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The San Patricios of 1847 – March 2010
This week [8th March 2010] sees the release ‘San Patricio’, an extraordinary and beautiful concept album by the Grammy Award winning partnership of Ry Cooder and The Chieftains. The album, which blends traditional Mexican and Irish music, was inspired by the story of the San Patricios, a battalion of mainly Irish deserters from the US […]