Local Bands and Musicians
Directory of individual musicians at bottom of page
All available for hire - or check their website to see where playing
- Terry Kane (aka Treasa Ní Chatháin)
see also: Kane and Beatty (with John Beatty)
website: www.kaneandbeatty.com
see also: Jameson Sisters (with Ellen Tepper)
website: www.jamesonsisters.com - Ed Saultz
website: edsaultz.com - Abigail Gillespie
Celtic and Pedal Harpist
Phone: 610-533-0017
email: ALG418(at)gmail.com - Amadaun
see also: Blackwater
Sean Hennessey, Fionna Hennessey & Chris Tierney
website: www.amadaun.com - Amarach
Corey Purcell, Connor Purcell & Clint Dye
website: www.amarachmusic.com - Blackwater
see also: Gilly's Hedge (trio)
see also: Amadaun (trio)
Sean Hennessey, Alison Gillespie, Fionna Hennessey, Tom Gillespie & Al Keller
website: www.blackwatermusic.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/blackwaterceltic - The Boys of County Bucks
Bob Roach, Pete Peters, Blake Blakesley, Mark Guenther & Ned Asplundh
myspace: www.myspace.com/theboysofcountybucks - Brigid Feld Robine
Piano accordion, Irish Step Dance, teaches Irish step dance and Irish Ceili
email: robinebrigid(at)yahoo.com
Kenny Cavanaugh School of Irish Dance is a new school in the Poconos with locations in Dingmans Ferry, PA and Milford, PA. Enrollment for fall semester begins July 2012. Classes start Sept 3, 2012.
email: KennyCavanaughIrishDance(at)gmail.com
phone: 570-604-2568 or 570-828-6262 - Burning Bridget Cleary
Rose Baldino, Deirdre Lockman, Lou Baldino, & Peter Trezzi
website: www.burningbridgetcleary.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/burningbridgetcleary3 - The Celtic Martins
The Martin Family: Nelson, Elaine, Emily, Melissa, Brian, Christy, Zach, & Earl Pyles
website: www.celticmartins.com - Cruinn
Rosaleen McGill, Augie Fairchild & Tom O'Malley
email: xenophonica(at)gmail.com or phone: 610-984-5348 - Ellen Tepper, harpist
see also: Jameson Sisters (with Terry Kane)
website: www.ellentepper.com
website: www.jamesonsisters.com - First Highland Watch
Bagpipes and Rock-n-Roll
Ray Friend, Jeff Clarke, Nate Uba, Sean Clarke, Dennis Miller
website: www.facebook.com/firsthighlandwatch - Fisher & Maher
Traditional Irish Pub Music
website: www.fishermaher.com - Foyle (a unique mix of Celtic and Jazz)
Connor Purcell, Jashuan Diaz, Colin Wolf & Mary Eitzenberger
Irish Flute, Whistle, Tenor Guitar, Bouzouki, Bass, Piano, Percussion, and Vocals
website: www.foylemusic.com - Gene Kutzler, Pipe Major
Scottish Great Highland Bagpipes
email: celtkutz(at)rcn.com - Gerry Timlin
website: www.gerrytimlin.com/schedule.htm
facebook: www.facebook.com/gerry.timlin - Gilly's Hedge
see also: Blackwater (full band)
Alison Gillespie, Tom Gillespie & Al Keller
website: www.amadaun.com - Hearts Content
Linda Hickman, Iris Nevins & Tom Dunne
website: www.hearts-content.net
- Iris Nevins, Celtic harp & guitar
see also: Hearts Content (trio)
website: www.hearts-content.net
CDs available at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/irisnevins - The Jameson Sisters
Ellen Tepper & Terry Kane
website: www.jamesonsisters.com - Kane and Beatty
see also: Terry Kane
Terry Kane & John Beatty
website: www.kaneandbeatty.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/kaneandbeatty - Known by Their Limping Music for Contra Dance
Dave Reber, Rick Weaver, & Terry Hartzell
facebook: www.facebook.com/KnownByTheirLimping - Mary Malone Irish fiddler
website: www.myirishtunes.com - The Morrigan
Mary Malone, Den Vykopal, John LaValley, Dave Hanson, Judy Brennan & Bud Burroughs
website: www.myirishtunes.com - Odarka Celtic Harp
see also: Slight Imperfection
website: www.odarka.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/odarkasharp - Patrick Clifford Irish and Folk music and song
website: www.patrickclifford.com - The Piper and the Lark
uilleann bagpipes, flute, whistle & singing
Terry Hartzell & Megan Everett
website: (coming soon) -- email: terry(at)terryhartzell.com - Piper's Request
uilleann bagpipes, flute, whistle, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, banjo & singing
Terry Hartzell, Rick Weaver, Fred Gilmartin & Megan Everett
website: www.pipersrequest.com -- email: piper(at)pipersrequest.com - The Purcells
Ken, Corey & Connor Purcell
website: www.kenpurcellmusic.com - Robert Mouland (WireHarp Productions)
* historical & traditional presentations of the music & stories of Ireland,
Scotland & Colonial America
* instruments: clairseach na h'Eireann (wire-strung Irish harp), fiddle,
flute, flageolet (whistle), union pipes, shuttle pipes, English guittar,
spinet harpsichord, and clavichord
website: www.wireharp.com - Seasons (original songs & Celtic arrangements)
The Lee family:
