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1. Celtic Music News
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Greetings friends,

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THE BARDS, ENDS FRIDAY-MIDNIGHT
How could I forget! The Austin Chronicle is holding their
annual best music poll. The poll is open to all to vote for
the best bands in Austin. Last year, the Brobdingnagian Bards
score #2 for best folk band. We need your help to make us #1.

Please vote for the Brobdingnagian Bards. You can find our
suggestions for us and other Celtic bands to vote for at
http://thebards.net/links/Austin_Chronicle_Poll.shtml

Thank you!

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NORTH TEXAS IRISH FESTIVAL 2005
http://www.ntif.org/
Bluegrass Has Green Roots. The 23rd year of the North Texas
Irish Festival is gearing up for another great year. Tim O'Brien
headlines along with Téada, Sliabh Notes, Ed Miller, The Elders
and many more. I also see The Rogues, Jed Marum, and Brothers 3
will be there, and Austin sensation The Sarah Dinan Band will
make their debut at this year's festival.

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EXCALIBUR FANTASY FAIRE
http://www.excaliburfaire.com/
A Medieval/Renaissance festival just outside of Austin featuring
lots of great music in a relaxed, comfortable, Renaissance-style
environment, March 12-April 3. Features the Brobdingnagian Bards,
Bedlam Bards, and Birds of a Feather. Keep an eye open for a guest
appearance from Queen's Gambit.

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CELTIC BAND FEATURE #1
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"Paddy Canny's Castle (jigs)" by Time To Time

First half of the Twentieth Century... The Irish Republic took
advantage of its recent independance and its role as a stepping
stone between Europe and the New World to wipe out memories of
crisis years to take artistic achievements to their heights.
This effervescence produced great musicians, masters of their
craft, who went to the USA, where, thanks to the rising
phonographic industry, they aroused a new interest in
traditional Irish music.

Some years later, fiddlers Paddy Canny, PJ Hayes, Bobby Casey,
Paddy Fahy, Ed Reavy, Sean Ryan or Junior Crehan, as well as
accordionists Paddy O'Brien and Joe Cooley were to become
legendary. Not only were they great performers, they were also
composers of genius who inspired generations to come. It was the
Golden Age of Irish music.

Time To Time tries to be faithful to the traditional feel,
playing music as it used to be played in the heart of post-war
rural communities in Ireland. Lively, spontaneous, profound and
joyful, Time To Time's music resembles that of the great masters
of the past whose music we have all inherited.

Time To Time mingles the sounds of fiddle, accordion - and its
cousin the melodion - cello and guitar with the warmth of the
human voice, in a repertoire that has its roots deep in the west
of Ireland, County Clare, Galway and Tipperary to be precise;
for that is where the most beautiful traditional tunes
originated.

Time To Time will carry you through time and space into the
warmth and friendliness of the Irish pubs and dance-halls of
bygone days. The free style of accompaniment on melodies played
strictly in the west of Ireland traditions create the original
sound of Time to Time.

Hometown: Paris, France
Similar Artists: Clare and East-Galway musicians, Paddy Canny,
Paddy Fahy, Paddy O'Brien, Bobby Casey, Ed Reavy

Homepage: http://www.timetotime.org/
Download: http://www.timetotime.org/html/live.htm
Buy CD: Irish traditional music from Clare and East-Galway
http://www.timetotime.org/html/musique.htm



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CELTIC CD FEATURE
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The Best of Silly Wizard by Silly Wizard
by Phil Hall

Artist: Silly Wizard
Album: The Best of Silly Wizard
Year produced: 1985

"The Best of Silly Wizard" is something of a misnomer,
since this 1985 CD is also the best of Scottish-style Celtic
folk music. This marvelous compilation captures Silly Wizard at
its rambunctious peak, mixing compelling ballads and rollicking
reels with such skill that it is difficult to keep pace with
its energy and passion.

Andy M. Stewart, the lead vocalist for the group, is responsible
for true wizardry in bringing many of the songs to full-throttle
life. "The Fishermen's Song," a bitter and rueful meditation on
the perilous maritime life and the widows it leaves ashore, is
among the most brilliant compositions in the canon of Celtic
music. "The Valley of Strathmore" and "Broom o' th Cowedenknowes"
swing into a more sentimental realm, with its romantic yet futile
dream of turning back time to a more serene past. "The Queen of
Argyll" provides a playful celebration of feminine charm, as
"the roses in the garden bow and ask their pardon" of the song's
eponymous beauty. And the rendition of the traditional folk tune
"Donald McGillavry," paired with a roaring rendition of
"O'Neill's Calvary March," rivals the speed limit with its
frenetic rush of wordplay and tune (Stewart's normally clear
diction blurs into a near-indecipherable mash coated in the
thickest Scottish brogue put on microphone).

