Music
Also visit our main Music
page for more links and information.
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Caliban
- Euro-Celtic. Regulars at Scruffy Murphy's.
CRÓNÁN Jack
Gilder leads this band with fine vocal artist.
Culann's Hounds
With uilleann pipes, fiddle, mandolin or bazouki, flute,
plus bodhran and vocals. A lively sound.
The
Fox on the Town A new band playing for ceilis,
set dances, contra dances, pub gig, weddings, wakes and
more.
Sheltering
Sky A new traditional vocal band.
Tipsy
House - All that you want to know about the band
Cooley-Keegan Branch set dances to at the Plough almost
every Thursday night. We owe a big thanks to Jack Gilder,
Junji Shirota, and Kevin Bernhagen
The
Waybacks - It may be a stretch to list
these fine musicians under Celtic, but their unique style
flows from the headwaters of Irish music. They
characterize their style as "acoustic mayhem."
Regulars in Austin TX and at the Plough and Stars, San
Francisco. Great guitar riffs, lyrics, and Blue Grass
roots (no pun intended).
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Suffering
Gaels
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Here's the group Dale Russ of "Jody's Heaven"
CD fame plays with in the Seattle area.
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Irish
Radio - This website lists Irish Radio
by state for the USA. You get a complete list of all the
websites that stream programs for Irish Traditional music.
Connemara Community Radio
- Streaming program direct from Connemara to you.
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Slowplayers.org
- A website hosted by our own Michael Duffy that many
resources for the beginning musician.
Concertina.net
- A comprehensive Anglo concertina & Irish music news
and information site hosted by Paul Schwartz.
Ceolas
and IrishNet
at Stanford University - Irish communities and resources
around the world. IrishNet is located on the Ceolas server.
Provides an online directory for all kinds of Irish connections
in the US - cultural and social groups, pubs, import shops,
official bodies.
Traditional
Celtic Music In The Bay Area - An event and
music site maintained by Jim
Scarff. The Calendar
of upcoming events is updated several times a month. The
new
CDs and What
I'm Listening To pages are updated about once a month.
Gentraige
Celtic Music - A good resource site maintained
by The
Pub Scouts, a Chico-based Celtic band. This site provides
a calendar of musicians visiting this area. Chico is a
venue for many Irish traditional musicians and you'd be
surprised at the roster of famous legends who visit here.
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San Francisco
Pipers' Club - Dedicated to the playing and advancement
of the Irish uilleann pipes. Home of the West Coast Tionól
on odd numbered years, the latest being the 2001 Tionól.
(Pronounced "chin-ole." Better yet, ask a piper
to say it.)
Seattle Pipers'
Club - Home of the West Coast Tionól on even numbered
years, the latest being the 2000 Tionól.
Southwest
Pipers' Club - Los Angeles-based, covering the
Southern West coast and the land locked South-Western
regions.
Uilleann
Pipes Obsession Page - One-stop for people interested
in finding out about the obsession called uilleann piping.
Paddy Keenan's website
- Extensive site and personal glimpse into Paddy's playing
and discography. Great MP3 music clips and picture gallery.
Chris
Langan Weekend
- This is part of the Langan-Gorman CCE branch
in Toronto. Every year a pipers weekend and workshop is
held in honor of piper Chris Langan. This is another place
where the great pipers of the world hang together.
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Singing
Lessons - Eleonor England is a singing teacher.
In addition to her teaching, she is an experienced soloist.
She has also directed several choral groups and taught piano,
theory, ear-training, eurhythmics and general musicianship.
You can contact Eleanor
at (415) 740-4475
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Harvest
Moon Celebration - Greeley Hill, California.
Sebastopol
Celtic Festival - Sebastopol, California.
Alaska
Irish Music Festival -
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Irish
Dance Los Angeles The Los Angeles Set and Ceili Dance
group. E-mail Michael
Breen for more information.
setdancingnews
- Set Dancing news worldwide. This site is maintained by Bill
Lynch.
Ceili.ie
- Full details of Irish Céilí Bands, Irish Céilí
and set
dancing events in Ireland and abroad; Irish Céilí
event organizers and set dancing news. The site has its roots
in Set Dancing.
Claddagh Dance Company
- Southern California's Premier Dance Company offering Irish
Dancing Classes, Shows, Choreography and more.
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Book
of Kells - project at Trinity College, Dublin. Visit
the website to view stunning examples of early Irish scribing
and illumination. (Cathy
Shea has purchased the CD-ROM and has reviewed it. It contains
a beautifully executed multimedia version of the entire surviving
set of illuminations.)
ArtShapes.com
- Irish clip art for the web which can also be used for print.
Celtic
Knot Program by Steve Abbott - A Visual
Basic program you can download and install on a PC running Windows.
It lets you create 2D and 3D Celtic knots in an array of styles
and colors.
The
Celtic Art Coracle - A design magazine. Web site by
Aidan Meehan. Aidan Meehan is an artist who creates intricate
panels that resemble ancient illuminations. Please do not reuse
any of the images on this site without permission. They
are all copyright of the artists who created them. Ask first!
[A coracle (from the Welsh gwrwgl) is a small one-person
boat like the one seen in the movie Roan Innish. Coracles
date back thousands of years.]
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The
Adelphian Center For The Arts - The Adelphian Center
for the Arts, housed in an historic mission-style building,
is a new venue in the East Bay for music and the performing
arts. Its beautiful auditorium and spectacular acoustics make
it worth discovering.
