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Altan’s take on traditional Irish music is fresh as ever

By Jeffrey Gantz

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 09, 2012

“We must be doing something right.’’ That’s Altan lead singer and fiddler Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, on the phone from Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., in the midst of a tour that will bring the band to the Somerville Theatre on Saturday, under the auspices of World Music/CRASHarts. She’s trying to explain why, after 25 years, Altan is still standing, with a stable line-up and undiminished popularity.

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