A gospel singer, songwriter and producer from Northern Ireland and a Grand Ole Opry performer known as "the international ambassador of country music" came together for a jubilant Friday night in south Alabama.

The Emerald Revellers brings its "Rhythms of Ireland" tour to the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St., at 8 p.m. tomorrow.

Expanded Festival features hot air balloons, mega-kites, more than 40 top bands, extreme sports, monster trucks and much more. Metro NY Balloon & Music Festival sponsored by RE/MAX of New York, Inc., returns to Brookhaven Calabro Airport on August 8, 9 and 10, 2008. In keeping with the event's theme "Reach for the Sky," each day from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 ...

Other activities include toe-tapping to Irish music and a ferry ride across the Shannon River.

Yukoners could be seeing some hardware out of the Western Canadian Music Awards set for October.