Ireland’s contemporary rock icon, Mickey Harte, will return to the US in March for several shows in Illinois, North Carolina, Virginia & DC.
This is a follow up to his first successful tour in the fall of last year with Celtic Force and is in support of his new recording project, Man’s Aloud to Dream, due to be released this spring.
Be sure to check out the schedule on his web site and listen to the sneak preview song, Bordertown. from his new CD.
We are also pleased to announce that Mickey will be a special guest with the world famous Irish band, The Chieftains, on Sunday night March 13 in Raleigh, NC. Don’t miss a chance to experience this 4 time platinum Sony recording artist if you are near one of these shows.
For more information, visit: http://www.mickeyhartemusic.com
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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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“Celtic Force Enterprises and Clanranald Trust are pleased to announce a partnership between their two organizations to promote their mutual interest in Scottish culture and heritage in the United States, Scotland and worldwide.”
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Skerryvore formed in 2004 on the Isle of Tiree off the west coast of Scotland, but the past six years has seen them adapt their traditional roots to become internationally renowned rock musicians. For piper Martin Gillespie the reason is simple, they never did get rid of those Scots bagpipes and fiddles.
Rock music took a while to take off in Scotland, but since the Bay City Rollers exploded into the charts in the 1970s the number of acts coming out of the country has been staggering. Rock legends AC/DC were part Scottish, Primal Scream formed in Glasgow and Franz Ferdinand experienced almost immediate chart success.
Yet far from lagging behind the rest of the world, Scotland became a pioneer in the genre and it wasn’t long before Runrig, Idlewild and bands like Skerryvore had carved out a Scot-rock niche for themselves.
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“A Man’s Aloud to Dream.”
Wanna hear a bit of what we’ve been working on lately?
Mickey Harte’s new album! Can’t say enough how excited we all are to share it with you!
Sneak peek on the website…
Visit MickeyHarteMusic.com!
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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!
Sunday marks the one year anniversary of the death of our good friend, author & historian, David Robertson Ross.
As a tribute to David’s memory we will be running special programming on Celtic Force Radio featuring some music and words that represent David.
We are starting at midnight on Sunday morning and running a 20 min. tribute every three hours. We want to invite folks across the globe to tune in and raise a glass to the memory of this well-loved giant of a man. We miss you and will carry on with your work.
Sunday
Schedule: Scotland US (eastern)
5am midnight
8am 3am
11am 6am
2pm 9am
5pm noon
8pm 3pm
11pm 6pm
2am (Mon) 9pm
5am (Mon) midnight
The programming software is set for the top of each hour but will only play the tribute once the current song in the Que is finished, so the set may not kick off exactly on the hour. As a reference point, the tribute starts with Dougie MacLean’s “Caledonia”.
RIP, David.
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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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I think it is important on this occasion to give a little insight in to the inspiration behind “Home on Christmas day”. A story a friend shared with me on how as a young child her Dad returned home after getting sober, and thankfully stayed sober, and how this changed and improved the lives of her and her family forever.
This recording is dedicated to anyone who may find themselves in a similar place this Christmas. Be strong, there is hope and help!!
Originally recorded for a previous Christmas project, I’m delighted I got the chance to revisit this song. Please enjoy the new arrangement, live drums, some extra guitars, some old bits out and new ones in, and a better vocal comp over all…I think!!.
Happy Christmas Mj
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