Sheree's Blog – October 2011 Archive (2)

When I first started listening to “Celtic Rock” music, there were two bands that made up most of my “must have” list – Seven Nations and Brother.  Just as I discovered Seven Nations, Neil Anderson was leaving to do his own thing and I while I have always considered him a top-shelf piper, I never cared for his singing voice and sometimes felt he really couldn’t carry a tune.  So, I pretty much ignored him until the first time I heard his current band,

Rathkeltair.  Drummer, Nick… Continue

For several years now I’ve heard about the

New Hampshire Highland Games and Loon Mountain.  This year I finally had an opportunity to attend the games and it was quite a pleasant experience for a great number of reasons.

Initially, my interest was in being at “Loon” for the sake of seeing something new.  There are exactly three Celtic festivals in my area annually and none of them is held on a mountain.  Plus, I’ve never been farther north than Rhode Island and that was…

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