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Setlist
Tour Dates
03.17.2014 Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN
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03.19.2014 Magic Bag Ferndale, MI 03.20.2014 Taft Theatre Ballroom Cincinnati, OH 03.21.2014 Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV 03.22.2014 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH 04.12.2014 Old Settler's Music Festival, TX 07.12.2014 Colorado Irish Festival Littleton, CO 07.25.2014 Dayton Celtic Festival Dayton, OH 07.26.2014 Dayton Celtic Festival Dayton, OH 07.27.2014 Dayton Celtic Festival Dayton, OH 08.01.2014 Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo, IA 08.02.2014 Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo, IA 08.03.2014 Iowa Irish Fest Waterloo, IA 08.07.2014 Big Top Chautauqua Bayfield, WI 08.29.2014 KC Irish Fest Kansas City, MO 08.30.2014 KC Irish Fest Kansas City, MO
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“…so, this is morning?...this is what it feels like?!...let’s never do this again!”
Gaelic Storm’s Patrick Murphy joked, as he and band played a brief early set today at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis. The Celtic band is in town for a proper show tonight at venue Mill City Nights, but was somehow coaxed into an early AM performance, along with Toronto reggae-pop band, Magic! and new UK songstress Jetta, for a St. Patrick’s Day radio promotion called “Keggs and Eggs” for local Modern Adult Contemporary Station Cities97.
Canadian four-piece Magic! opened with a brief set, featuring their single, “Rude”, from an upcoming debut album on Sony Music International. Singer Nasri Atweh is an established songwriter and producer (Pitbull, Chris Brown) and along with Mark Pelli, Alex Tanas and Ben Spivak brings plenty of rhythm to their songs, and is also featured on a track on Shakira’s upcoming album.
23 year-old Liverpool born, London-based Jetta then took to the stage for a brief 4-song set, including the radio single, “Feels Like Coming Home” from her debut EP, Start a Riot (Lava Music / Republic Records). After singing backup for Paloma Faith, the singer is ready to step out on her own, with a set of soulful songs that shows off her soaring range and guarantees we’ll be talking about her again soon, as bigger things are ahead.
Celtic favorites Gaelic Storm then got the holiday started right with their stirring Irish songs that invite dancing, and yes, drinking. The Boathouse is the sixth album released on the band’s own label, Lost Again Records, and is thematically, a seafaring set of traditional based songs.
An instrumental started the 30 minute set on the right foot, with fiddle, tin whistle, and bagpipes getting the green-garbed crowd in the proper spirit. “Raised on Black and Tans” had Guinness pints in the air as newest member, fiddle player Kiana Weber, put bow to violin with a focused passion.
“How come you guys ain’t got work?”, Murphy teased to the early drinking crowd, “…I want your job!”. “Drink the Night Away” followed, and though the day was early, many responded to the rallying call.
Murphy then took a shamrock-colored Vikings hat from a fan that had flown in from Las Vegas to see them, and launched into “Girls of Dublin Town”, about ship The Shenandoah that traveled between Mobile in Ireland and Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Returning the green cap, Murphy gave the woman a tambourine as well, to play along on their final song, remarking, “I hope you’re good…!”. The stomper, “Tell Me Ma” which the band describes as a children’s song, ended with the crowd arm-in-arm, dancing about and clapping along.
With Gaelic Storm playing tonight at Mill City Nights, and Celtic Woman across the river in St. Paul, it’s a very lucky night indeed, for local Irish music lovers.
Gaelic Storm’s Patrick Murphy joked, as he and band played a brief early set today at the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis. The Celtic band is in town for a proper show tonight at venue Mill City Nights, but was somehow coaxed into an early AM performance, along with Toronto reggae-pop band, Magic! and new UK songstress Jetta, for a St. Patrick’s Day radio promotion called “Keggs and Eggs” for local Modern Adult Contemporary Station Cities97.
Canadian four-piece Magic! opened with a brief set, featuring their single, “Rude”, from an upcoming debut album on Sony Music International. Singer Nasri Atweh is an established songwriter and producer (Pitbull, Chris Brown) and along with Mark Pelli, Alex Tanas and Ben Spivak brings plenty of rhythm to their songs, and is also featured on a track on Shakira’s upcoming album.
23 year-old Liverpool born, London-based Jetta then took to the stage for a brief 4-song set, including the radio single, “Feels Like Coming Home” from her debut EP, Start a Riot (Lava Music / Republic Records). After singing backup for Paloma Faith, the singer is ready to step out on her own, with a set of soulful songs that shows off her soaring range and guarantees we’ll be talking about her again soon, as bigger things are ahead.
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An instrumental started the 30 minute set on the right foot, with fiddle, tin whistle, and bagpipes getting the green-garbed crowd in the proper spirit. “Raised on Black and Tans” had Guinness pints in the air as newest member, fiddle player Kiana Weber, put bow to violin with a focused passion.
“How come you guys ain’t got work?”, Murphy teased to the early drinking crowd, “…I want your job!”. “Drink the Night Away” followed, and though the day was early, many responded to the rallying call.
Murphy then took a shamrock-colored Vikings hat from a fan that had flown in from Las Vegas to see them, and launched into “Girls of Dublin Town”, about ship The Shenandoah that traveled between Mobile in Ireland and Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Returning the green cap, Murphy gave the woman a tambourine as well, to play along on their final song, remarking, “I hope you’re good…!”. The stomper, “Tell Me Ma” which the band describes as a children’s song, ended with the crowd arm-in-arm, dancing about and clapping along.
With Gaelic Storm playing tonight at Mill City Nights, and Celtic Woman across the river in St. Paul, it’s a very lucky night indeed, for local Irish music lovers.
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Gaelic Storm at Fine Line, Minneapolis (17 March 2014) |
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