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• Michael Grogan (accordion)
  From youtube: This recording artist's playing represents a major step in the development of the Irish box style. If he is a much less remembered name than some Irish performers, such as Michael Coleman, it is no doubt because he never went to America, where the Irish music scene really took off. All the same, Grogan broadcasted regularly and made a series of 78 recordings in the '30s. It was a
  
  
• Niamh Ni Charra New Album "A Tribute to Terry "Cuz" Teahan"
  Cuz is the latest album from Killarney musician Niamh Ní Charra, and celebrates Sliabh Luachra's rich history of music, in particular the compositions and repertoire of Glountane native Cuz Teahan. Cuz emigrated to Chicago in 1928 and spent the next six decades playing and passing on the music of Sliabh Luachra to generations of musicians. Shortly before his death, he made a tape full of rare
  
  
• Loïc Bléjean, Louisa Bennion & Hervé Cureau - Mulqueeney's
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• Muireann's Jig - Niall & Cillian Vallely
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• Ceol Na Mara Summer School for Strings in Connemara
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