We’re headed back to Scotland! We will be going on a tour of Scotland from March 5 through the 13 and want you to join us. We have a great itinerary coming together that will include stops in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Inverness, Isle of Skye and much more in between. See historical places such as Bannockburn, Culloden and the Royal Mile along with castles and lochs that are a part of this wonderful landscape. We will be creating some special once-in-a-lifetime experiences in a magical place, meeting great people and enjoying some fantastic music. Space is limited.
We are offering special discounts through the end of August, so sign up now and bring a friend. Registration forms can be downloaded from our web site at http://thecelticforce.com/trips/march-2012-scotland-tour
Source: http://www.thecourier.co.uk
By Leeza Clark
The actor is a big fan of west Fife charity the Clanranald Trust, which is building a medieval fortified village in the Fintry Hills just west of Falkirk.
As we reported last year, the Oscar winner has in the past arranged for the trust to receive a £60,000 battering ram used in the Ridley Scott blockbuster Robin Hood.
Looking for a relaxing weekend away from the heat? On June 4 & 5, the sounds of Celtic music flow beside one of the oldest rivers in the world.
Located at River House Inn in Grassy Creek, NC (off Hwy 16, north of Jefferson) you will be able to take in the tunes of Celtic inspired music being performed along with a unique menu featuring Celtic dishes and even a Scotch tasting.
On Saturday June 4, the event starts at 5pm at River House with music and stories from our guest artists. Dinner will be served at 6:30 followed by more entertainment at 8pm. Artists scheduled to appear start with a duo from Charlotte, The Thistledown Tinkers, playing traditional Scottish and Irish tunes featuring fiddle and guitar.
Also, regional musician and historian, RG Absher will be presenting Celtic music with an Appalachian twist and talking about the Scots-Irish influence on the development of this region, especially during the War of Independence. He will be performing some old tunes on fiddle and other instruments from the era.
The dinner will feature special Celtic dishes and, along with the entertainment, be offered at a special price of $50 per person, plus tax & gratuity. Those that wish to join us just for the entertainment portion can do so for $10 per person. A cash bar will be offered and an optional Scotch tasting will be featured throughout the evening.
On Sunday June 5 at 4pm River House will be featuring Steve & Ruth Smith as part of their Sunday Salon series. These artists are wonderful regional musicians performing Celtic & Old Time music on guitar & hammered dulcimer. The evening includes music, appetizers and dinner, as well. Details and reservations for either, or both nights, can be made at www.riverhousenc.com Join us for this special weekend of food, culture and entertainment.
Source: http://www.dallasobserver.com
Getting typecast as “that St. Patrick’s Day band” could be a terrifying prospect.
But whereas some respond to such designation by playing down certain hackneyed elements of their culture as an attempt to avoid becoming cliché, Los Angeles’ Flogging Molly, whose combination of the traditional elements of Celtic music with the energy and brashness of American-style punk has propelled this band for well over a decade now, unapologetically embraces this classification.
“Fourteen years down the road, the typecasting has already been done,” says Flogging Molly mandolin and banjo player Bob Schmidt. “I don’t think we’re afraid of it. It just is what is. People like to look at things compartmentally and narrowly because it’s easier to associate them with other things they know. It’s there, and we don’t want to perpetuate it, but at the same time we’re not going to worry about it. We are what we are. People have to learn to love it or hate it on their own accord, and there’s not a lot we can do about it.”
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Tartan Day South is a new Celtic festival being presented on April 1 & 2, 2011 in Columbia, SC and Celtic Force has been hired to produce the event!
The kickoff is on Friday evening at 6pm with a reception and is followed by a fundraising event featuring whiskey tasting, dinner, concert & auction at the host hotel. Later that evening a pub-crawl is planned in downtown Columbia with music provided by some of the weekend’s featured entertainers.
Saturday the main festival takes place at the Historic Columbia Speedway in Cayce, SC. which highlights Celtic music, Highland athletics, pipe bands, clan/society area, Celtic Marketplace, food, kids activities and demonstrations in dancing, piping, storytelling, herding, to name a few. The hours on Sat. run from 10am until 8pm and will be packed with something for everyone and a few special surprises.
We’re especially excited about the first musical line up because it brings together some diverse, quality acts with plenty of energy. Drum roll please…..RATHKELTAIR, BARLEYJUICE, THE BLESSED BLEND, CUTTHROAT SHAMROCK, THISTLEDOWN TINKERS, DAVEY RAMONE MORRISON, MARCILLE WALLIS.
And the best part……it’s only $10 per person for Saturday! Start your festival season at Tartan Day South. You’ll find more details at www.tartandaysouth.com
We all seem to make changes at the changing of the calendar and Celtic Force is no different. People come and go as time passes and we are pleased to announce those that are now coming on board with our team.
