Caitlin Warbelow Hailing from a family of bush pilots in Fairbanks,
Alaska, Caitlin Warbelow is a fiddler/violinist and entrepreneur
currently residing in Brooklyn. Caitlin began her studies at age three
in the Boston Suzuki program, and went on to win honors from the
National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts and the National
Suzuki Conference, as well as scholarships at the Meadowmount School
(where she studied with Sally Thomas of Juilliard), Boston University,
and Columbia University. In the folk and traditional realms, she holds
championship titles at the New England Fiddle Championship and the
Fleadh Cheoil (All-Ireland Competition). In 2014, Caitlin became the
violinist/fiddler for Riverdance's new production, "Heartbeat of
Home", as well as a substitute violinist for Sting's new musical on
Broadway, "The Last Ship". Caitlin has toured and performed with
Cherish the Ladies, Mick Moloney and the Green Fields of America, The
Brock McGuire Band, Michael Londra and Celtic Fire, The Prodigals, and
The Mickey Finns, among many others. Known as something of a musical
chameleon, Caitlin performs, records, and teaches extensively in NYC
and around the country in a variety of genres including Irish
traditional and rock, country and bluegrass, Texas swing and contest
fiddling, and on occasion returns to her roots as a classical
violinist. Aarun Carter Maybe she fell in love with fiddling before
she was born, the day her mother, eight months pregnant with her,
competed in a fiddling contest. Aarun was taught suzuki violin at the
age of 2, and never stopped learning! At 4 years old, Aarun won the
Colorado State Small Fry Division. Soon after, she won an award for
the “youngest fiddler” at the National Old Time Fiddlers Contest.
Aarun attended Denver School of the Arts High School in Denver, CO and
majored in Orchestra. She got to experience many amazing things while
being a part of the DSA family. In addition to being one of the top
rated Orchestras in the state, they got to perform with Garrison
Keillor at Boettcher Concert Hall for "A Prarie Home Companion." Aarun
has studied under many award winning fiddlers including Wes
Wesmoreland (Mel Tillis), Christian Howes (Les Paul), Randy Elmore
(Willie Nelson), Katie Glassman (Western Flyers), Lisa Barrett, Joey
McKenzie (Quebe Sisters) andJimmie Don Bates, as well as studying
commercial music at South Plains College under the tutelage of Joe
Carr (of the Country Gazette) and Cary Banks (of the Maines Brothers
Band). Aarun has also shared the stage with many note-worthy
performers such as Floyd Domino (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, George
Strait, The Texas Playboys, Waylon Jennings), Lonestar, and many
others! Brongaene Griffin Bronnie Griffin is a contemporary fiddler
steeped in the rich Irish tradition. A prize winning student of the
legendary Kevin Burke, Bronnie learned her Irish from the best. With a
classical training tempered by a sojourn in Bluegrass and Old Time
playing she broadened her already considerable abilities after she
went to the well of the tradition, and spent over ten years in Ireland
busking and listening to the great tune keepers and lore masters. She
returned and played around the U.S., sharing the stage with Gerry
O’Beirne, Johnny B. Connolly, Nancy Conescu, John Williams and Kevin
Burke, among others. Today she lives in the musically rich and diverse
city of Portland, Oregon, where Celtic music flourishes, enriched by
the vibrant and eclectic world scene, all of which is reflected in
Bronnie’s lively playing. With one stellar album under her belt, and
another forthcoming, Bronnie Griffin brings a strong bow, melodic
lift, and sheer joy to the world of traditional music. Gerry O'Beirne
Born in Ennis, County Clare, along Ireland’s music-rich west coast,
Gerry O’Beirne is a renowned singer, songwriter, record producer and
guitarist (6 and 12 string guitar, tiple, and ukulele, slide guitar
among others). He grew up in Ireland and in Ghana in West Africa, and
has since lived in England, California, and Mexico. He lives now near
Dingle in Co Kerry. His own compositions blend the passion found in
traditional music with the freshness of contemporary song. Gerry’s
much loved first solo album Half Moon Bay features The Holy Ground,
Half Moon Bay, Western Highway and The Shades Of Gloria which have
been sung by Maura O’Connell, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Mary Black and
many other great singers. His second album The Bog Bodies And Other
Stories: Music For Guitar was named CD of the Month on the American
radio show Echoes, and one of its essential albums of the year.
“Yesterday I Saw The Earth Beautiful”, a duet album with fiddler
Rosie Shipley featured his own songs, settings of poems by Paddy
Kavanagh and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill along with traditional tunes from
Ireland and Cape Breton. Kevin Burke Kevin Burke has been playing the
fiddle since he was a small boy living in S.E. London. He spent much
of his youth honing his fiddling style in the Irish pubs and dance
halls in and around his hometown. A chance meeting with Arlo Guthrie
in a pub in Co. Clare would eventually lead to an invitation for Burke
to come to the US to collaborate on a recording with Guthrie. This
formative experience launched Burke's touring career. He spent several
years touring Europe playing music before eventually settling in
Oregon at the urging of songwriter Hoyt Axton. Burke has spent the
last twenty years living in Oregon recording and playing the music he
loves. Cary Novotny Cary Novotny is a guitarist based in Portland who
performs as a solo artist and with Irish music group Cul an Ti, Cary
Novotny Band and others.
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