Tag Archives: Celtic music

Katie McNally’s Flourish

Flourish is a good choice of title for this fine collection of fiddle tunes. It aptly describes the tasteful touches that young Boston fiddler Katie McNally adds to the repertoire to make it her own, and in its other meaning … Continue reading

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Vishtèn’s Mosaïk

Among what is now a plethora of artists and groups playing the traditional music of Francophone Canada, the trio Vishtèn is taking things in a different direction. Their release Mosaïk could maybe be described as progressive Acadian, in much the … Continue reading

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Brian McNeill’s The Newest Recordings

Now in his early sixties, Scottish folk musician Brian McNeill has been performing traditional and writing traditionally-inspired music since the late 1960s, when he co-founded the Battlefield Band. Two of these three CDs are representative of some of his more … Continue reading

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Paul McKenna Band’s Stem the Tide

Paul McKenna sings like a cross between Seth Lakeman and Dick Gaughan. I wonder if he has taken some influence here. The band plays for all the world like The Boys of the Lough. Absolutely brilliant musicians I am sure. … Continue reading

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Gothard Sisters’ Story Girl

Story Girl is the sixth album and latest release from The Seattle-based trio, The Gothard Sisters. The other week I had the pleasure of reviewing the The Gothard Sisters’ Christmas album and I wondered at the time what else they were … Continue reading

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Colcannon: The Pooka and the Fiddler / Happy as Larry: Two Stories by Colcannon

Ahhh, there you are. I saw you sitting over in Falstaff’s Chair by the cheerfully cracklin’ fire on this cold, windy, and even rainy night. I see you’re enjoying your novel. . . . Me? I’m reading de Lint’s Moonheart … Continue reading

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Dalla’s Cribbar

Dalla are a 4 piece dance band specialising in Cornish ‘Celtic’ dance music. They are based in Redruth, Cornwall. If you are dancer who enjoys the odd schottishe, furry, kabm pymp, etc, you’ll know what you are doing more than … Continue reading

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Chieftains at the Scene Pavilion

Wendy Donahue wrote this lovely review. Ah, summer…that wonderful time of year during which music enthusiasts rejoice at the proliferation of outdoor concerts, multiplying the options for taking in a good show many times over. I was fortunate enough to … Continue reading

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Phil Hardy’s Revisited

Phil Hardy makes whistles. Really. He has a company called Kerrywhistles that sells two styles of low whistle, known as the Chieftain and the Kerry, designed and made by Phil Hardy. His website suggests that a number of artists well-known … Continue reading

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The Sevens’ Valiant

Some of the best American Celtic music being played and recorded these days is being made by bands that you’ll never hear live unless you live near where they play in small concert halls and bars. Even the better-known bands … Continue reading

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