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MICHAEL GRAY is best known as the author of the celebrated books on Bob Dylan, Song and Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan and The Bob Dylan Encyclopaedia, and it was after hearing Dylan sing about an obscure American bluesman which prompted Gray to go in search of Blind Willie McTell.

ENGLISH PUNK/hip hop trio Milk Kan have been described by BBC Radio 1’s Steve Lamacq as being “somewhere between Bob Dylan and Mike Skinner”.

Massive numbers of people showed up to support Castlebar’s own troubadour and author John Hoban. The magical, unique, and heart-warming evening started off with music and songs from Paul Holmes, Michael McCarthy, and Brian Lofthouse. Then Emer Mayock officially launched the book, From the Plain of the Yew Tree, and played a beautiful tune that she learned from John. The crowds kept pouring in, like a real show of force, as the man himself took to the stage and started reading from his powerful book.

Westport Arts Festival has announced the addition of two notable music acts to this year’s October line up. Fionn Regan has already stimulated interest in Ireland and abroad, garnering nominations for the Irish Choice music award and the internationally acclaimed British Mercury music prize. Regan’s acoustic-based music has been compared favourably to Bob Dylan, both in terms of poetic lyrics and for moving from finger-plucking acoustics in his first album The End Of History, to a fuller sound in Shadow of an Empire. His abilities as a wordsmith are evident with music that is laced with metaphors and analogies. He is an accomplished performer and includes this year’s Glastonbury among his many performances.

It was a celebration of a stellar first year for the Set Theatre and the entertainment on show for the night was a perfect snapshot of what the stunning venue has brought to Kilkenny over the last 12 months.

Listeners were shocked and appalled when a Labour delegate was interviewed sounding tired and hoarse on Morning Ireland last week.

This year’s Westport Arts Festival has announced the addition of two notable music acts to this year’s October line up. Fionn Regan has already stimulated interest in Ireland and abroad, garnering nominations for the Irish Choice music award and the internationally acclaimed British Mercury music prize. Regan’s acoustic-based music has been compared favourably to Bob Dylan, both in terms of poetic lyrics and for moving from finger-plucking acoustics in his first album The End Of History, to a fuller sound in Shadow of an Empire. His abilities as a wordsmith are evident with a music that is laced with metaphors and analogies. He is an accomplished performer and includes this year’s Glastonbury among his many performances.

SUPERB FOLKSINGER Chad Dughi returns to Galway for a much anticipated show at The Crane Bar on Thursday August 26th at 9pm.

Declan O’Rourke is rare in that he is a singer-songwriter who can actually play the guitar. His unique and intricate guitar style endears him to all who have the pleasure of listening to his positive and upbeat songs.

THE SCOTS and the Irish emigrated in droves to the United States throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, bringing their music, customs, and whiskey distilling techniques with them.