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WELL, LAST NIGHT’S Late Late Show went down a treat.

A selection of top notch musical performances accompanied by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra seemed to be just what the doctor ordered for Ireland on a cold and windy Friday night.

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Legendary singer songwriter Ralph McTell performed Clare to Here with a host of strings, woodwind and everything else behind him, but it was when he sat down with his guitar to play Streets of London that it turned really magical…

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Meanwhile Dingle band Walking on Cars played their new single with a few more musicians than usual…

And John Grant plays a headline show in Galway tonight, but he was in Donnybrook last night to perform Global Warming, again with the orchestra…

Written by Emer McLysaght and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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