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Sylvia Platypus: A Musical Chemistry Experiment That Works

More than bagpipes make this new indie group a Celtic band. Or, as they put it, a a psycho-celtic glam-blues band.

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Making Music at Milkboy

We’re recording a CD of Philly’s best Irish music. Let us give you a sneak preview.

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Post-Christmas Pick-Me-Up

The Irish have the right idea–schedule a fun event the day after Christmas to prolong the season. The Delaware Valley Comhaltas hosted a traditional Irish “Wren Party” in Glenside on December 26–and we have pictures!

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Donie Carroll and Gabriel Donohue

An Afternoon of Magic

Local Irish musicians gather for a CD release party at The Shanachie–all for a good cause.

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CD Review: “Another Side of Town”

The second solo album from Galway-born Seamus Kelleher, former Blackthorn guitarist, is even better than the first.

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Irish Musicians Launch a New CD to Benefit Mercy Centre in Bangkok

Local musician Gabriel Donohue mastered the disk, which is filled with all-stars. You can attend a CD launch party Sunday at the Shanachie Pub.

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Craicdown 2011

This year’s benefit show for the Inis Nua Theatre Company at World Cafe Live was, well … theatrical.

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No Accident That She’s Supporting Inis Nua

By chance, singer-songwriter Reagan Richards met an actor from Philly’s only theater company producing contemporary plays from Ireland. But it’s not by accident that she’s performed at Inis Nua’s annual “Craicdown” fundraiser for the past few years. She’s back on December 6 for this wild night of music at World Cafe Live.

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