CELTIC TIDES
The Chieftains An Innis Aigh. Clannad An Gabhar Ban. Dougie MacLean Feel So Near. Solas Maid on the Shore. Mary Black Both Sides the Tweed. Altan Horse with a Heart. Old Blind Dogs The Birkin Tree. Dougie MacLean Caledonia. Mary Jane Lamond E Horo. Ashley MacIsaac Sleepy Maggie. Natalie MacMaster Catharsis. Capercaillie Fear-Allabain. Seamus Egan Weep Not the Memories. On this day, far from the maddening crowd decked out in their "Kiss me, I'm Irish!" T-shirts and the pagan hordes guzzling endless pints of green beer, I'm holed up in a hotel room on the outskirts of Nashville, watching the greening of America through the keyhole of CNN, the fabled news network. I'm reminded of a comment on the subject of the wearing of the green from Booster, a musician and guide on Dublin's Music Pub-Crawl. "Americans want the chocolate box image of Ireland. They want us wearing little green outfits and being all cute and sprightly. They really love all the tradition.
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