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Bob Reeder Irish/American musician, performer, entertainer, and
singer-songwriter. Sometimes ballady, sometimes
bawdy, but always entertaining. You're sure to laugh, clap, and have a great
time. |
Weekly Performances: Thursdays O’Dowd’s Little Dublin – Zona
Rosa Fridays The Office Bar & Grill Sundays O’Malley’s Irish Pub Email: rtreeder@comcast.net Website: www.bobreeder.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
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Connacht Town Long time musicians in the area have finally gotten
together to bring Pub Rock to the Midwest. Taking Celtic music and more to
the world of a pint |
Where they can be found locally: O’Malley’s
Irish Pub Davey’s
Uptown Ramblers Club Record Bar Website: www.myspace.com/connachttown Celtic / Punk / Rock |
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Connie Dover Acclaimed by the Boston Globe as "the finest
folk ballad singer America has produced since Joan Baez," Connie Dover
is an accomplished interpreter of the traditional music of Great Britain and
Ireland. Her soaring, crystal clear voice and inspired arrangements display a
depth and breadth of range that have earned her a rightful place among the
world's finest Celtic singers. |
Where she can be found locally: with Glen
Road Fort Scott
Community College Mountain
Music Shoppe Unity Temple
on the Plaza Three Rivers
Community College Website: www.conniedover.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
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Dogtree DogTree
is a
playful Acoustic Music group that performs an ever growing variety of music. There
are four members in the band and their instrumentation includes Fiddle,
Guitar, Flute, Whistles and Percussion. They also perform vocal pieces with
multiple harmonies weaving in and out. Their sound begins with Celtic and
Original music then moves on into World and American Styles. |
Where they can be found locally: Browne’s Market Apple Fest -
Weston Email: booking@dogtreefolks.com Website: www.dogtreefolks.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
Eddie Delahunt with: Brett Gibson & Gabriel Reyes Eddie's workingman concoction of traditional Irish
ballads, energized guitar riffs, and original lyrics and tunes has made him
an adopted native son in Kansas City and something of a household name. |
Weekly Performances: Wednesdays O’Dowd’s Little Dublin – Country Club Plaza Fridays Mike
Kelly’s Westsider Sundays O’Dowd’s Little Dublin – Country Club Plaza Email: edelahunt@hotmail.com Website: www.eddiedelahunt.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
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Flannigan’s Right Hook Kansas
City's 8th best Irish band!!!! From the depths of the blarney, as well as
Flannigan himself, come three good friends with a dream. |
Where they can be found locally: Llywelyn's Pub Barley’s Brewhaus O’Dowd’s Little
Dublin – Country Club Plaza Paddy O’Quigley’s – 119th & Roe O’Malley’s Irish Pub Kansas City Public House Website: www.flannigansrighthook.com Irish / Bluegrass / Folk |
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Glen Road Imagine yourself in Ireland at the end of the day. The
weather is rough and everyone is inside in the kitchen while rain beats on
the windows. The fire gets stoked with peat, the kettle boils and mugs of hot
sweet tea are passed around. Someone takes a fiddle off the wall and launches
a reel, joined soon by flute and guitar. The floor is cleared for a set
dance. Sparks fly from the flagstones, songs are sung, jokes and stories
drift through the air and you are lost in the moment. Welcome to Glen Road;
bring your dancing shoes. |
Where they can be found locally: with Kelly –
Irish Music with Connie
Dover British Faire Llywelyn's Pub Fort Scott
Community College Email: glenroad@bigplain.com Website: www.glenroadmusic.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
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Kelly Kelly is loaded with years
of experience and talent. Their ability to combine past experience and understanding
of the music and bring it full circle with new ideas and twists on old
traditions truly makes this a group worth listening to. The tunes are driven with deliberate
purpose. The songs are sung with a passion that will send a rush through anyone
listening. This group of musicians believes in the strong tradition of Irish
music and the community that it brings together. |
Where they can be found locally: O’Malley’s
Irish Pub K.C. Irish
Festival K.C. Scottish
Highland Games Weston Irish
Festival Eddie
Delahunt’s Café Llywelyn's Pub British Faire Email: mdugger@swbell.net Website: www.kellyirishband.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
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The Elders “Arse Kickin’ Music from the
Heartland” Founded in 1997, the group established themselves playing at U.S. festivals alongside acts such as the Doughboy Brothers, Lanyard Skyward and Cherish the Ladies. Their music is great Celtic rock 'n' roll with small touches of bluegrass and country at the same time. The lyrics tell us stories of Irish history, tales of exile of oppression but, also, of friendship. |
Where they can be found locally: Record Bar O’Hara High
School Oak Park High
School Uptown
Theater Email: theband@eldersmusic.com Website: www.eldersmusic.com Celtic / Folk Rock / Rock |
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The Kelihans Pub
rock with punk energy and working class harmonies. Given to sometimes raucous, sometimes
beautiful, deliveries of original tunes and heartfelt traditionals
offered to honor a heritage that inspires us. |
Where they can be found locally: O’Malley’s
Irish Pub Website: www.myspace.com/thekelihans Celtic / Folk Rock / Punk |
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The Lucky Charms With unique vocal harmonies and instrumentation they
perform Celtic Folk, Irish Folk, Traditional Celtic and American Folk Music.
