WE BANJO 3 FROM GALWAY, IRELAND, ANNOUNCES SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL U.S. TOURS FOR 2016
SPRING TOUR SPONSORED BY CULTURE IRELAND AS GLOBAL SHOWCASE
ATHENS, GA—Following up on their highly successful summer of 2015 tour, the award-winning, Galway, Ireland-based quartet WE BANJO 3 will return to the U.S. this spring, summer and fall with performances at original music clubs and some of the best Irish festivals in the country.
We Banjo 3 blends traditional Irish Music with Americana and Bluegrass affectionately described as “Celtgrass.” Featuring banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals and percussion, We Banjo 3 makes a bold and extraordinary musical statement. Modern rhythms, traditional melodies, virtuosic technique and innovative arrangements of music and song add up to a blazing live show!
The band includes two sets of brothers, Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley; collectively they are among the most celebrated and distinguished musicians in Ireland today who have been at the forefront of Irish banjo and fiddle for 2 decades. Martin Howley is a 7-time “All Ireland” Banjo champion while Enda Scahill, who is also an author on Irish banjo techniques, holds 4. Multi-instrumentalist Fergal Scahill is one of the most acclaimed fiddlers in Irish music and an “All Ireland” champion on fiddle and bodhran. Multi-instrumentalist David Howley is the group’s vocalist and also provides the band with its rhythm section.
We Banjo 3 was selected to be a part of Culture Ireland’s Centenary Programme, which commemorates the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. The spring U.S. tour is a part of this esteemed global project dedicated to bringing the best of the Irish arts, including music, dance, film, theater and more, to an international audience.
We Banjo 3’s 2015 studio recording, Gather The Good, received rave reviews and was named “Album of the Year” by The “Livies” Awards, Top TIR Awards from Irish American News, Celtic Connections syndicated radio show, and Lonesome Highway RTE Radio One. In 2015, the band also released, Live In Galway, which perfectly captures the energy of their live performances. Their 2013 release, Roots of the Banjo Tree, won many awards including “Traditional Album of The Year” by the Irish Times. The band is currently recording an album tentatively scheduled for a summer 2016 release.
The itinerary is as follows:
Friday, 3/4/2016–Ann Arbor, MI–The Ark
Saturday, 3/5/2016–Newark, OH–Midland Theatre
Sunday, 3/6/2016–Cleveland, OH–Music Box Supper Club
Wednesday–3/9/2016–Pittsburgh, PA–Club Café
Friday, 3/11/2016–Cincinnati, OH–Live at The Ludlow Garage
Saturday, 3/12/2016–Nashville, TN–Music City Irish Festival
Sunday, 3/13/2016–Charleston, WV–Mountain Stage Radio Show
Wednesday, 3/16/2016–Chicago, IL-Chief O’Neill’s Pub
Thursday, 3/17/2016–Green Bay, WI–Meyer Theatre
Friday, 3/18/2016–Milwaukee, WI–Hallamor/Irish Cultural Center
Saturday, 3/19/2016–Frederick, MD–Weinberg Center for the Arts
Friday,4/22/2016–Rockport, MA–Shalin Liu Performance Center
Saturday, 4/23/2016–Eastham, MA–The Elks
Monday, 4/25/2016–Sellersville, PA–Sellersville Theater 1894
Tuesday, 4/26/2016–Washington D.C.–The Hamilton
Wednesday, 4/27/2016–Wilmington, DE–The Baby Grand
Friday, 4/29/2016-Saturday, 4/30/2016–Wilkesboro, NC–Merlefest
Thursday, 5/5/2016–Madison, WI–Wisconsin Union Theatre
Friday, 7/29/2016-Sunday, 7/31/2016–Dayton, OH–Dayton Celtic Festival
Friday,8/5/2016-Sunday, 8/7/2016–Dublin, OH–Dublin Irish Fest
Friday, 8/12/2016-Sunday, 8/14/2016–La Crosse, WI–La Crosse Irish Festival
Friday, 8/19/2016-Sunday, 8/21/2016–Milwaukee, WI–Milwaukee Irish Fest
Monday, 8/29/2016-Tuesday, 8/30/2016–St. Paul, MN–Minnesota State Fair
Friday, 9/2/2016-Sunday, 9/4/2015–Kansas City, MO–Kansas City Irish Fest
What the media say about WE BANJO 3:
“An infusion of no-holds barred, high octane live music.”
Irish Times
“These four lads just keep taking their musical genius to new levels and there’s nothing like the raw emotion and fusion of the live experience.”
Irish Music Magazine
“In many ways We Banjo 3 are an Irish version of Chris Thile and Punch Brothers”
Michael Jonathon NPR/Woodsongs Olde Time Radio Hour
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