How I Stumbled Into the Music - And... How Did You?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
I get this question asked of me a lot...
"How is it that some guy living in Greeley, Colorado turned into this prolific Irish Traditional Flute, Tin Whistle & Bodhrán player... I'm mean... C'Mon... you're not even really Irish!"
I often respond with... "Well, does that mean you have be German to play Bach!?"
So, most of my Read More
"How is it that some guy living in Greeley, Colorado turned into this prolific Irish Traditional Flute, Tin Whistle & Bodhrán player... I'm mean... C'Mon... you're not even really Irish!"
I often respond with... "Well, does that mean you have be German to play Bach!?"
So, most of my Read More
A Nice Interview with the Heatons
Monday, October 27, 2008
Fate and Shannon Heaton are to blame for me finding my musical home within Irish Traditional Music. It all started when one day I was driving in my car, listening to KUNC, our local NPR affiliate / university station and Matt & Shannon did a "live - in studio" appearance. I was so taken by Shannon's flute & whistle playing, I called Deb and told her that we had to go hear this Irish band I just heard on the radio... (The band being Siucra, which Matt & Shannon were a part of) They were on KUNC to promote a show they were doing in Ft. Collins later that night... Anyway... The rest is history. I just checked out their new (to me) website Read More
