Ten Strings and A Goat Skin is a superb acoustic music trio from Prince Edward Isle in Canada. The three young musicians play primarily original…
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Fiddle Meets EDM
Canadian fiddler and singer-songwriter Ashley MacIsaac and fellow Canadian percussionist and producer Jay “Sticks” Andrews got together to form a new project called Fdler. The…
View More Fiddle Meets EDMArtist Profiles: Aidan O’Rourke
Aidan O’Rourke is a fiddle player and composer from Oban on the West Coast of Scotland. He has toured extensively in Europe and North America…
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American musician Abby Newton first brought her cello into the folk music scene in the mid 1970’s as a member of The Putnam County String…
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St. Patrick, the revered 5th century saint, patron saint of Ireland and often thought to be the first bishop of Armagh, wasn’t Irish. According to…
View More Music Goodies for St. Patrick’s Day 2015Interview with Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Performers at 2014 Rainforest World Music Festival
Jamie Smith’s Mabon (JSM), an award winning, Welsh based band is of the UK’s finest original InterCeltic music performers, crossing borders to explore the forms…
View More Interview with Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Performers at 2014 Rainforest World Music FestivalSt. Patrick Sounds
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner it’s once again the season to wrap yourself in the warm green glow of some fine Celtic…
View More St. Patrick SoundsRenowned Celtic Acts at Christmas Celtic Sojourn in Boston and New York
Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, Solas, Dougie Maclean, Aoife O’Donovan, and Kieran Jordan will participate in WGBH’s A Christmas Celtic Sojourn with Brian O’Donovan, an intimate…
View More Renowned Celtic Acts at Christmas Celtic Sojourn in Boston and New YorkCeltic Connections 2006 Announces New Concerts and Special Guests
Glasgow, Scotland – Irish singer Mary Black has been confirmed as one of Altan‘s ‘special guests’ helping the band to celebrate 21 years of playing…
View More Celtic Connections 2006 Announces New Concerts and Special GuestsRadical Scot Mestizos
Shooglenifty – Radical Mestizo (Compass Records 744092, 2005) The latest release by the hippest Scot band, Shooglenifty, is a live album. Radical Mestizo was recorded…
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