CELTIC CHARM -- The Chieftains and fiddler Eileen Ivers will perform together and separately in Tokyo this month.
CARNIVAL TIME -- Dr. John and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown will headline this month's Blues Carnival.
The artists playing, literally, second fiddle to the bigger names may prove to be the more intriguing, when top Celtic and blues musicians visit Japan later this month.
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