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Who was Ashling Murphy? The ‘shining light’ teacher who loved music – The Irish Times

“Our shining light.” Those are the words people who knew and loved Ashling Murphy use to describe her, even almost two years after her death.Young children she taught in the Durrow National School held signs with those words during her funeral procession. Speaking outside the Criminal Courts of Justice after the verdict was delivered in the trial this month, her boyfriend Ryan Casey repeated them again.It is three words that […]

todayNovember 17, 2023 3

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A former punk, a Frank and Walter and a Ford factory musical – The Irish Times

One of Kevin Fitzsimons’s favourite ways to relax is to put his feet up and watch music videos on YouTube. But last year, after quietly rocking out to a track by the evergreen Irish indie band The Frank and Walters, he sat forward and pressed pause.“I was thinking, ‘I’d loved to have worked with Paul Linehan from The Frank and Walters, but I have no way of contacting him.’ When […]

todayOctober 17, 2023 4

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The irascible Guinness heir who did so much for Irish music

When Claddagh Records co-founder and creative force Garech Browne was in his teens in the mid-50s he studied French at the Berlitz School in Paris.Although both wilful and ill-disciplined – the aristocratic son of Dominick Browne, the 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, had ran away from boarding schools in Switzerland and England and ended his formal education at 15 – he could see how a facility in French might be […]

todaySeptember 26, 2023 4

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2023 Michigan Irish Music Festival returns to Muskegon with over 25 bands

MUSKEGON, MI - Those looking for a good time and some even better music and food this weekend need look no further as the Michigan Irish Music Festival is back for three days of Irish entertainment.The festival, which runs Sept. 14-17, had its Pub Preview kick-off on Thursday, where returning bands and folk singers like Seamus Kennedy took the stage at Heritage Landing in downtown Muskegon.“Our mission is to produce […]

todaySeptember 15, 2023 4

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Michigan Irish Music Festival will feature events, dance, music

From Sept. 14 through 17, over 25 bands will perform in Muskegon alongside dances, workshops and other events to celebrate Irish culture. MUSKEGON, Mich. — The Michigan Irish Music Festival (MIMF) is nearly here and will be held at Heritage Landing in downtown Muskegon.  From Sept. 14 through 17, over 25 bands will perform on multiple covered stages alongside featured cultural events, dances and workshops.  MIMF is excited for musical […]

todaySeptember 13, 2023 3

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Enter to win FOUR tickets to Irish Music Festival

13 On Your Side wants to see you win, free family fun! Live entertainment on all stages, Irish food, and more in the beautiful Downtown, Muskegon! Buy ticketsonline and SAVE! All Kids 12 and under are FREE... michiganirish.org Michigan Irish Music Festival Ticket Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING.  SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS […]

todayAugust 30, 2023 4

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Shostaks to bring Irish music to Oasis of Music

Anthony Shostak on uilleann pipes and his daughter Una on fiddle. Submitted photo Irish music played by Anthony Shostak on uilleann pipes and his daughter Una on fiddle will launch the 2023-24 season of the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. The Oasis of Music is a weekly music series of performances of roughly thirty minutes, running from September to […]

todayAugust 29, 2023 2

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Black Sabbath, Creation Records, hip-hop, love songs, B-52s and women linked to the Stones – The Irish Times

Following autobiographies from Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne and lead guitarist Tony Iommi, it’s the turn of second-generation Irishman Terence “Geezer” Butler (the band’s bass guitarist) to pull back the purple curtains and tell us his view of what went behind them. Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath – and Beyond (Harper Collins, £20.99) doesn’t disappoint when it comes to insights into the band that has been nicknamed […]

todayAugust 20, 2023 5

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