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THEYMAY be named after the tip end of Cornwall, but bluegrass band Land’s End draws members from Gloucester, Liverpool, Munich, Dublin, Cork, and Galway.

From Maine on the coast of northeast USA, Tumbling Bones play a mix of down-home, old-fashioned American traditional and folk music that belies the youth of its three band members. But their folk is no museum piece; it is living, breathing music infused with a little of the contemporary rock ‘n’ roll the fellas were reared on and reworked into their original arrangements and compositions. Tumbling Bones have a passion for the heritage of American music and a penchant for honest, no frills-attached acoustic music.

BLUEGRASS MUSIC will be heard this Sunday in Monroe’s Live when The Paperboys and The Blind Dead McJones Band take to the stage.

THE AMAZING Apples, Rackhouse Pilfer, and Voice of Ireland stars John Gaughan and Conor Quinn kick start the June Bank Holiday weekend at Monroe’s Live.

The Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival was launched in McGing's Bar, Westport, on Friday night last, May 17. The festival, now in its seventh year, will run over three days on the weekend of June 14 to 16. This year it will feature some 15 local, national, and international acts, including local band The Rocky Top String Band; Cork-based folk singer John Spillane; The Bluegrass Boogiemen from Holland; and 'The Queen of Banjo', Roni Stoneman from Nashville, who will be supported by fellow US act, Tumbling Bones.

AMERICAN TRADITIONAL and choral music will join forces for a concert in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Wednesday May 15 at 8pm.

A DISTINGUISHED veteran of the Irish folk/singer-songwriter scene and a rising new force in Irish trad share the stage at The Forge, Moycullen, on Friday May 3.

FOLK LEGEND Pete Seeger, former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and classical music great Yo Yo Ma, are among banjo player Michael J Miles’ fans.

Mullingar Arts Centre invites you to sit back and watch the sparks fly, as We Banjo 3 - virtuosi Enda Scahill, Martin Howley, and David Howley - take you on a rollercoaster ride through banjo history, from ragtime to reels.

EXPECT HIGH energy bluegrass, Americana, and harmony vocals when Rackhouse Pilfer play Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 11pm.