Celtic News

Piper Jimmy Doig and other Black Watch supporters at Powrie Brae, with the statue in the background.

Ronan Hardiman wrote the entire score for ``The Lord of the Dance'' -- all 90 minutes of it, 18 sequences in all, about the same amount of music you'll find in three feature film scores -- in 11 weeks flat.

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Folk music ensembles usually go one of two ways -- the traditionalist course that maintains what always has been, or the modernist interpretation that tries to add something new to old forms.

Singer Mary Black says she's comfortable being seen as a contemporary singer, but points out there's always a strong taste of her Celtic heritage in her songs.

The last time Colcannon was in Glenwood Springs, the year was 2000. Don't miss the band's return to Glenwood for a one-night-only show at 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts.

The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission will present a performance by 'Irish renaissance man' Mick Moloney March 2 in East Brunswick.

The Music Center of Los Angeles County will present an outdoor family program rich with Irish and Scottish traditions as part of World City, a performance series celebrating the rich diversity of cultural ...

Local and nationally known musicians are included on Ferndale-based KHUM-FM's first collection of in-studio recordings.

On Saturday, Feb 26, the International Student Association at LSU will hold a "Sounds of Healing" concert at 7 p.m. in the International Cultural Center Hall of Cultures to benefit tsunami victims.

The House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band has added two of the world's pre-eminent band pipers, Iain Donaldson of Buffalo, New York, and John Walsh of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, to its ranks.

A BABY girl has brought joy to the family of Black Watch hero Scott McArdle, who was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.

He was broad-shouldered and handsome, and he wore a shirt as red as the red hair that stuck out from under his ever-present white cowboy hat.

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Call of the Celtic: Canadian band Leahy plays at 8 tonight at Our Lady of Mercy High School, 1437 Blossom Road.

The 33-year-old performer lost a lengthy battle with cancer last weekend. A mass was set to be held at St Michael and All Saints Church in Brougham Street to remember the gifted musician.

The Spirit of the West Cowboy Gathering runs Feb. 11-13 throughout Ellensburg. Featured entertainers will perform at the Morgan Theater and Central Washington University's McConnell Theater.

Jennifer Gonnerman will be interviewed on WNYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show" on Monday 1/31 at 11:40 am.

From a major exhibition on the Arts and Crafts movement to the opening of one of the world's biggest tree-houses, there is a diverse range of things to see in Britain in 2005.

No one likes a tease. And yet, after months and months of anticipation, complete with signs on the door advertising false start dates, Gothamist is still waiting with bated breath for the opening of The Chip ...

Karan Casey has been one of the bright lights of the traditional Irish music scene for more than a decade.

CELTIC folk stars are to pay tribute to the music of Scottish fiddling legend Johnny Cunningham in New York.

Southside Chicago Irish band the Tossers and St. Louis's Sibylline are set to bring their unique styles of music to Charleston 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Friends and Co.

The community is invited to attend a "Tsunami Relief Concert' at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, Jan.

Legendary rock producer and musician Bob Kulick (KISS, MEATLOAF) has almost finished producing "Michael Schenker and Heavy Hitters", an all-star lineup of musicians based around guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker ...

Oil and gas exploration group Providence Resources has said it is part of a consortium that has won a lease to drill for oil and gas in the Benin Basin.

Gaelic Storm, the band featured in the blockbuster movie, "Titanic," will headline this year's Blarney Bash in Dublin.

According to a posting on the BLACKMORE'S NIGHT web site, a man that was admitted to the Cardiac Care Unit of Southampton General Hospital in Southampton, England last week gave his name as Ritchie Blackmore ...

How many would-be scientists are in a Celtic fusion rock band? About three, if the band is Canadian quintet Enter the Haggis.

Top-notch, first-rate, above the best and peerless, the extremely popular Celtic folk group and Pacifica-based Golden Bough bid a farewell to long-time fans at a jam-packed Friday night concert at Pacifica's ...

North Wheeling resident Thaddeus Podratsky has asked Riverview Towers residents to join him in opposing a project to construct a 100-unit apartment complex in their back yard.

The Celtic people were often referred to as barbarians but that is far from the truth considering the vast and rich spirituality these pre-Christian people believed in and the value they had for nature.

The Royal Scots and The King's Own Scottish Borderers amalgamate into one battalion; The Royal Highland Fusiliers; The Black Watch (keeping their hackle); The Highlanders; and The Argyll and Sutherland ...