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Piper Jones Band Celtic Christmas
Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 9 PMJoin the Piper Jones Band for a festive night of Celtic music fit for the beauty and mystery of the holiday season. Lift your spirits with tunes and songs from Scotland to Appalachia and dances that are sure to keep you warm inside and out.
Piper Jones Band: EJ Jones, bagpipes, Frances Cunningham, bouzouki, Kent Spillman, percussion
Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave. Downtown Asheville
Cover: $15Piper Jones seeks to share abundant spirit, life-filled dance tunes, and song with those who know Celtic music well and with those who are hearing it for the first time. The band’s latest Album The Wandering Stars has been played on The BBC Radio Scotland’s program Pipeline, NPR’s The Thistle and Shamrock, and has been enjoyed on the WNCW Celtic Winds program.
Piper EJ Jones has excelled as a performer of traditional Highland bagpipe music and as a folk musician, co-founding the renowned group Clandestine in 1991. In addition to Clandestine’s five albums, he has a solo album, The Willow, with Gerry O’Beirne and Rosie Shipley. EJ has recorded for artists such as Ed Miller, Robert Earl Keen, and others. In addition to performance, EJ teaches privately and at piping workshops and seminars across the US. EJ is ranked as a professional level competitive piper in the Eastern US Pipe Band Association and recently had the honor to represent the USA at the 2014 MacCrimmon Trophy piping competition at Festival Interceltique Lorient in Lorient, France.
Frances Cunningham bouzouki, lives in Nashville, TN and is a frequent member of the Mike Snider String Band, playing weekly on the Grand Ole Opry. Frances has enjoyed a long career performing nation-wide with a variety of musicians. Her first love is traditional Irish music, and she was the winner of the Midwest Fleadh in 2013 in both accompaniment and tenor banjo.
For more information about the Piper Jones Band, visit www.piperjones.com
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