In the short time they have been together they have been trying to cultivate
their own sound by combining traditional Celtic music with American folk and
pop music. |
Where they can be found locally: O’Malley’s
Irish Pub Llywelyn's Pub Marfield’s Irish Pub Email: theluckycharms@hotmail.com Website: www.theluckycharms.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
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The Shortleaf Band The Shortleaf
Band is a Kansas City based “Celti-Billy” band
with close ties to the Ozarks. Founded
by fiddler Michael Fraser, they specialize in high-energy dance music rooted
in Celtic and old time traditions. Haunting ballads and southern rock help
round out this multi-instrumental group. |
Where they can be found locally: K.C. Irish
Festival K.C. Scottish
Highland Games O’Malley’s
Irish Pub MacPherson Scottish Festival Old Time Music Ozark Heritage Festival Kansas City Cross Currents Contra Dances J. Murphy's Pub Atchison
Community River Fest Parkville
Heritage Center Missouri Town Merriam
Community Center Email: Tenley@kc.rr.com Website: www.shortleafband.com Celtic / Folk / Traditional
Irish |
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Three Dollar Band The Three Dollar Band is
an acoustic trio that performs traditional music from Ireland and North America, along with
original material composed in a similar vein. Through the recognition of cross-cultural musical
influences and a desire to remain true to themselves as musicians, the Three Dollar Band aspires to present music
that is both innovative and grounded in tradition. Ranging from invigorating
instrumental pieces to unique song arrangements and harmonious a capella, the Three Dollar Band
presents a varied and complementing program of music. Adam Braunschweig Voice, Guitar, Mandolin,
Laud, Tenor Banjo, Bones, Uilleann Pipes, Mouth Bow Chris Carr Wood Flute, Whistles, Bodhrán, Vocal Harmonies Keith VanWinkle Fiddle, Mandolin, Wood Flute, Whistles,
Harmonica, Bodhrán, Vocal Harmonies |
Where they can be found locally: Kansas City
Irish Fest Missouri
Valley Folklife Society Llywelyn’s Pub O’Malley’s
Pub Mike
Kelly’s Westsider Big River
Ranch Mulligan’s
Pub Email: threedollarband@gmail.com Website: www.threedollarband.com Irish / American Folk |
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Tullamore Twelve robust seasons and two international tours
have made Tullamore one of the Heartland's premiere Celtic bands. Their diverse musical experiences and
influences give their hallmark sound - an American-folk body with a
traditional Celtic soul. Their take on Celtic music is rich and clear vocals,
tight harmonies and instrumentals, and cool and clever arrangements. Across
the country and across the ocean, from arts-centers and theatres to Irish
Festivals and Scottish Highland Games, Tullamore are favorites wherever they
go. Mark
Clavey Guitar,
Vocals Mary
Hanover Hammered
Dulcimer, Vocals Rachel
Gaither Fiddle,
Vocals |
Where they can be found locally: K.C.
Scottish Highland Games Email: mark@tullamore.info Website: www.tullamore.info Celtic / Scottish /
Traditional Irish |
If by chance I missed a band, please send me the info in an
email
and I’ll place it in the list. – brianlg@info-tekweb.com