www.irisharts.org.uk
A twelve-day celebration of Irish arts and culture will soon kick off in Leeds from the 7th to the 18th of November. Dozens of events including music sessions, literary, film and theatrical events and talks are planned to take place at venues across Leeds, bringing Ireland’s finest artists to the city.
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www.battlefieldband.com
With a US release on 12th September followed a fortnight later with a UK release on 28th September, Dookin (as in “dookin’ for apples”) and that is just what Battlefield Band have been doing for all these years – dookin’ into the great pool of Scottish (and Irish) music and song. The album will be released on Temple Records and will be available through the Temple Records online shop and in all good record stores.
Battlefield Band will also be in Northern Ireland in September, with shows confirmed in Derry City, Magherafelt & Newtownards (At the Festival of the Peninsula). They will be on the road in USA and Canada during September and October and back to the UK for a tour in November.

www.compassrecords.com
Fifteen years is a long time in the life of any band, and most who reach that milestone are content to rest on the tried and true formulas that have worked in the past. Not so for Scotland’s Old Blind Dogs, whose newly released ‘Four on the Floor’ takes them bravely in many new directions.
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www.parkrecords.com
Pentangle is a name that strikes a chord from the acoustic music scene of the late sixties and early seventies. Two decades later, McShee is still creating a sound that is genuinely original, this time through her own project, Jaqui McShee’s Pentangle.

IRELAND’S FIRST INTERACTIVE 3D DIGITAL TOWN
WWW.WESTPORT3D.COM
Matt Molloy’s, home of traditional music in the West of Ireland and owned by virtuoso flautist & world famous Chieftain Matt Molloy, can now be visited online via the unique Westport3D interactive model.
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www.lukabloom.com
NEW ALBUM-TRIBE
Release Date: September 10, 2007. Label: Big Sky. Distributor: Proper Music.
Album Launch September 2007.
Mon 3. The Pigalle Club, 215 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9HN.
Reservations 0845 3456053/Venue 020 7734 8142 Doors 7:00 p.m.
Luka writes-
“I hope that you at this moment will think of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African or member of any particular country.
These loyalties are secondary. If you and I find common ground as human beings we will communicate on a basic level”. Thus spoke the Dalai Lama.
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www.sligolive.ie
Wednesday 24th - Monday 29th October 2007

TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE ON WED 29TH AUGUST AT 9AM
Ireland’s wettest summer for years was awash with outdoor music festivals, but the folks at Sligo Live, now in it’s third year, have moved the gigs indoors and have put together a brilliant selection music and fun over the Halloween Bank holiday. Sligo Live kicks off on Wednesday 24th October and runs over six days until Monday 29th October 2007 in a selection of Sligo venues. This must attend event has become a haven for discerning lovers of Irish and Root music in select intimate venues around Sligo. Its unique and individual fun events make it a perfect weekend for family and friends. Tickets for Sligo Live are priced from €20 to €110 for a weekend pass and will go on sale on Wednesday 29th August from Ticketmaster and all usual outlets. For full festival line up, dates including ticket and accommodation information, log onto www.sligolive.ie where you can also pre- register for tickets.
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Milwaukee, USA, 19th August 07 - Over 400 people from all over North
America and Ireland danced the ‘The Siege of Ennis’ at the world’s
largest Irish festival today. The Céilí Siege was held at the
Milwaukee Irish Fest in Wisconsin where over 140,000 festival goers
have congregated this week for a celebration of Irish music, food,
history, heritage, dance, sports and culture.

Today’s session was hosted by a tourism delegation from County Clare,
which has travelled to the Milwaukee in recognition of the fact that
The Banner County has been named at the central theme of this year’s
Fest.
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www.kila.ie

Well it has been a busy week of promotion for the new album Gamblers’ Ballet. It has been to good effect and the album has entered in the top 40 in the Irish Charts.

We want to see it climb more so get out there and buy it in Ireland and for the rest of the world it will be available to you soon watch this space…

Reviews are up on Kíla site now www.kila.ie if you want to check them out and Gamblers’ Ballet is Today FM’s Album of Week.
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World renowned uilleann piper helps raise cash for Cork family.

Tuesday 14th August saw Paddy Keenan in Martha’s Vineyard in the USA
where he performed at a fund raising concert to help defray medical
costs for a young girl from Cork who was badly burnt in an accident in
Ireland. Can’t get to the gig, you can support this good cause by logging
onto paddykeenan.com
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