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Coyote Run – “Kilts at Christmas”

Celtic Force — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:36:33 +0000

Coyote Run kicked of the Christmas season this weekend with their vibrant holiday show “A Kilted Christmas”. Here’s a description from their web site of this fabulous show.

Kilts at Christmas!
Our very popular holiday concert featuring an entirely separate repertoire from our regular concert series. This family-oriented show features music that ranges from sacred to silly, poignant to peppy jigs and reels. The concert features guest artists and dancers and a dramatic narrator who guides the audience through the streets and houses of the imagined seaside town of Inis Veil. This heartwarming program is highly theatrical, dramatic, and moving. Perfect family fare.

For more information, please visit www.CoyoteRun.com!

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The Forget-Me-Nots: Bringing fresh energy to the ageless tradition of Celtic music!

Celtic Force — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:31:47 +0000

The Forget-Me-Nots have thrilled listeners at festivals, concerts, house parties, weddings, and fund-raisers throughout North Carolina and Tennessee. Their music ranges from energetic reels and soulful airs to great works from the classical repertoire.

The Celtic Force has presented The Forget-Me-Nots at both Christmas in July & The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. This past May, group member Maura Shawn Scanlin was a special guest performer at Oak Hill Academy and perfomed with Coyote Run, a favorite Celtic band.

The Forget-Me-Nots are now the Friday night house band for the Mast Farm Inn! We will be playing Friday nights in the Parlor at the Mast Farm Inn from about 5:15 – 6:15 P.M.

For more information, please visit: http://www.theforgetmenots.com

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The Music Flowed in Williamsburg

Celtic Force — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:06:44 +0000

By: Donovan Murray
www.TheCelticForce.com

The sounds from the stage this weekend at the Williamsburg Scottish Festival matched the turnout. It was GREAT! This is the second year Celtic Force has handled the entertainment for the festival, now into its third decade, and the combination of styles and personalities of the performers left those attending with wonderful memories. The weather turned out to be fantastic (no rain, a little warm) and the full moon that delivered its smile on Saturday night topped off a perfect evening. Seems that a new attendance record was set as well. Those performing not only complimented each other but there were several times during the weekend that different artists joined others on stage for a once in a lifetime jam.

As usual the power and sound of pipes and drums delivered by Albannach had everyone moving to the primal tunes and screaming loud enough to reach Richmond. Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas wowed the audience with their blend of fiddle and cello that delivered listeners the passion and intensity of instruments that have left their marks on Celtic music history. Coyote Run, normally a long way from home, were pumped to be playing in their own backyard with sets that demonstrated their unique abilities, highlighted by tight harmonies and theatrical presentations, that took the audience to new places in the Celtic music experience. And when you consider that Williamsburg honors the military during their weekend, it was fitting to have the Air Force Heritage Aire Celtic Ensemble, based out of Langley, playing traditional and lighthearted tunes that showcased those individual musicians’ talents.

You know you have a good blend of talent when you see members of Coyote Run, along with Alasdair Fraser, join the Air Force Ensemble for a tune. To see the crowd on its feet getting dance step instructions from Alasdair so that everyone knows how to do a Scottish reel adds a special something to the day. Having local musicians such as So’loch & a group based out of the Green Oak Pub in Virginia Beach add their talents to the mix. And then Albannach invites Coyote Run & Graham Smith to join them on the final song of the weekend to end with a bang. That’s special!

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Coyote Run – The Thinking Person’s Celtic Rock Band

Celtic Force — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:47:47 +0000

Within a sweeping soundscape, Coyote Run engages the audience in story after story, whisking them away to march side by side with Joan of Arc, or to roll out the guns against Sir Francis Drake, invade the French city of Calais, snatch back a faerie abductee, or witness the cruelty of a witch trial in colonial Virginia. The stories are rich and compelling, the melodies are memorable and at once manage to be both familiar and original. Tight harmonies and soaring vocals telling tales from legend, history and myth are the hallmark of this band.

“Imagine Jethro Tull on Broadway and you start to get the picture.”

- Sam McDonald, Daily Press, Virginia

Bagpipes, guitars, accordion, whistles, didgeridoo, electric bass, killer drums, and much more greet the audience at a Coyote Run concert. Something in the alchemical mix of the players and their unique backgrounds creates a seamless, adrenaline filled show that never lets up. From the growling, rhythmic screams of the digeridoo, to the rich, polyrhythms of the drums, to the monstrous and intricate bass lines, the wailing lead guitar, the filigree of the accordion, the triumph of the bagpipes and the lyrical whimsy of the whistles, this is a band that is unlike any other and is not soon forgotten.

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