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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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
Weston Irish Festival
Missouri Valley Folklife Society
Waxy O'Shea's
O’Malley’s Pub
Corbin Theatre
J. Murphy's Pub
Llywelyn's Pub
Old Shawnee Town
Autumn in the Grove

 

Email:  mark@tullamore.info

Website:  www.tullamore.info

 

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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