“We sing the following types of songs: fast songs, slow songs, silly songs, war songs, pretty songs, drinking songs and sea songs.”
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| Proto-Celts originated some where near modern
Ukraine. Real Celts ruled
or terrorized most of Europe by the second century BC. In the Classical
to Medieval Periods the Celts were driven to the fringe areas that
eventually became Galatia, Brittany, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Wales,
Ireland, and Scotland. In the Colonial Period Celtic-descendants
emigrated to places like the West Indies and America. We are influenced
by the music in all of these Celtic hang outs. Like most modern garage-bands we play a number of “standard” songs, it is just that our “standards” mostly date to pre-1900 AD. When performing at Renaissance Festivals we try to stick to songs that date before 1700 AD. We have smaller sets of songs that date to the American Revolutionary and Civil War Eras. We have larger sets of songs that cover early American hymns and kid songs. During shows we will sometimes give audience members the chance to chose from a “menu” of “fast songs, slow songs, silly songs, war songs, pretty songs, drinking songs and sea songs.” Discography2001 - Songs from the Bridge
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