Yes folks, this is
Hartford's Riverfront view today! The massive 'rolling' roof of the
new
Connecticut
Science Center beckons everyone to 'come down to the waterfront'.
We hope
you will join us on Saturday September 26 as we celebrate our eighth
annual
'Pipes in the Valley Celtic Music Festival'! Here's just some of the entertainment you can
expect!
GAELIC STORM You saw them in the
'The Titanic' movie! Now here is your chance to see them live!
Gaelic Storm plays over 125 dates/year and are heralded for their
energetic performances and enthusiastic audience interaction. Their
play list consists of original interpretations of Celtic classics
and well-crafted originals. The band has released 6 albums all of
which have charted on the Billboard World Music Charts including
their most recent album, "What's
The Rumpus?" Irish Album of the Year!
They last played at
Pipes In The Valley in 2006 to standing ovations!
They've played the Late, late show, with Craig Ferguson!
The Wicked Tinkers perform the kind of music you might have heard
hundreds of years ago at a Scottish wedding, ceilidh, or around the
campfire of a Highland raiding party.
Seven Nations is a Celtic rock band that formed in New York City,
New York, in 1993. The name comes from the seven Celtic nations,
including Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall, the Isle of
Man and the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Gallaecia). The band
tours extensively and has played in many diverse venues, from small
bars to prestigious concert halls.
The band regularly tours across the US, has appeared on ESPN, CNN
World Beat, PBS and CBS, and has sold over 140,000 albums since
1996, without signing to a major label
Gaelic for Great Echo, MacTalla Mor,
is a hard driving band whose dynamic rhythms pack festivals with Earth Shaking,
Ground Breaking Celtic Roots Music. They have played at Caesar's Palace Las
Vegas Grandfather Mountain Highland Games for ESPN, ABC and NBC TV and at Pete
Seeger's Clearwater Festival.
Their latest CD "The New Colossus" was recorded
in New York in 2007. The CD's title track The New
Colossus is based on a sonnet of the same name by Emma Lazarus that's final
lines were engraved on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of The Statue of Liberty
in 1912.
Four sisters,
Four part Harmony,
Four instruments,
. . . and eight dancing feet!
In 2003 Havilah and Heather branched out from the family quartet to
create the Maidens IV band. Two years later Abigail joined her older
sisters adding the alto sounds of her viola. In 2006 youngest sister
Tabitha, brought a vibrant change to the band with her driving
rhythms and sensitive acoustic guitar.
A new dimension to Celtic music sparks to existence as these lovely
ladies whirl into the Celtic & Folk sphere.
'Red Hot Chilli Pipers'
appearing at
New Hampshire Highland Games September 18 - 20, 2009
If you saw the Red Hot Chilli Pipers at last year's 'Pipes in the
Valley' Festival or happened to be fortunate and saw them the following day at Joe
Black's pub in Hartford, you know you're in for an incredible show at
the
New Hampshire Highland GamesSeptember 18-20.
In this interview with the
lads, we find out that Sir Paul McCartney is a
fan of the Red Hot Chilli's !
This year, we will be offering 45 minute cruises of the
Connecticut river! Get your tickets at the Olde Burnside Brewing
T-Shirt booth on the upper level and then catch the boat on the
lower level, beside the main stage!
Brewer's
Corner
The 'Pipes in the Valley' Celtic Music Festival is made possible through
joint sponsorship with Riverfront Recapture and Mortensen's
Riverfront Plaza.
Don't forget the Pipe Bands
!
Massed Bands on Parade at Noon!
