Not sure how many of you are video gamers, but this is really interesting:

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/08/irish-game-musi.html#more

I work at a newspaper, so when I heard of the sad passing of Ronnie Drew I whipped up an appreciation for tomorrow's paper.
Check it out here if you are so inclined. ;-)

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Today's Oak & Thorn show featured English, Welsh, Breton, and Spanish musicians - but no Irish or Scottish! Check out the playlist and leave a comment on the blog.

My lovely wife and I are heading north with our son to upstate New York on vacation. While we are there, I have booked a show at The Lyric Coffee House on Saturday July 26 at 7:30. The Lyric is in beautiful downtown Clayton Ny, just south of the Canadian border. I will be doing my normal songs of myth and tales of mystery show, but I will, of ( Read more... )

Irish Music Workshops in Tulsa
Sep 1 & 2, 2008

The members of Slide (Ireland), winners of Irish Music Magazine’s Best Newcomer award in 2001 and the Young Musicwide Award in 2006, have agreed to teach a series of workshops and private lessons in Tulsa on September 1 and 2 during their U.S. tour (which is sponsored in part by Culture Ireland). This is ( Read more... )

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The wind was blowing way too much to work in the garden today, so I finally started developing a blog for Oak & Thorn. It's just a wee bairnie noo, so please make suggestions and tell me what you'd like to see.

Bell X1 Interview on Paddy-Whacked™ Radio!

A rare concert of Daevid Allen's Magick Brothers with myself on flute on two ( Read more... )