History of Celtic rock, or punk, from Fairport Convention to Horslips, Pogues, and Dropkick Murphys

Neck have a new album of songs based on the Granny link … Go to http://www.irishpost.ie/tabId/310/itemId/6655/Sticking-their-necks-out-for-music.aspx

Detailed interview with the man at the heart of the Pogues at http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2009/10/wayward_qa_interview_with_philip_chevron_the_pogues.php

In a rare American appearance, the Pogues still fill a venue with charged energy More at http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/10/concert_review_the_pogues_more.php

Being Canadian lends a touch of the exotic to Enter the Haggis … More at TheUnion.Com

Dennis Casey is still the new guy in Flogging Molly. Interview at http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2009/09/26/acl_2009_preview_flogging_moll.html

This Vancouver-band of Yukon musicians is branching out … More at http://www.straight.com/article-258841/whiskeydicks-do-it-all-love-liquor

McAlpine’s Fusiliers is a lively, successful Australian Celtic Rock group … More at  http://www.myspace.com/mcalpinesfusiliers

Attendances were up on last year at Muskegon for the Michigan Irish Festival…

The seventh annual celebration of Irish music and culture starts Friday night at Crown Center

Horselips delivered the promise of a new musicial age, writes Fintan O’Toole …Read more at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0711/1224250428408.html

Black 47, the New York celtic rock band which features electric guitar and uilleann pipes and founded be Wexford man Larry Kirwan, celebrates 20 years a-kickin’.
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