Green Man / Wild Man and Children’s Culture Conference (Press Release)

This two-day multidisciplinary conference which takes place in Trinity College Dublin 20-21 July 2012, will explore the role of green man and wild man motifs in twentieth and twenty-first century children’s culture. From Puck to Captain Planet, the green man motif may help to kindle ecological awareness and excite the environmental imagination. The green man . . . → Read More: Green Man / Wild Man and Children’s Culture Conference (Press Release)

The Euphoria of Traditional Irish Band Dervish: North American 2012 Spring Tour (Press Release)

The members of traditional Irish band Dervish met as most Irish musicians do: as strangers in a bar.  “I’m a farmer’s daughter,” says singer Cathy Jordan, “and someone else in the band is an architect’s son. Outside of music, we may have never met, but this is how Irish people have forged unlikely friendships . . . → Read More: The Euphoria of Traditional Irish Band Dervish: North American 2012 Spring Tour (Press Release)

Celtic Appalachia Along the Crooked Road (Press Release)

Celtic Appalachia: Along the Crooked Road Thursday, March 15 | 8 pm 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York City

A well-worn fiddle, a tapping cowboy boot, banjo, plucked with steel finger picks, followed by the autoharp, the mandolin, the percussive beat of an upright bass, and suddenly the room is bursting with knee-slapping music. –THE NEW . . . → Read More: Celtic Appalachia Along the Crooked Road (Press Release)

English Piping (A Musical Recommendation)

That’s Northumbrian small pipes playing… Quite tasty eh? No, it’s not Celtic music but rather from Northumbia, the northern most region of England. Yes, I know that it’s influenced by the Scottish smallpipe tradition but it’d uniquely its own music.

I know a album is very good when a musician who that plays that music . . . → Read More: English Piping (A Musical Recommendation)

Tickets on Sale for 2012 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival (Press Release)

Dear Friends:

Tickets for the 2012 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival (July 14-15, 2012 at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, Maine) are now available online. Check out what promises to be the premier event on the New England Celtic music calendar this year.

For a limited time, Saltwater is waiving its $5.00 shipping and . . . → Read More: Tickets on Sale for 2012 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival (Press Release)