Celtic Crossroads comes to CoMMA

Celtic Crossroads

By: Staff reports | Morganton News Herald
Published: March 05, 2010

The City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium continues the MainStage Morgan-ton, 2009-10 season by presenting Celtic Crossroads in concert at 7:30 p.m. March 18.
Just when you think that you have seen the best that Irish music has to offer, a fresh new show from the Emerald Isle is taking the art form to an entirely new level. Celtic Crossroads presents Irish music like never before, offering Irish music in the fashion of what Riverdance has done to Irish dance.
The ensemble's name Celtic Crossroads originates from a time in Ireland when neighbor-ing communities met at the crossroads between towns and villages to socialize — long before the pub tradition began. With a focus on keeping the tradition of Irish music alive, each performer nurtures this bygone concept, but by virtue of their young age and raw talent, they high-kick the tradition into the 21st Century. Ireland's best-respected Irish dancers also intensifies the pul-sating rhythms of the show.
Magical interludes from the haunting uilleann pipes, whistles, low whistles and of course the Irish harp along with some of Irelands finest exponents of traditional song transport the li-tener to that crossroads in Ireland. Tempestuous fiddle playing competes with explosive banjo, intricate mandolin, accordion, mandola and bouzouki and awe-inspiring guitar riffs, while silky flute playing remind the audience that these fiercely traditional musicians are also classically trained.
The live concert is a spectacle of talent, displaying also how Irish music influenced the global birth of a multitude of musical genres. The inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves are steering Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory.
Celtic Crossroads in concert, incorporating seven world-class musicians, playing over twenty instruments on stage, sold out its first world tour. From start to finish one is captivated by a wonderful fusion of musical genres in the Irish music family, such as eastern European Gypsy, North American Bluegrass, world Classical and Jazz, and the various other forms of Celtic music.
Throw in thunderous bodhran rhythms, drum kit, and Cajon as the music takes hold, rhythms beating, Irish dancers defying laws of speed and gravity, musicians swopping instru-ments, building and rising from a slow groove to a climactic, epic and all encompassing wildness of unadulterated genius.o their feet in thunderous ovation.
For reserved tickets to attend Celtic Crossroads in Concert and other information contact the CoMMA Box Office a 433-SHOW (7469) or 800-939-SHOW (7469). The CoMMA box office hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 pm Monday — Friday and one-hour prior to curtain. Online tick-eting is now available at www.commaonline.org.
For more information or to find sample music visit: www.celticcrossroads.ie

Celtic Crossroads comes to CoMMA

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