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| Comhaltas
- CCE Worldwide, CCE North America |
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CCÉ
Dublin - The Comhaltas World headquarters website with
links to branches worldwide, archives and other information.
CCÉ
North America - The official website for the North American
Province, a bit out of date.
CCE
Japan - Comhaltas in Japan.
CCÉ Overview and Branch Links
- The page on this website where you can find information about
the Cooley-Keegan branch, and you can follow links to the other
North American branches.
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The
Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society, Inc. -
Is based in Connecticut USA, founders of Acoustic Concert
Series.
Irish
Network of Northern California - The Irish Network was
founded in 1986 in order to promote business networking among
people who share Irish interests.
Celtic Regional Arts Institute of California
(CRAIC)
- A good resource for events in Southern California
Irish
American Social Club of Sacramento - The Irish American
Social Club of Sacramento, California, is a non-profit organization
committed to fostering and preserving the traditions of Ireland
for the people of Northern California
Irish Tradition in Northern California
- Dead site
Toronto Irish Set Dancing and Music
- Dead site
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Cecil's
Pub Page - A listing of local Irish pubs
The
Plough and The Stars - Considered to be San Francisco's
most important venue for Irish traditional music. Sunday evening
and Tuesday night sessions. Set dancing usually every Thursday
night to Tipsy House with Jack Gilder & Junji Shirota.
An Bodhran
Irish Pub - Sunday afternoon and Wednesday night sessions.
The
Blackthorn Tavern - Culann's Hounds' home in San Francisco.
The
Freight & Salvage Coffee House (Berkeley Society
for the Preservation of Traditional Music) is a nonprofit arts
organization dedicated to promoting public awareness and understanding
of traditional music. Tel: 510/548-1761 Email: info@freightandsalvage.org
Johnny
Foley's Irish House Good music and some of the
best Irish food in San Francisco.
Duffy's Tavern
in Chico CA. An important venue for visiting talent and for
the excellent Pub
Scouts céilí band.
O'Neill's
Irish Pub in San Mateo CA. Venue for Josephine Moore's
class.
Murphy's
Irish Pub in Sonoma CA.
The
Rose in Santa Rosa CA.
Ireland's 32 in San Francisco.
Last Monday of the month Cooley-Keegan slow session. 3920 Geary
Blvd (between 2nd and 3rd).
The
Starry Plough - 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
(510) 841-2082.
The
Sounding Board - House Concerts in Cupertino.
Wayne
& Sues House Concerts - House Concerts in
Cupertino.
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www.ellisislandrecords.org
- This is a very busy site.
The Irish
Immigration Pastoral Center - (IIPC in San Francisco)
Established in 1997, the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center is
a self-help organization run by and for immigrants. The Center
provides a number of professional services for immigrants in
San Francisco and the surrounding California area. The Center
is funded almost entirely by the community in the area. Click
here if
you would like to be included in the IIPC mailing list.
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Ireland-information.com
- Site dedicated to providing as many free resources and as
much free information about the Emerald Isle as possible. The
Site is owned and run by Michael Green in collaboration with
a variety of other helpful contributors who supply coats of
arms graphics, artwork, free newsletter articles, literature
and history resources, as well as a wealth of advice.
QSIRELAND.com
- Large general Irish information website. Large dance section.
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Cló
Iar-Chonnachta is a prolific publishing company based
in Ireland. Since its foundation in 1985, CIC have published
over 200 books in the Irish language, over 150 cassettes and
40 CD's.
Irish Emigrant
Publications - Irelands longest established Internet
publishing company.
Custy's
Traditional Music Shop - Situated in the mid-west town
of Ennis, Co. Clare.
Lark in
the Morning - The music store that has a world of weird
and not so weird instruments, CDs, books, etc. It's also where
you can find out about the famous Lark in the Morning
music camp.
The World
of Celtica - US-based, Traditional and Contemporary
Irish and Celtic CDs, Tapes & Videos.
CeltiCottage
- A whole lotta Celtic stuff - dance supplies, jewelry, music,
and more!
Whistle
& Drum - Qualtiy Penny Whistles & Bodhrans. Also
carries a large selection of tunebooks and tutorials.
Jamlabel.com
- Down load a lot of good Celtic tunes. French site.
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The
Irish Herald - The newspaper of the Irish community
on the U.S. West Coast. Eleven issues per year, published monthly
(except combined January and February issue) by THE IRISH HERALD/THE
NEW IRISH GAEL. Free copies available throughout the Greater
Bay Area and various Western U.S. locations.
For a complete list of where to find the Irish Herald go
here.
Contact (415) 665-6653 for subscription information.
The Irish
Times - The portal site from The Irish Times, which
forms a platform worldwide for news, information, and services
for anybody interested in Ireland and things Irish.
Free Email. The Irish Times offers a free email accounts. Anyone
can sign up for a free email account. Your email address will
look like "yourname@ireland.com." The email interface
provided is a thousand times better than Yahoo or Hotmail, and
as with Yahoo or Hotmail, you can access your web email account
from any computer that is connected to the Internet.
Boston
Irish Reporter - Direct from Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.
Irish Echo -
Founded in 1928. Large circulation Irish-American newspaper.
Irish
Voice - Online edition of popular East Coast-based paper.
Updated every Wednesday morning, EST time. Sports and entertainment
are updated every Thursday.
Irish America
- Is the sister publication of Irish Voice.
Irish Abroad
- Huge gateway to global news. Linked up with Irish Voice and
Irish America.
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Virtual
Pub - Thomas Sleckman's video clips of dancing
and music at various pubs. Check it out.
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