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v. t. e. The South Side Irish is the large Irish-American community on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. After 1945, a large-scale movement to the suburbs occurred because of white flight and the steady upward social mobility of the Irish. [ 1 ] Although their population has spread out, Irish Americans continue to make up the majority of the ...
Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, also known as Pritzker Pavilion or Pritzker Music Pavilion, is a bandshell in Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located on the south side of Randolph Street and east of the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District.
James Conway is an Irish-American musician based in Chicago, Illinois, and is particularly known for playing traditional Irish music on the harmonica and tin whistle. [1] He also plays guitar, bodhran, and plays folk and country blues music. [2] Jason Ricci said of Conway's playing, "This guy is the king of tongue switching (playing out of both ...
A Taste of Ireland — 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 17. Along with more than a pint of Irish wit, “A Taste of Ireland — The Irish Music & Dance Sensation” stops in Ames on its world tour. The ...
The Tossers. The Tossers are an American six-piece Celtic punk band from Chicago, Illinois, United States, formed in July 1993. They have toured with Murphy's Law, Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, Dropkick Murphys, The Reverend Horton Heat, Flogging Molly, Street Dogs, Clutch, Sick of it All and Mastodon. They opened for The Pogues in New York ...
Website. www.altan.ie. Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy. [ 1 ] The group were primarily influenced by traditional Irish language songs from Donegal [ 2 ] and have sold over a million records.
Now in its 37th year, the Dublin Irish Festival is expected to draw 100,000 people for three days of music, dance, theater, food, shopping and more.
Donogh Hennessy. Michael McGoldrick. John McSherry. Paul Meehan. Website. www.lunasamusic.com. Lúnasa is a traditional Irish music group, named after Lughnasadh, an ancient harvest festival. They tour and perform internationally, and have recorded a number of albums of both traditional and contemporary Irish instrumental music.