First, the musicians being added to our list of artists we currently represent or recommend. You’ve heard about the signing of Skerryvore from Scotland, great group of young Celtic rockers that we’ll be introducing to the US market this year. We are also very proud to announce the addition of Appalachian Celtic Punk group Cutthroat Shamrock out of Tennessee. High energy, in your face, get up and move kind of music. Also we are very happy to have our long time friend, Davey Morrison (formally of Albannach) along with us. You will be seeing Davey at some of the events we manage as well as some other venues as the year progresses with his own unique brand of entertainment. So get ready you Eejits. We are also expecting another addition but are not able to annouce them at this time.
Secondly, we are growing and taking on additional task, such as our social radio network at celticforceradio.com, our international tours and even producing a new album for Mickey Harte, the award winning contemporary folk rocker from Ireland. This requires good people out in the market promoting our services and we are proud to have the following folks joining our effort. These folks will be helping us at events, hitting the phones to promote our musicians, working with our radio programming and filling in some of the gaps caused by rapid growth. These brave souls are David Glenn, Lynn McKinney, Peggy Jo Braswell, Danny Skinner, Daphne Swilling and Mike Dunlap.
We will be featuring profiles of our new additions over the next couple of weeks but wanted to officially welcome them to the team. Going to be one heck of a year! Get READY!
Imagine a wintry day in the Christmas season. Inside a pub, Irish and Scottish traditional musicians regale locals and travelers alike with their playing. In wander carolers, seeking shelter from the snow, but hardly in the mood to stop their evening s music-making. Soon, caroling from the choir mixes with the instrumental riffs of the traditional musicians, and the warmth from their collaboration literally chases the cold winter away. This scene is created annually in Charleston, SC in the Taylor Music Group s Celtic Christmas presentations and it is brought into the listener s living room with this recording.
The making of this CD represents years of dreaming with my wife Mary of a Christmas recording that reflects the musical universe we are lucky enough to inhabit every Holiday season. It brings together the worlds of classical and Celtic music in a fashion that may seem to be a dichotomy to some, but is perfectly natural to those of us that live with both art music and folk music on a daily basis. We have drawn inspiration from so many including composer/song collectors Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst; the Baltimore Consort, Ensemble Galilei, and Yo Yo Ma; our friend Steve Rosenberg, and above all, my deceased father Bob Taylor, the namesake for the Taylor Festival Choir. Of course, the instrumentalists on this CD have been heroes for years, many of whom we met originally at the Swannanoa Gathering in Asheville, NC, and subsequently brought to Charleston to teach in our annual summer festival. It s hard to express the high that was generated in the recording sessions and even the rehearsals.
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Eclectic. That’s how you might describe this album by Beth Patterson. She drums up the courage to sing in French on only the second track – which is not entirely inappropriate for a Louisiana native – and manages to pull it off. With that test out of the way, it’s easy to continue down the path of eclecticism she’s walked into.
The album includes tracks that, while retaining the typical Celtic sound, venture boldly into jazz and Cajun territory, and sound all the better for it. Traditional Celtic tunes, such as ‘Heather on the Moor’ and ‘Ye Jacobites By Name’, are also present.
Far from being safe choices however, Beth Patterson manages to give them a twist that really makes them swing, just like the rest of the music on Hybrid Vigor.
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We are proud to inform you about our new Social Radio Network we’ve established online, in partnership with Zeus Radio, that will provide a site for keeping up with, listening to, providing ideas for and talking about Celtic music and related topics!
Along with Celtic music we’ll strive to cover some of the best in independent music artists from across the world, such as Mickey Harte. Did we mention that we plan to include artists interviews, CD & book reviews, chat rooms, a calendar of events, travel features and some cool shopping opportunities as part of the experience?
Visit: www.celticforceradio.com and create your profile and start looking around. We hope to build our base of fans and get your input on what type of music you would like to be hearing. We will also be asking for your ideas on other items of interest, we want to make this a place that you enjoy visiting often. It will take a bit of time to grow and refine but we hope we provide a place to get good music, good information, good ideas and find some good friends.
The music will be switched on the first of December, just in time for Christmas, and will be streaming 24/7. Tell your friends about what’s coming and invite them to join. Let’s establish a “gathering” on line. More details will follow as we grow. Come along for the ride. Help us make Celtic Force Radio your radio.
On Friday night, Nov. 12th, you have the opportunity to celebrate Scotland’s National Day a little early. St. Andrews is the patron saint of Scotland and the 30th of November is set aside to recognize Scotland’s nationality.
In the High Country you can celebrate this day by attending a dinner and concert featuring one of Scotland’s treasures, singer/songwriter, Jim Malcolm.
Malcolm is the winner of the Scots Trad Music Awards Songwriter of the Year and has been runner up for singer of the year. (www.jimmalcolm.com)
He is known for his smooth vocals, his charismatic delivery and his wit. Jim has performed in the past at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, as well as other regional venues, and will deliver his tribute to St Andrew’s Day at the Broyhill Inn & Conference Center in Boone, NC.
The dinner will be at 7pm followed by the concert in the Grand Ballroom at Broyhill Inn. This celebration is being presented jointly by the Broyhill Inn and Celtic Force Enterprises.
Tickets for the dinner and the concert are $45 per person and can be purchased on line at www.thecelticforce.com/tickets. For more information you can call 336-499-9733
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