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From the Director: U.S. House votes to claw back public media funding

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Music

Liam Ó Maonlaí

Montana Public Radio | By mtpr.org

Published January 24, 2014 at 10:00 AM MST

"Musician's Spotlight," January 28^th, 2014: U2's Bono calls Hothouse Flowers singer Liam Ó Maonlaí "the best white soul singer in the world." As the rock and soul group approaches its fourth decade of trailblazing, Ó Maonlaí’s grounding in Irish language and traditional Irish music allows him to move with ease between the worlds of pop and traditional music.