08/04/2024
Oh…
I am so an excited!!!
These are some of my favourite artists and humans on the planet.
Their music is magic and you do not wait to miss this evening!
THIS WEDNESDAY - AUGUST 7
COCKBURN SQUARE - GRAVENHURST WHARF at 8PM
The Celtic Sensation
CAIRDEAS
Caírdeas is a traditional Irish folk band including multi-instrumentalist Steáfán Hannigan, all-England fiddle champion Saskia Tomkins, and the versatile Marsala Lukianchuk on vocals. Lively jigs and reels are juxtaposed by soulful ballads as Caírdeas delivers a beautiful evening of musical storytelling.
Saskia from the UK, & Steáfán from Ireland, moved to Canada in 2007 with 3 children and over 800 instruments! After 22 years of playing together, and many sessions under their belt for other people, Steáfán & Saskia released their first duo album called “Moorchild”.
Between them, Saskia & Steáfán have played with thousands of artists both live and recorded, including Uriah Heep, Loreena Mckennit, Bjork, Depeche Mode, The Band of Hope (with Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick), SinÉ , The Afro-Celt Sound System, Oliver Schroer, David Newland (for his project Northbound Passage), and most recently Sultans of String, George Crotty, Robb Johnson, Kim Doolittle, Shannon Linton and Medusa.
Both were inducted into the Music Hall of Fame in 2022 by Comhaltas for services to the preservation of Irish Traditional Music in Canada. Steáfán is currently the Comhaltas representative for North America.
They have been session musicians on TV shows which include Relic Hunter, Earth Final Conflict, Murdoch Mysteries, Copper, Cabinet of Curiosities (Del Torro) and Friends (the one with Ross’s Wedding). Together they worked on developing the Celtic music for the hit Broadway show “Come from Away”.
Steáfán is the author of bestselling books “The Bodhran Book” and “The Low Whistle Book”. With his other hat, Steáfán is a TD and sound/lighting tech for theatres (and a very useful person to have around)
We are honoured to be sharing these phenomenal artists with the Town of Gravenhurst.
Pay What You Can ($20 suggested donation)
Bring You Own Lawn Chair
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