Poor Man’s Gambit was formed in 2015 and hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The trio has released 3 albums, completed two international tours, and has been noted as an increasingly popular Irish-American group. Featuring Corey Purcell (button accordion, cittern, bodhran, vocals, dance), Deirdre Lockman (fiddle, vocals), and Federico Betti (guitar, fiddle) PMG brings together three […]
Kevin Carr – 2022
“For over thirty years dynamic fiddler-piper-storyteller Kevin Carr has honed his craft in smoky Irish pubs, remote cabins in Quebec, and in dance halls across America. He’s played banjo in Latvia, learned to play the bagpipes of a dozen countries, and dug deep to find just the right stories to share. His one-man musical theater […]
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh – 2022
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh’s name is synonymous with what’s good in the music and culture of her native County Donegal, Ireland. Born in the Gaeltacht area of Gaoth Dobhair, where Gaeilge was her main language, she learned her songs and tunes from her family and neighbours. Mairéad’s father, Francie Mooney was a noted fiddler, songwriter, and […]
Katie McNally Trio – 2021
2021 – Katie McNally grew up playing Scottish and Cape Breton music in Boston, Massachusetts, and currently tours with her own projects, Fàrsan and the Katie McNally Trio. A member of the cross-genre fiddle supergroup, Childsplay, Katie has also toured with Karan Casey, John Whelan, and Galician bagpiper Carlos Núñez. Her 2020 album Now More Than […]
The Winifred Horan Quartet – 2021
Acclaimed fiddler and composer, Winifred Horan brings this quartet to the Yachats Celtic Music Festival for a weekend of soulful, lively, and stunning music and song with Utsav Lal on piano, Cary Novotny on guitar and vocals, and Johnny Connolly on accordion. Horan was born in New York City to Irish parents and studied piano, […]
Beòlach -2019
Beòlach is one of Cape Breton’s most exciting and innovative traditional bands. Performing a lively mix of Cape Breton, Scottish and Irish tunes, the group features Mairi Rankin (fiddle, step-dance), Wendy MacIsaac (fiddle, piano, step-dance), Mac Morin (piano, accordion, step-dance), Matt MacIsaac (pipes, whistles, guitar ). On stage and on their recordings, Beòlach presents original […]
