Artist description Essentially Celtic, but with world music influences.

Music Style Celtic

Artist History The band was formed in 1984, and over the course of fifteen years, they have gained an international reputation as the most eclectic and adventurous band on the Celtic music scene. Concert tours and appereances at many of the world's major Folk Festivals has taken them through Europe, North America, Africa and Australia.

Group Members Ged Foley: Vocal/Guitar/Mandolin/Fiddle Chris Parkinson: Melodeon/Harmonica/Vocal John Skelton: Flute/Bombard/Whistle/Veuze/Bodhran Sandy Jones: Fiddle Bernie Nau: Keyboard/Oboe/Vocals

Instruments Bombard, Guitar, Melodeon, Piano, Synth, Flute Bodhran, Harmonica, Fiddle, Northumbrian pipes.

Albums THE HOUSE BAND [1985] Topic 12TS439 PACIFIC [1987] Topic 12TS445 WORD OF MOUTH [1989] Green Linnet GL 3045 STONETOWN [1992] Green Linnet GL 3060 GROUNDWORK [1993] Green Linnet GL 1132 ANOTHER SETTING [1994] Green Linnet GL 1143 ROCKALL [1996] Green Linnet GL 1174 OCTOBER SONG [1998] Green Linnet 1190

Press Reviews "Their tran-Europe express is an acoustic crash course in Celtic music." -THE VILLAGE VOICE" The Celtic music find of the year...brilliant individual playing, crystalline ensemble work, and an unerring taste for great material." -THE BOSTON HERALD" Pan-Celtic Renegades!!" -THE OREGONIAN" The Imaginative band at the forefront of modern celtic music." -PULSE" A carefree blend of traditions with a tendency to rock on!" -FOLK ROOTS" A triumph of style and content." -THE SCOTSMAN" Their gleeful distain for traditional categorizations is matched by an respect for the spirit and mood of the music whatever it's source." -DIRTY LINEN" An instrumental and vocal delight....playing as if they had been together forever." -EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

Location Athens, Ohio - USA

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