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The Thistle & Shamrock: The Road Of Tears

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The Thistle & Shamrock

The Thistle & Shamrock: The Road Of Tears

Fiona Ritchie's selections this week include traditional broadsheet ballads and music hall choruses from artists like Dolores Keane, Mick Moloney, and Battlefield Band.

The Thistle & Shamrock: The Road Of Tears

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Exploring Broadway's Early Irish Period

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Singer, musician and folklorist Mick Moloney's new album, McNally's Row of Flats, centers on theater songs by an Irish songwriting team from the late 1800s. In those days, Vaudeville and minstrelsy were giving way to American Musical Theater in New York City.

Exploring Broadway's Early Irish Period

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