Musicians:
 

Solas - One of the best trad. Irish bands in the world.

The Duhks - One of the hottest bands out there. Right from Canada (Canadians never fail at getting it right), they are a tornado of celtic, bluegrass/mountain, folk, rock, cajun and funk. Simply amazing!

Loreena McKennitt - One of the most amazing musicians out there, and certainly one of our favorites and greatest inspirations.

Arlo Guthrie - His dad might have been the father of folk, but Arlo is who's breathing true life into it. (Not to mention his often wickedly funny stories, that usually come in the middle of a song.)

Altan - Unquestionably one of the top trad. Irish bands in the world.

Ani DiFranco - The indie queen. No doubt every feminist college student knows who she is. (She's also a favorite of Starlie's.)

Paul Winter - "Celebrating the Creatures and Cultures of the Earth", he's worked with known musicians from Pete Seeger to Karan Casey to Mickey Hart. (He's also a favorite of Bill's.)

The Mediaeval Baebes - This fantastic group of women prove that the old music from the medieval ages can be seriously cool. Often neo-medieval, they are a wonderful group of goddesses who will amaze you.

Eileen Ivers - Probably the best fiddle player in the world of celtic music, and one of the founding members of Cherish the Ladies. She will not fail to blow you away!

The Fenians - An incredibly fun (and slightly insane) Celtic rock band from California. Hey, every day's a hooley, man!

The Saw Doctors - "Like the Beatles of Western Ireland, only funnier." Davy and Leo rock beyond what we can say. (The English vocabulary simply doesn't have a word for them.) Forgive our lack of good English, but: they are the funnest band ever!

Enter the Haggis - Great celtic rock band from Canada. They have a feeling of true celtic rock, but don't fail to be unique.


Local Musicians:

Brace Yourself Bridget - A wickedly cool Celtic rock band based out of Cleveland. Check them out, they'll blow you away. (As will their traditional Irish altar-ego band "Pitch the Peat".)

Xe-La - AKA "Luv Mutha". Friend, and one of our favorite local musicians. Serious jazzy funk folk. Ya gotta check him out, because you'll get hooked!

David Mayfield - Probably the best local bluegrass musician, David's an amazing mandolin player, and easily as professional as the more well known bluegrass musicians. Be sure to check him out if you like this genre!

Ryann "Guitar" Anderson - Exellent jazz guitarist. Mighty funky!

Burning Down Broadway - Rock band from North Royalton, the stars of North Royalton High School, righteous emo rock all the way!
 

Other Stuff:

The Guthrie Center - An Interfaith Center and a not-for-profit educational foundation which helps to provide local cultures with the means to preserve traditional music, stories, medicine, dance and spiritual practices in the face of an ever-encroaching globalization. It is housed in The Trinity Church where the song "The Alice's Restaurant Massacree" began and where the movie "Alice's Restaurant" was filmed.

Transformus - "The SouthEast Regional Burn". A most amazing outter-worldly party/celebration/gathering of intense art and radical self expression. Located in North Carolina. Also the first place Emerald Frequency performed outside of Ohio. Starlie is a volunteer with these folks. (Look for "Mediaeval Baebe".)

Cleveland Celtic Podcast - The title says it all: Cleveland's Celtic Podcast, full of great music from local bands as well as internationally known bands. Listen for us there too!