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What you missed: disco-folk fusion, sweet trombone playing, a funked-out "In the Mood" and good Irish beer. The Humming rocked The Burren, a traditional pub in Davis Square, last Thursday night, outgrooving the Irish band in the next room and sending fans crowding into the street for an acappella encore of "Happy Trails." If this band's name doesn't sound familiar to you now, it will be in the very near future. Playing over 80 shows a year and expecting to put out their own album this spring, The Humming is poised to hit the big time...
Founded less than two years ago, the bar, witha similar facade to the Burren's, is worlds apart...
Through its music, the Burren has maintained atraditional Irish identity, though alsocapitalizing on the interest in Ireland brought onby Michael Flatley's "Lord of the Dance" andRiverdance...
While the Burren can be considered an authenticIrish pub, the Joshua Tree Bar across the streetseems to be Irish only in name...