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The Boys of 25, a curious title for an album. The 25, known as Twenty-five, is a very popular card game in Ireland. It's also the title of a tune on Seán Gavin and Colm Gannon's new album.

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Born into a Cork family, Damien Mullane spent his youth in London before migrating to Ireland, where his family roots lay.

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Some years ago, Nathan Gourley and Joey Abarta, assisted by Owen Marshall, graced us with a superb album, Copley Street. They return as a trio in 2025 to offer us Copley Street 2, the logical follow-up to the first album.

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I introduced you to the previous albums by Quebec trio Grosse Isle. Since then André Marchand has stepped down and young musician François-Félix Roy has joined Quebec fiddler and pianist Sophie Lavoie and Irishman Fiachra O'Regan (uilleann pipes, whistle and banjo).