All Blog Posts Tagged 'traditional' (5)

Graceful pirate sets off on new musical voyage A new traditional music show based on the real-life story of the legendary Irish pirate chieftain, Grace O’ Malley or Gráinne Mhaol set sail on her maiden voyage from Westport House. Pirate, chieftain, lover and moth… Continue

The Bridies began their 2009 U.S. tour with several dates in Colorado in March. We are pleased to announce the following dates in addition to same. To stay on top of our most current information, dates, tunes, etc., please add us as your friend on MySpace: www.myspace.com/thebridies Saturday, May 23, 2009 - Chicago, IL Chicago Gaelic Park (Chicago Irish Fest) Sunday, May 24, 2009 - Chicago, IL Chicago Gaelic Park (Chicago Irish Fes… Continue

For the past couple of weeks I've been pretty busy developing a series of 16 Squidoo lenses for Maggie's Music, an independent label started over 20 years ago by hammered dulcimer player Maggie Sansone. The label specializes in what has been termed "chamber folk." While there are many solo recordings on the label, the artists often get together on each others' recordings as well. The music draws on Celtic traditions of Ireland, Scotland and other areas, with a good dash of American influence thr… Continue

Today I went to the Claddagh Irish Pub on the North Side in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. I am not sure how long they had this Irish Trad session, but it was my first time attending. I was amazed! Claddagh is a small Irish Pub chain http://www.claddaghirishpubs.com/ with very beautiful pubs, great food and of course alcohol. Anyway, this session was great. Best I had since Ireland - of course, I don't find that many in Indy... especially on the north side. 11 musicians! Multiple Fiddlers, Flu… Continue

My latest Squidoo lens is a natural choice: liveIreland.com, the site and station that got me inspired to create Celtic music lenses in the first place. Needless to say, I listened to the station throughout the creation of the lens, except when I was checking out the YouTube videos on the page. The first video is Klara McDonnell singing "Ride On." The other five I chose by going through the listings of videos that members of my.liveIre… Continue