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MUSIC from a young Clare Céilí Band, whose members range in age from 16 to 19, has been finding an appreciative audience on the other side of the world. Mitch Park plays a weekly music programme on Radio Kidnapper, one of the most popular online stations in Hawke’s Bay, Hastings, New Zealand. Clare Céili Band leader, Colm Nestor recalled how Mitch went on the website of Custy’s Music Shop in Ennis to source an Irish traditional group and found the band’s first CD. “We listened to music from the band being played in New Zealand online between midnight and 1am on Christmas Day, 2021.” “It went further than we ever thought. Colum King plays the band regularly on Charity Radio, an internet radio in Dublin,” he added. In addition to launching their second CD during Culture Night recently, the band has been featured regularly on Clare FM and Radio na Gaeltachta including a 30-minute slot of their live performance on …
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