A wide array of Irish, Scottish,
More than 30 acts, a mix of established artists and new or emerging ones, who are based in the
To mix things up and add a new dimension to the festival, fringe events are being added in 2009. “Since BCMFest’s inception, we have welcomed crazy collaborations,” says Shannon Heaton. “One of the best things about being an independent festival is that we can do stupid things like ‘Celtic Music Makeover,’ or have Celtic-style sing-a-longs of Simon and Garfunkel songs. As long as the musicianship is stellar, the stupider the better.”
Veteran artists returning to BCMFest in January include Annalivia, Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers, Amanda Cavanaugh and Friends, Matt Heaton and Flynn Cohen, Katie McNally and Jonathan Fagan, The New Tyme Sisters, Michael O’Leary and Friends, Lissa Schneckenburger, Janine Sirignano and Sean Smith, Mairin Ui Cheide, Highland Dance Boston, and the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Festival newcomers include the Bridgebuilders, Fireside, the Folk Arts Quartet, Four at the Crossroads, the Free Range English Country Boogie Band, Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society, Dan Gurney and friends; Long Time Courting, Matching Orange, Noreaster, and Session Americana.
BCMFest kicks off with a customary Friday night concert at Club Passim in
“Dance drives the format of Celtic music,” says Emerald Rae, a fiddler, vocalist and dancer with the bands Annalivia and The New Tyme Sisters. “The rhythm, the pace, the structure… it all originates from the dance.” She notes that although dance has been a part of BCMFest since its inception, organizers have now opted to shed more light on it. Citing
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