.m.   Performance: 8.30 p.m.
Adm:  €16 Euro

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evening gatherings hosted by GAEL LINN

Bewley’s Café Theatre, Grafton Street
6p.m. – 8p.m.
(Doors open 5.45 p.m.)

Tuesday 23 September 2008

TADHG MAC DHONNAGÁIN,
songwriter and music producer, who has received
many accolades for his compositions for both young
and old over the years !!

An enjoyable night of song is promised !

ADMISSION: €15 ( Incl. finger food ! )

Bar open/tea and coffee available

Booking essential ( limited space ! ): 087-2547574/niamh@gael-linn.ie

www.compassrecords.com
Billy McComiskey’s
Outside the Box

Available in the US/CAN/IRE now
Available in the UK September 1

Album release show in Baltimore on September 7 announced, details below:

Billy McComiskey is recognized as a formidable master of the Irish button accordion by his peers - including the stars who will share the stage for his Outside the Box album release party on September 7, 2008 in Baltimore at the Creative Alliance at The Patterson.
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released  in the US/Canada
www.solasmusic.com www.compassrecords.com

“The finest Celtic ensemble this country has ever produced. - The Boston Globe

Nashville, TN (August 26 2008) - In a manner befitting their name (a Gaelic word meaning “light”), Solas burst onto the Irish music scene over a decade ago and almost instantly became a beacon - an incandescent ensemble that found contemporary relevance in timeless traditions without ever stooping to crossover clichés. Now, as Mairead Phelan, an exciting young singer from Kilkenny, steps up to lend her exquisite vocals to the existing line up of Seamus Egan (flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, whistle, guitar and bodhran), Winifred Horan (fiddle), Mick McAuley (accordion and concertina) and Eamon McElholm (guitar and keyboards), the band heads into their second decade of playing tight, fiery Irish music.
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26th September – 5th October, 2008
www.celticfestival.ie

Irish traditional music lovers flock to Kilkenny during the annual Celtic Festival - Friday September 26th to Sunday October 5th. It certainly is the place to be for all. Of course being located in Ireland’s Mediaeval Capital certainly helps but at the end of the day – indeed all day – it is the music and the crack that is the real attraction and makes for an irresistible reason to travel south to the sun and fun for this year’s Kilkenny Celtic Festival.
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