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Rolling in the Deep – Harp & Cello cover

Filed under: Harp Covers (the musical kind),Other Music,Performances & Videos — Celticharper at 9:24 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Natalie Salzman on harp and Avi Levi on cello, doing a cover of Adele’s Rolling in the Deep.

Harp Classes at Island Mountain Arts

Filed under: Celtic & Folk Music,Events,Instructional — Celticharper at 12:08 pm on Saturday, April 21, 2012

Details on the Harp School classes available through Island Mountain Arts this summer are now up:

http://www.imarts.com/artschool/100/harp+school++advanced

Island Mountain Arts is located in Wells, BC.  The harp classes will be taking place in August of 2012.

“Ancestors” by Keith Medley

Filed under: Harp guitar,Other Music,Performances & Videos — Celticharper at 10:00 pm on Monday, March 26, 2012

Now that’s a harp guitar!

If you want to support Keith’s creative efforts (he designed and built that guitar himself, btw), you can visit his Kickstarter page here.

Harp Gathering News

Filed under: Celtic & Folk Music,Events,Harp Groups,Instructional,International Harp Community,Lever Harp,News & Misc. — Celticharper at 6:24 pm on Saturday, March 24, 2012

The daily schedule, including workshops and all activities has been posted on the site:

www.harpgathering.com

The Harp Gathering will take place from May 18-20, 2012 in Archbold, Ohio.

Anpiel (Guardian Angel of Birds)

Filed under: Lever Harp,Other Music,Performances & Videos — Celticharper at 8:58 pm on Friday, March 16, 2012
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By Shawna Selline, played by Bobbie Jo Curley.  It’s been a surprisingly warm spring in our neck of the woods.  I’m tempted to take my harp out and play by the river, once things have dried out a bit.

Foot stompin’ Celtic music – on pedal harp!

Filed under: Celtic & Folk Music,Pedal Harp,Performances & Videos — Celticharper at 9:01 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Major props to harpist Alex Bigney for giving the pedal harp a truly Celtic voice.  Every other time I’ve heard Celtic music played on pedal harp it either sounded stilted or over-played.  This set rocks!

 

Legends of the Celtic Harp / The Soul Agony

Filed under: Celtic & Folk Music,Concerts,Lever Harp,O'Carolan,Performances & Videos — Celticharper at 9:40 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012
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Legends of the Celtic Harp: Patrick Ball, Lisa Lynne, and Aryeh Frankfurter.  Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA.  More clips of the concert can be found @ PatrickBall1

Alan Stivell – Tri martolod

Filed under: Celtic & Folk Music,Performances & Videos,Unusual Harps — Celticharper at 11:43 pm on Saturday, February 4, 2012
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One of the world’s great folk harp pioneers, still going strong.   And that harp is simply amazing.   If you want to hear all the truly unique sounds Alan Stivell can get a harp to make, go out and buy one of his CD’s.  You won’t regret it.

The Harp Ukulele

Filed under: Harp Covers (the musical kind),Harp guitar,Other Music,Performances & Videos,Unusual Harps — Celticharper at 1:33 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This is a new one on me.  Fans of the harp guitar, meet the harp ukulele!

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Sungha Jung playing ‘Lonely’ by 2ne1.

I am now seriously covetting one of these (being both a harpist and a ukulele player myself).

Celtic Concert Jan. 28 in Ottawa

Filed under: Celtic & Folk Music,Concerts — Celticharper at 4:33 pm on Thursday, January 19, 2012

From Mary Muckle, via the OntarioHarps list:

January 28, 2012
SAINT BRIGID’S EVE
A Celtic music performance in celebration of the female patron saint of Ireland.
7:30pm, SAINT BRIGID’S CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, 310 Patrick St., entrance on Cumberland St.

The concert features MARY MUCKLE, harp & voice; KIRSTEN CARLSON, flute; THE OTTAWA YOUTH HARP ENSEMBLE under the direction of Mary Muckle, and the vocal trio DAUGHTERS OF BRIEN. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. For information email info@sbcottawa.ca or phone 613-144-7373

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