New England Celtic Arts in collaboration with the Patriot Renewables Emerging Artists Series will present Rachel Davis and Chrissy Crowley with Owen Marshall at the Maine Highland Games on Saturday, Aug. 17, and at North New Portland Community Church on Sunday, Aug. 18, with curtain at 7 p.m. A jam session is planned for 6’oclock […]
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Inaugural Celtic music festival in Franklin, Oxford counties targets cultural tourists
Phill McIntyre has been like a patient gardener cultivating the seed of an idea that came to him about a decade ago at the Celtic Colours International Festival on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He started going there in 2000 — initially, he says, as a fan of Celtic music and then as a cultural […]
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Fireworks rained out in Rumford, rescheduled for Friday night
RUMFORD — Scores of people visited booths, played games, ate carnival food and listened to music at the Fourth of July celebration Thursday afternoon, at least until the rains came. The fireworks were postponed to Friday night at Hosmer Field. Among the musicians playing was Ten Strings and a Goat Skin, a Celtic acoustic trio […]