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D’n’A
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Celtic duo D'n'A, who play traditional music from Europe and North America. Doug Heydon plays guitar, banjo and bass, plus a touch of percussion (spoons, bones, mouth harp) and the French vielle à roue (hurdy-gurdy) and the Appalachian mountain dulcimer. Amey Herman focuses on fiddles: 4-string and 5-string, and the 9-stringed Norwegian Hardanger fiddle.
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Eliot Grasso
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome performer and scholar Eliot Grasso. His artistic and academic work as a performer, recording artist, composer, and researcher has earned awards from the traditional music community, the recording industry, and the academic establishment.
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Lumina’s Heart
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Lumina's Heart, a duo specializing in music from the Celtic lands and original songs.
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The Kilt Lifters
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome The Kilt Lifters, bringing a wee bit o' the Emerald Isles on the Hawaiian Isles to our virtual event. The Kilt Lifters progressive Irish and Celtic rock band celebrates our island nations with their eclectic and electric Celtic rock sound.
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Kathryn Rose
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Oregon folk singer and recording artist Kathryn Rose, who as been singing since she could talk and grew up listening to Irish and Scottish folk music.
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Brick Top Blaggers
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome the Brick Top Blaggers! Armed with original and traditional melodies of Celtic Folk music and the epic power and energy of Punk Rock, Brick Top Blaggers have been winning over die-hard fans since 2009. Hailing from Orange County, this five-piece band of dedicated musicians bring a party full of shenanigans and unforgettable music.
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Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter, a multi-instrumentalist duo with Celtic Harps, Swedish Nyckelharpa, Ukrainian Bandura, Bouzouki, Cittern and more.
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Claire Hastings
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Glasgow based folksinger, songwriter and ukulele player Claire Hastings, who has made a name for herself on the folk scene since winning BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2015.
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Iona Fyfe
Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. Winner of Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018, Iona has been described as “one of the best Scotland has to offer.” (Global-Music.de)
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Bill Mullen
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Bill Mullen! Born and raised in Dundee, Scotland, Bill’s musical launch came on Scottish Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) when he was eleven and performed for the first time, to his parent’s surprise. By age 16, he was performing concerts on his own.
