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Curiously, the four members of On The Lash weren't brought up on Irish music, with the exception of their octave mandolin player Joel Tyrone Myers. They met while studying classical music at the University of Michigan.

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On this side of the Atlantic, we know a few traditional music bands from Quebec: Le Vent du Nord, La Bottine Souriante, Grosse Isle...

_{Philippe Cousin}

Like many others before them (Altan, Capercaillie, Lúnasa, Moya Brennan, Sharon Shannon...), the Notify band has chosen to try the experiment of playing with an orchestra.

_{Philippe Cousin}

DZ Éire, a band from Douarnenez, sets the tone right from the start. DZ for Douarnenez, of course, and Éire, the Gaelic name for Ireland.