Mary-Kate Spring, Peter Winter, Mary-Teresa Summer, and Mary-Grace Autumn
Celtic harp, hammered dulcimers, fiddle & cello
website: www.seasonsmusic.com
phone: 717-232-9896 - Slight Imperfection (Celtic Harp and Guitar Singer Songwriter Duo)
see also: Odarka
Odarka Stockert & Redentor Jimenez (a.k.a. Red)
website:www.slightimperfection.com
phone: 973-763-6303 - Sonas
Margie Waldrum, Erin Flanagan Lind & Rosi Hertlein
website: www.sonasband.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/Sonasfiddlers - Steve Walker
guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo, bass, vocals
website: www.hexhollowmusic.com
- Terry Hartzell
uilleann pipe, irish flute, whistle
website: terryhartzell.com - Timlin and Kane
Gerry Timlin & Tom Kane
website: www.gerrytimlin.com/schedule.htm
facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Timlin-and-Kane/253227994688168 - Trad Linn
Terry Kane, Will Collins & Doug Lammer
see also: Terry Kane (aka Treasa Ní Chatháin)
CDs available at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/tradlinn - Turning Tides
Ted Fenstermacher, Margie Waldrum & Ed Saultz
website: www.turningtidesmusic.com
between them: fiddle, viola, mandolin, keyboard, guitar, bodhran and all three sing
"Turning Tides brings the traditional music of Appalachia, Ireland, and Scotland to life in an exciting way. Armed with a far reaching repertoire of jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, ballads, love, drinking, and rebel songs Turning Tides is sure to get your toes to tapping and emotions to stirring!"
Session Musicians & those willing to play with just about anyone:
If contact info is not listed, we don't have their permission to share it YET ---
Email info (at) lehighvalleyceltic.com and we will forward it to them.
| Musician, by Last Name | Instrument(s) | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|
| Lou Baldino | guitar | Cheryl: 267-992-0822 |
| Rose Baldino | fiddle, vocals | roseb214(at)gmail.com |
| John Beatty | guitar, bazouki, flute, whistle,bodhrán, vocals | john(at)kaneandbeatty.com |
| The Celtic Martins | full band, with Irish dancers | martin7(at)martinfamilyband.net |
| Patrick Clifford | guitar, vocals, backup bass | patrick(at)patrickclifford.com |
| Kathleen Collins | Irish fiddle (Galway style) | setdancing1(at)optonlin.net |
| George Fairchild | bodhran, whistles, harmonica | gfairch511(at)rcn.com |
| Brigid Feld Robine | piano accordion | brigidfeld(at)hotmail.com |
| Danny Fisher | vocals, guitar, mandolin | fish(at)navpoint.com |
| Bill Fox | bass, guitar, background vocals | billyfox(at)soundscapes.us |
| Erin Flanagan Lind | vocals | sonasfiddlers(at)yahoo.com |
| Abigail Gillespie | Celtic harp and pedal harp | 610-533-0017 ALG418(at)gmail.com |
| Alison Gillespie | fiddle | 610-533-0017 |
| Genevieve Gillespie | fiddle, vocals, Irish dance | 610-392-3591 |
| Tom Gillespie | guitar | 610-533-0017 |
| Fred Gilmartin | mandolin, fiddle, guitar, vocals | froderickskulldigger(at)yahoo.com |
| Terry Hartzell | uilleann (Irish) bagpipes, flute, whistle | terry(at)terryhartzell.com |
| Linda Hickman | flute, whistle, vocals | |
| Terry Kane | guitar, mandolin, vocals - sean nos songs | terry(at)kaneandbeatty.com |
| Al Keller | mandolin, guitar, banjo, upright bass, button accordian, bodhran | |
| Mary Malone | fiddle, guitar, vocals | mary.c.malone(at)gmail.com |
| Mary Kay Mann | Celtic harp, vocals, flute, tin whistle | auntkay(at)comcast.net www.marykaymann.com |
| Robert Mouland | wire-strung Irish harp, fiddle, flute, flageolet (whistle), union pipes, shuttle pipes, English guittar, spinet harpsichord, clavichord, stories | wireharp(at)dejazzd.com |
| Iris Nevins | guitar, Celtic harp | irisnevins(at)verizon.net |
| Connor Purcell | Irish flute, fife, concertina, bouzouki, tenor guitar | drumcorps272(at)gmail.com |
| Corey Purcell | button accordion, bodhran, cittern, vocals, stepdancing | 610-295-4555 or vacoreye(at)gmail.com |
| Ken Purcell | piano, guitar, vocals | www.kenpurcellmusic.com |
| Ed Saultz | guitar, bodhran, vocals | www.EdSaultz.com |
| Odarka Stockert | Celtic harp (electric & acoustic) and vocals | 973-763-6303 |
| Steve Stanislaw | guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals | stevestanislaw(at)hotmail.com |
| Ellen Tepper | Celtic harp, vocals | www.ellentepper.com |
| Gerry Timlin | guitar, vocals | pgtimlin(at)aol.com |
| Margie Waldrum | keyboard (Cape Breton style), bodhran | sonasfiddlers(at)yahoo.com |
| Steve Walker | guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo, bass, vocals | www.hexhollowmusic.com |
| LA Williams | fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, vocals | lawms(at)msn.com |

