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One of the bands we had in the studio this year during Irish Fest is the Scottish band Dallahan. The band is made up of Balázs Harmann (double-bass),…
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Fiddler Liz Carroll has won just about every musical accolade there is to be had. Her parents immigrated to Chicago from Ireland in the 1950s and Carroll…
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At first glance, the Irish potato famine of 1846 is an unlikely setting for a romance novel. But for Wauwatosa’s Pamela Ford, the Great Famine gave her a…
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When Ann O’Farrell first entered the workplace, she was a drama therapist, a theater set and costume designer and helped run a children’s theater in…
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Milwaukee is a divided city in many ways, but in Belfast of the 1970s, the divisions were deep, formal and violent. Northern Ireland author Tony Macaulay…
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The ethnic festival season continues next week with the nation’s largest Irish heritage festival. Before the 35th annual Irish Fest kicks off, Lake Effect…
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Alasdair Fraser is one of the world’s preeminent Scottish fiddlers and teachers. His playing is vibrant, authentic, and inspirational and he is deeply…
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The Alt is a new trio made up of three of the finest musicians currently working in the Celtic tradition: Nuala Kennedy, vocals, flutes and whistles, John…
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The members of the Milwaukee band, Tallymoore, have been playing together for two years, this month. They call themselves a contemporary folk band, and…
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There are lots of unique acts at Irish Fest this year, but if you just happened upon the music of the five piece band, The Modern Grass, you probably…