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Pikes Peak Celtic Festival June 16-18
Pikes Peak Celtic Festival June 16-18, Western Museum of Mining & Industry, Colorado Springs, CO TICKETS SOLD ONLINE ONLY- No tickets will be sold at the festival. Various pricing depending on Day pass,Weekend pass, and Age. Entertainment schedule online (Enter the Haggis pictured). Tickets and info: https://pikespeakcelticfestival.com Fest email: [email protected]
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Beth Patterson to Mud Wrestle Martha Stewart During Lannie”s Cabaret Show? Sunday, November 25, 2007
Interview with Beth Patterson by Pat McCullough Beth Patterson has a stage presence that has been described by viewers as “a cross between a cobra and a puppy.” No doubt the puppy is for her lovely smile and voice ” and the Cobra? Maybe for her fleet finger action on the fret board ” but more […]
Scruffy Murphy’s Raises $$$ for Children’s Hospital
“We raised $2K for Children”s Hospital…for the research of “SIDS”, said owner Andrew Toole, “We raised the money by silent auction with items donated by Natures Way, Pepsi Centre and Scruffy”s putting up two round trip tickets to Ireland.” Big Paddy, Kinetics & 66 Days provided entertainment. (photo by Donnie Danesh)
Colorado”s Jessie Burns Riding High
on the Waves of Gaelic Storm…
With fiddle in hand, she will drop into the Conor O”Neill”s Sunday night session in Boulder to play and visit with friends. “The folks there have been so supportive and kind,” she said about her fellow session players, “really generous with their excitement for me.” She will also teach fiddle lessons when she is home […]
The Guynd: A Scottish Journal
Reviewed by Mary McWay Seaman, Celtic Connection, September, 2007 Belinda Rathbone”s new memoir is an exceptional combo of history, lament, battle cry and chronicle of what is, sifted from what once was, in rural Scotland. To read THE GUYND: A SCOTTISH JOURNAL is to become an intern folded into the intimate workings of a culture with tattered […]
Nallen’s Golf Tournament Raises $7,000
The event raised $7,000 for the Denver Fire Fighters Burn Foundation. “Another great day of golf for a great cause” according to Steven Annis, tournament director. The 5th annual tournament will take place Monday June 23, 2008. Pictured above is John Nallen presenting the check at the Denver Fire Dept. station #6. John Nallen and […]
M”ire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman: An Incredible Evening of Harp and Guitar Music
The brilliant, innovative harping of M”ire N” Chathasaigh, Irish Traditional Musician of the Year 2001, and the astonishing virtuosity and versatility of English guitar wizard Chris Newman, has been heard all over the world: now they come to Cameron Church September 23rd for the first time with their addictive and stylish cocktail of powerhouse Irish […]
Sinead O”Connor at Paramount Theatre
SINEAD O”CONNOR will perform at the Paramount Theatre on Friday September 21 introducing her latest release “Theology”. “Theology is an attempt to create a place of peace in a time of war and to provoke thought,” says Sinead O’Connor about her new studio album, the artist’s first since her 2005 reggae collection, Throw Down Your […]
SPANISH PEAKS INTERNATIONAL
CELTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007
From the West of Europe
A slice of musical heaven in my life has been the experience of Willie Clancy Summer School held in County Clare on the West coast of Ireland. Each year around the first week of July thousands of people stream into Miltown Malbay, (once home to uilleann piper Willie Clancy) and surrounding towns to enjoy classes, […]
A Bit of Gab with the Guggenheim Grotto
an interview with Cindy Reich (August 07 Celtic Connection) Sometimes the good guys do win in the end. From a debut recording made in the bedroom of band member Shane Power to a song that was included in every demo iPhone, Guggenheim Grotto have won fans all across the land. Their debut album, “Waltzing Alone”, […]
TERRY BISON RANCH CHEYENNE, WYOMING
About an hour north on I-25 from Denver, my wife, 3 1/2year old son, and I began shouting out the names of the various animals that we saw in the fields along our leisurely drive toward Wyoming. Just a half hour later we were on the southern outskirts of Cheyenne when my wife and I […]
SPRAOI WATERFORD 2007 Celebrates the “Wild West”
“The biggest street party in Ireland” The Examiner The annual Spraoi Festival in Waterford is a gem in Ireland s calendar of summer events, offering audiences a dazzling and diverse array of free entertainment over the August bank holiday. For three days the quays, squares and streets of Waterford are transformed into vibrant outdoor stages. This […]
Look Low to Confluence Park: Rejuvenated Birthplace of Denver
On the lower side of LODO (Lower Downtown) where Cherry Creek meets the South Platte River is Confluence Park, the birthplace of Denver. Before it became Denver, the area was an encampment for the Arapahoe Indians. The U.S. government officially recognized that the land belonged to the Native Americans in the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty. […]