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Frances is excited about her decision to enter into a management deal with Martin Nolan from Management Promotion International www.mpibands.com. Martin is a well known and highly respected professional with years of experience in the music business. Martin at present manages Altan and represents some of the biggest names in both Irish and International music. We are looking forward to a very successful and bright future with MPI. Please direct all booking enquiries to info@mpibands.com.

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Aoife Scott | Essential Artists

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Aoife moved to the west coast of Ireland several years ago and her passion for the native Irish language spoken there is reflected in her choice of songs. She possesses a voice that reflects the wild western landscape: fragile one minute and forceful the next. That character-laden voice has been quietly generating a buzz amongst her fellow musicians for several years. Recent adventures have brought her to the London Feis, where she played a support slot to Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, amongst other acts&#...

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Susan McKeown | Essential Artists

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GRAMMY-winning Irish singer songwriter Susan McKeown has finally come home on her new album Belong, marking half of her life in the States with an exploration of American roots-derived music that delves deeply into matters of the heart. Belong will be released in Ireland in February 2014. It reached #11 in the U.S. Folk Music Chart upon its release there with the song Everything We Had Was Good (featuring James Maddock and Dirk Powell) reaching #1 on the U.S. Folk Song Chart. 8211; Rolling Stone. 8220;Sh...

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Finbar Furey | Essential Artists

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MPI are proud to present Finbar Furey. 8211; legendary singer with the Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur. Tours extensively, bringing his rare talents to a world-wide stage and treats audiences to evenings of pure Irish magic, great music, good humour, and the charm and sparkling wit associated with one of Ireland’s great raconteurs. Subsequently of course the format was used everywhere from Planxty to Rver Dance, Braveheart to Hailey Westenra. It was modern music, with an ancient root. The music c...

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Stocktan’s Wing | Essential Artists

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Singer/songwriter, Mike Hanrahan, replaced Tony Callinan in 1979 and in the spring of 1980 they released their second album on Tara “Take a Chance.” The album featured some original music and marked the arrival of a progressive force into the world of Irish music. Following the success of the album, they toured extensively, creating a storm of enthusiasm at major Folk Festivals across Europe. It rates as one of the top gigs of the decade for me…”. 916 19th Avenue South. Tel: 61 5208 9647.

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Tupelo | Essential Artists

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Tupelo: Best Folk Act, Hot Press Reader’s Poll 2013. 8216;…Grade A acoustic musicianship…with an authentic formula that scores where it matters, Tupelo makes music that sounds as joyful to make as it is to listen to’. 8211; Jackie Hayden. 8216;Our favourite rootsy-rockers… The banjo has never been so cool’. 8211; Hot Press. 8216;…they have embraced the kitchen-sink approach to writing, building their songs from the ground up into thrilling folk-pop dervishes’. 916 19th Avenue South. Tel: 61 5208 9647.

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The Dublin Legends | Essential Artists

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Sean Cannon, Patsy Watchorn, Eamonn Campbell & Gerry O’Connor are all true legends of Irish Folk music. Sean & Eamonn were members of The Dubliners for close to 30 years while Patsy joined The Dubs 10 years ago. Meanwhile Gerry was a member of the iconic Four Men & A Dog and has played with everyone from Sharon Shannon to Shane MacGowan and also tours with guitar legend Joe Bonamassa. 916 19th Avenue South. Tel: 61 5208 9647. Plastic Hallway Web Design.

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Irish Harp Orchestra | Essential Artists

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Janet Harbison’s Irish Harp Orchestra is a thrilling new stage and concert production that is entertaining audiences worldwide! Evolved from the multi-award winning and world-travelled Belfast Harp Orchestra, and now based in Dublin and Limerick, the orchestra movement has expanded to a fully professional touring production. The IHO has been heralded as ‘Ireland’s ‘most exciting new creation since Riverdance’, ‘a totally fresh national sound’, ‘emancipated from the drawing room corner at last!

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Press/Booking · Altan

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The material (on Blackwater) is largely traditional… the final piece, is simply the most captivating, resonant and beautiful music Altan have played, and makes useless for three and a half minutes the history of rock ‘n’ roll. Mairead Ni Mhaonaighs’ beautiful airs had us begging for more. Every corner seemed to echo with her voice long after the music had stopped. The hottest group in the Celtic realm these days. Fresh from their well-deserved win in the Roots category at last week’s. The New York Times:.