Friday October 28 2005 Liz Carroll & John Doyle Show starts at 9pm Tickets are $20.00 http://www.lizcarroll.com/ http://www.johndoylemusic.com/ MacHenry's 7618...
I've recently acquired second hand CDs by a couple of old fave Irish bands I haven't heard of for years. Does anyone else know what they, or their constituent...
Hi, Horslips have recently reunited. They released a CD last year. I think it went to #1 in the Irish Charts. They also apparently have a DVD coming out. Here...
I saw Declan Sinnott playing with Christy Moore in Glasgow a couple of years ago. A very accomplished musician and a great night. ... Irish ... they, ... very ...
Don't know what the goats are at. But the lips are still rockin, well kind of anyway. Last year they released an acoustic album (just re-working of the old...
I've several albums by bands who are neither Scottish nor Irish, but are usually taken to be by most friends who hear them for the first time. I'd be...
The Great Big Sea have brought folk music into the mainstream in Canada. They are kind of "Pogues Lite" lyrically but have managed to get teenagers bouncing up...
ALec, I can certainly imagine kids being roused by GBS, in the same way a lot of younger people were roused by the Pogues in the UK 20 years ago. And I know a...
Hi Garry, are celtic bands from abroad of any interest to UK promoters or record companies? Is it like selling ice to eskimos?. On the other hand, someone like...
Alec, I se you point, there's not much market for imported imitation Irish bands etc in the UK, but GBS offer something different withtheir very muscular...
Not sure if much of Mary Coughlan's recent output counts as folk, but quite a few folk enthusiasts still seem to like her music. I was rather surprised that...
After Yannick Sterpin in September, it’s Jean-François Durdu, our fiddler, who has decided to leave the Belgian folk-rock combo CEILI MOSS. He wants to...
I saw another Celtic souning act at a local folk club last week, Mark Haines & Tom Leighton. They were excellent. The club's blurb was: "Multi-instrumentalists...
Tom and Mark are very entertaining. Mark used to put a disco ball-hat on his head while playing the fiddle when I worked with him. The club-lights would go out...
I'm very pleased to announce Rise Kagona: Founding member of The Bhundu Boys: Champion Doug Veitch: Undisputed King of Caledonian Cajun Swing Culture Clash...
22nd January 2006, The Garage, Glasgow CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL Two Celtic Connections debut performances make up this doublebill of young Scottish talent....
Here is the play list for this weeks Medicine Show please feel free to link your web page up to www.the-medicineshow.co.uk or for the more technical, you can...
Hello all and happy holidays, Please forgive this shameless promotion but as the PRODUCER of this concert I'm afraid it's in my brief to be shameless and...
The Bully Wee Band, a Celtic folk-rock band, have reformed & are currently touring the UK. See http://www.colinreece.co.uk/bully_wee_band_2004.htm for details....
There's a good local BBC Radio programme that's featuring a few Celtic Connections artists - see http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/local_radio/index.shtml,...
Hello all Please take some time to check out the newly refurbished web site at www.tapselteeriemusic.com there are still some refinements to be made so it will...
I stumbled across an Irish-American fiddler I hadn't heard before a few days ago & have liked what I've heard. Consequently I've ordered an album of his called...
Found an intruiging-sounding Dutch festival with some Celtic content - see http://folkwoods.com/pages/folkwoods_programma.htm - Scotland's Tannahill Weavers...
The Belgian folk-rock band CEILI MOSS (http://www.ceilimoss.tk) is pleased to announce the name of their new fiddler, who replaces Jean-François Durdu, who...
