Irish music will be out of this world for first time ever

Matt Molloy, flautist for Irish folk band The ...Image via Wikipedia"Irish music will be out of this world literally today when the U.S. /Russia joint space station mission blasts off from Kazakhstan.

That is because astronaut Catherne ‘Cady’ Coleman has packed a traditional Irish concert flute given to her by Chieftains musician Matt Molloy.

Coleman is a committed Irish traditional musician and told a press conference yesterday that she intended playing Irish music in space, the first time it has been heard beyond the bounds of earth.

Matt Molloy told The Irish Times yesterday that he had met the NASA astronaut ten years ago after playing a concert in Houston.

“We had done a concert and as always we had a tune afterwards with local musicians.It transpired she played the flute and we have been friends ever since,” he told the paper."
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