Na Rósaí

The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Na Rósaí!

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In 2010, Erik Killops returned to his hometown of Portland, Oregon after receiving his bachelor’s degree in Irish Music & Dance at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Shortly after he met recent New Jersey transplant, and bouzouki player, Richie Rosencrans and California native, and uilleann piper, Preston Howard at sessions around Portland. All three were eager to start a project and discovered common interests in regard to traditional music. After a few house gatherings, a weekly performance began at a local watering hole the East Burn. In the fall of 2012, flute player Conor O’Bryan moved to Portland from Chico, California and immediately joined the ranks of the band.