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With a Banjo On His Knee

18. May, 2012 0 Comments

The legendary Finbar Furey gets downright plucky on his new CD “Colours.” Furey tells the story behind the recording.

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Maureen Malloy

Five Questions For WRTI’s Maureen Malloy

04. May, 2012 1 Comment

The station’s young jazz program director took time from a busy on-air pledge drive to tell us how she fell for Coltrane, big bands and “Paper Moon.”

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“One Fiddle Player, Sitting on a Chair”

20. Apr, 2012 2 Comments

That’s the power of Irish music, says fiddler Randal Bays, who will be in the area next week with guitarist Davey Mathias.

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2012 Mid-Winter Scottish & Irish Festival

30. Mar, 2012 0 Comments

We came, we saw, we fested. And we have lots of pictures to prove it.

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The Saw Doctors with the John Byrne Band

16. Mar, 2012 0 Comments

Photographer Brian Mengini was front row center, left and right for this electrifying show this week at the TLA.

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On Stage With the Chieftains

14. Mar, 2012 0 Comments

Members of the Philadelphia Emerald Society Pipe Band celebrated the holiday early with a once-in-a-lifetime thrill.

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A Lifetime Achievement Award for the Chieftains

09. Mar, 2012 0 Comments

They’ve been playing together for 50 years. This week, the Irish National Concert Hall presented the Chieftains with its first-ever lifetime achievement award. And as luck would have it … it happened in Philadelphia.

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Saw Docs

The Saw Doctors: Coming Your Way

09. Mar, 2012 0 Comments

Brian Mengini has a little chat with Leo Moran before the Celtic rockers come to the TLA in Philly on March 13.

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