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		<title>Altan: Gleann Nimhe &#8211; The Poison Glen (MP3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For almost 30 years, Irish supergroup Altan has been wowing the world with their trademark combo of red-hot tune sets and mesmerizing songs from the Donegal region. The group originated in 1981, when teachers Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle and vocals) &#8230; <a href="http://fiddlefreak.com/2012/03/01/altan-poisonglen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiddlefreak.com&#038;blog=3709969&#038;post=1782&#038;subd=fiddlefreaker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Litha: Dancing of the Light (MP3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this the first time in almost four years of Fiddlefreak reviews that I&#8217;ve let an entire month pass without a post? Gack! So here we go with the first review of 2012, and by God it was worth the &#8230; <a href="http://fiddlefreak.com/2012/02/02/lith-mp3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiddlefreak.com&#038;blog=3709969&#038;post=1721&#038;subd=fiddlefreaker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bua: Down the Green Fields (MP3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Victory for Bua. Guest review by Patrick Fitzell, Program Director at AccuRadio, an Internet radio station based in Chicago. In the spring of their musical careers, Chicago-based trad group Bua is in full bloom. After a hectic summer festival &#8230; <a href="http://fiddlefreak.com/2011/12/23/bua2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiddlefreak.com&#038;blog=3709969&#038;post=1659&#038;subd=fiddlefreaker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colleen Raney &amp; Colm MacCárthaigh: Cuan (MP3)</title>
		<link>http://fiddlefreak.com/2011/10/27/colleen-colm-mp3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portland singer Colleen Raney is a rising star on the West Coast Irish music scene. (Previously reviewed HERE.) Her new record, titled Cuan, is a duo project with Seattle-based Colm MacCárthaigh, who plays guitar and cittern. Together they cover a &#8230; <a href="http://fiddlefreak.com/2011/10/27/colleen-colm-mp3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiddlefreak.com&#038;blog=3709969&#038;post=1555&#038;subd=fiddlefreaker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marla Fibish &amp; Jimmy Crowley: The Morning Star (MP3)</title>
		<link>http://fiddlefreak.com/2011/09/28/fibish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This incredible mandolin came to me through my grandfather.  I remember him playing it for me, my brother and sister, and my cousins when we were children.  It was after he died that I picked it up and began to &#8230; <a href="http://fiddlefreak.com/2011/09/28/fibish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fiddlefreak.com&#038;blog=3709969&#038;post=1504&#038;subd=fiddlefreaker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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