The Vermont-based duo, Rachel Clemente – a member of harp duo Two Shores and US National Scottish Harp champion (’16) – and Dan Houghton – a member of Cantrip, Pipers’ Den, and former member of Salsa Celtica – bring together an unlikely pairing of bagpipes and harp.
Kalos – 2022
Ryan McKasson, Eric McDonald, and Jeremiah McLane are masters of tradition who purposefully explore the dark corners floating on their edges. Their individual artistry is enhanced when together. In short, the sum creates a greater whole. The result is an alluring complexity, full of spontaneous musicality. Pulling from parallel strands of influence, they create a swirling level […]
Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter – 2022
Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter are a multi-instrumentalist duo with Celtic Harps, Swedish Nyckelharpa, Ukrainian Bandura, Bouzouki, Cittern, and more. They hail from San Francisco and tour extensively, both having successful recording and performing careers built from years of street performing and a background as rock musicians. They have performed with some of the biggest […]
Talisk – Scottish Trio – 2022
Scottish trio Talisk plays with so much power and presence, that it’s sometimes hard to believe there are only three of them. Their tight, propulsive, and often downright raucous instrumental sets have their basis in but are by no means confined to, the traditional music framework – such as when they get hold of a […]
Poor Man’s Gambit – 2022
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 […]
