Woodsongs Old-Time Radio: The Nashville Celts and na Skylark
MONDAY March 13, 2023
THE NASHVILLE CELTS are fiddler Maggie Lander, Ric Blair on guitar, piano, bodhran, Fiachra O’Regan from Connemara, Ireland on uilleann pipes and lastly Bruce Hornsby Mumford & Sons sideman Matt Menefee on 5 string banjo. They have created a unique music hybrid by incorporating Irish instrumentation into their original songs. Their newest album is TRAVELING ON.
NA SKYLARK is a Kentucky-based trio that shares the rich beauty of ancient traditional Celtic music through voice, Irish harp, Irish uilleann pipes, fiddle, Irish whistles, flutes, bodhran, and mountain dulcimer. na Skylark‘s “Old Ceol” recording was named one of the best new recordings by the Celtic Connections radio show.