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The Levellers formed in 1988, combining five Brighton, Britain, musicians — Tag Chadwick (vocals, guitar, banjo), Alan Mls (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica), Jeremy Cunningham (bass, bouzouki), Charlie Heather (drums), and Jon Sevink (fiddle). Forging out a pseudo-hippie, somewhat punky folk-rock using a Celtic flavoring, the music group released two EPs …

Dark 47 (a name deriving from the entire year 1847, the blackest 12 months from the Irish potato famine) is a fresh York-based band comprised of Irish expatriates and led by songwriter/playwright Larry Kirwan. Furthermore to Kirwan (vocals, acoustic guitar), the music group includes Chris Byrne (uilleann pipes, tin whistle, …