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WHEN: Saturday, February 4th – 6:30 PM WHERE: Alberta Street Public House WHERE: 1036 NE Alberta Street – Portland, OR ADMISSION: $5 at the door We are proud to announce that Beltaine will be performing at the Alberta Street Public House on Saturday, February 4th at 6:30 PM. Beltaine showcases the best of Acoustic...

There’s some news about our favorite Stout Irish Rockers. First off, there is a new Blaggard. Bryce Clarke has joined the band. Bryce is Brandi’s husband. Now there are even more Blaggards to love. Today is the day Blaggards retake Vegas. They were there last year and have returned. If you are in Vegas,...

Gareth Brannigan will be appearing on Idír Línn on Dublin South Radio 93.9 FM this Saturday, Jan 14, 2012, at 1 PM GMT (8AM EST for US fans) It will be streamed here – http://dublinsouthfm.ie/shows/14/Idr-Lnn Gareth has promised to share some of his new songs on the show. Enjoy! If you found this post...

Michael Brunnock is an Irish born singer now living in New York City. He is a member of the loose confederation of singers known as Fairplay Collective. This is not a singing group in the normal sense in that they are all individual performers. They are mostly Irish performers now living in the big...

BLIX STREET RECORDS LAUNCHES 2012 SCHEDULE WITH NEW STUDIO RECORDING BY IRELAND’S PREMIER FEMALE VOCALIST MARY BLACK Stories From The Steeples Set for Release on February 14 followed by New Albums by Cathy Jordan, Maia Sharp and “Dreams of the San Joaquin” Anthology Independent Blix Street Records will inaugurate 2012 with the U.S. release...

If you don’t want the government to screw up the Internet and censor what you can do, see or say there. You need to act now! If this passes everything will change. Someone else (fill in the big corporation of your choice here) will decide what you can see or do. This goes way...

The submissions period for Glasgowbury 2012 is now officially open. Each year the ‘small but massive’ festival open a submissions period to give all acts an opportunity to put themselves forward for consideration as a panel listen to every one ahead of choosing the festival line-up. Following the incredibly large amount of submissions received...

The next installment of the fabulous LED sessions at McHugh’s Bar in Belfast NI will be on Thursday October 20th at 9:00pm – October 21st at 1:00am. LED is the brainchild of Siobhan Day and Orla Lynch. They have been presenting monthly shows at McHugh’s for some time now and each one gets better...

Ciaran Gribbin a.k.a Joe Echo has been named as the new frontman for legendary band INXS. Ciaran has been performing solo under the name Joe Echo. He was nominated for a Grammy for writing a song for Madonna and has performed with Snow Patrol. More recently he wrote the music for the film Killing...

Mickey Coleman has announced the release of his new single Pat O’Donnell Shell to Sea. On Monday, September 19, 2011, the song will be available for purchase as a download. Not only a timely and relevant piece of music, Pat O’Donnell Shell to Sea is well written and skillfully performed with Mickey’s usual passion and...

An Claidheamh Soluis/The Celtic Arts Center of Southern California presents their Eighth Annual Celtic Concert at the beautiful John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 7:00 PM. Headlining the event will be The Browne Sisters and George Cavanaugh. Also appearing are Skelpin’, The Ploughboys and L.A. Police Emerald...

In a surprise move the producers of Glee and the Glee Project chose both boys to get the coveted 7 episode stint on the hit show Glee. Fanrealm readers know Damian, the only Irish contestant, from his appearances at the From the Heart concerts in Derry and from having been a cast member of...

Celtic Rose is the much-anticipated sophomore album from Riverdance and Michael Flatley’s Lord of The Dance’s Lead Singer Hayley Griffiths, due for worldwide release on July 25th 2011. Following proudly on from the success of her award winning debut album, Silver Screen which achieved the coveted 2010 Album of The Year in the Classical...

As many of you know, Patrick Holloran, of the band Ceann, was tragically killed in an auto accident February 1st, 2011. Along with a devastated family and fanbase, Partrick left behind a lot of unpublished music. Patrick’s brother, Brian, has decided to record this music as a tribute to his brother. Several other bands...

Paddy Nash is the perfect age today. Old enough to know better and too young to care. Great place to be. He has a successful cd and ep under his belt to say nothing of the great single he put out last Christmas. He and the Happy Enchiladas are on very solid footing in...