join her for a song: muireann nic amhlaoibh

You've heard about the music and backgruund of Irish singer Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh before here along the Music Road. Here she is singing Slan le Maigh, a taping from the Highland Sessions series.



Nic Amhlaoibh's tour schedule, as well as her blog in English and Irish is here. She'll be the MC of a show featuring the pipes which will tour a several US dates in October, including Boston and Miwaukee. In December, she'll be part of Danu's holiday tour of Canada, and she's finishing up a recording with Scots Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis. Fowlis, by the way is making several rare US appearances in the latter part of September.


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