When Stewart is not singing, Silly Wizard still reigns with the
combined mastery of accordionist Phil Cunningham, his fiddler
brother Johnny Cunnigham, guitarists Bob Thomas and Martin Hadden
and bass player Martin Hadden. Two lengthy instrumental numbers
combining a series of classic reels offer Scottish folk at its
most-spirited. If anything, the The Best of Silly Wizard should
come with seatbelts because Silly Wizard takes the listener on
the wildest of Celtic music rides.

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Celtic MP3s Music Magazine writer, Phil Hall is contributing
editor for Film Threat, book editor for the New York Resident,
author of "The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies" (MWP Books)
and a proud child of Wales.


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CELTIC BAND FEATURE #2
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"The Irish Volunteers" by Mick Moloney

Mick Moloney is the author of "Far From the Shamrock Shore: The
story of Irish American History Through Song" released by Crown
Publications in February of 2002 with an accompanying CD on
Shanachie Records. He holds a Ph.D. in folklore and folklife
from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught
ethnomusicology, folklore and Irish studies courses at the
University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, and Villanova
Universities, and currently teaches at New York University in
the Irish Studies program.

He has recorded and produced over forty albums of traditional
music and acted as advisor for scores of festivals and concerts
all over America. Mick also served as the artistic director for
several major arts tours including The Green Fields of America,
an ensemble of Irish musicians, singers and dancers which toured
across the United States on several occasions.

He has hosted three nationally syndicated series of folk music
on American Public Television; was a consultant, performer and
interviewee on the Irish Television special "Bringing It All
Back Home"; a participant, consultant and music arranger of the
PBS documentary film "Out of Ireland"; and a performer on the
PBS special "The Irish in America: Long Journey Home." In 1999
he was awarded the National Heritage Award from the National
Endowment for the Arts - the highest official honor a
traditional artist can receive in the United States.

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Similar Artists: Cherish the Ladies, Emmet Folk Group,
Greenfields of America, Planxty, The Bothy Band, The Johnstons,
Eugene O'Donnell, Robbie O'Connell, Jimmy Keane, Seamus Egan

Homepage: http://www.mickmoloney.com/
Download: http://www.mickmoloney.com/music/
Buy CD: Far From the Shamrock Shore
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Y1TP/thebards



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Celtic Jewellery (added: 10-Jan-2005)
http://www.CelticDesignStudio.co.uk
Suppliers of the finest collection of Celtic & Welsh
Jewellery.

Scottish Mayhem (added: 18-Jan-2005)
http://www.scottishmayhem.com/
Scottish Mayhem consists of Lars Sloan, Bryan Blaylock and
Jimmy Mitchell, all former and founding members of the
Scottish Rogues. With Six Grammy Award Nominations, they
have been entertaining fans all over the world since 1995.
Their unique style, original music and energetic stage shows
are what allow them to break the boundaries of traditional
Celtic music and entertain even the harshest critics.

peter o'malley (added: 18-Jan-2005)
http://www.peteromalley.net
singer songwritter with new c d out,"Till the morning gets
late"

Gaelic Highland Festival (added: 22-Jan-2005)
http://www.festiville.com
3 days of Scottish and Irish Food,Music, Dance and Drink for
all ages in Canon City, CO

Gladly Playe Wyth Stryngs (added: 23-Jan-2005)
http://www.gladlyplaye.com
Gladly Playe performs music that is centered around melodies
on hammer dulcimer, violin, Irish whistles and wooden
flute. Much of the repertoire has origins in the British
Isles, particularly Scotland and Ireland, and is often
hundreds of years old. Most of the tunes are from within the
folk idiom. Gladly Playe also performs adapted classics,
Shaker tunes, and new music written specifically for the
hammer dulcimer in the folk genre.

Mill a h-Uile Rud (added: 23-Jan-2005)
http://www.yahoo.com/millahuilerud/
Mill a h-Uile Rud play melodic punk rock in the Scottish
Gaelic language. "...some of the best new Gaelic music I have
heard in a long time. " -Murchadh MacLeoid, The Scotsman.

Moch Pryderi (added: 24-Jan-2005)
http://www.mochpryderi.com/
Six piece Virginia based Welsh and Breton Music band
playing music of the Brythonic Celts on Harp, bagpipe,
bombarde, pibgorn,
bouzouki, banjo, fiddle and guitar

Derek Warfield of The Wolfe Tones (added: 24-Jan-2005)
http://www.derekwarfield.com/
Derek Warfield is a historian, singer, songwriter, mandolin
player and the leader of the legendary Wolfe Tones.
Performing with the band for over 37 years, he beguiled and
entertained audiences worldwide, he has been their voice
with stirring introductions and amusing antidotes that have
endeared him to countless thousands of fans. He has written
and recorded over 60 songs and ballads.



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