Texas - looking for Celtic music there

Subject: Texas
From: GUEST,MR
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 01:35 PM

I've a cousin living in Texas unable to find any Irish music - can this be true?

Subject: RE: Texas
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 02:22 PM

How wonderful!

Where in Texas- Borger?

Subject: RE: Texas
From: Leadfingers
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 02:30 PM

Could this provoke a mass immigration to Texas of all those people who are fed up with the prevalence of 'Irish' in Folk .

Subject: RE: Texas
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 02:42 PM

Sounds great to me--I like music with words...
Could be the Panhandle?

Lin

Subject: RE: Texas
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 02:52 PM

Yep, Borger is in the Panhandle, not fur from Pampa. No'th of Route 66 whar you git yer kicks.

Subject: RE: Texas
From: GUEST,Sleepless Dad
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 03:27 PM

Tell him to try

http://www.scmatx.org/

and

www.ntif.org

That should get him started.

Subject: RE: Texas
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 06:53 PM

I wuz gonna say, he couldn't be lookin' too hard.   Thanks, Sleepless Dad. You're right. A start, but will put him in touch with more. Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston -- all have big, active groups and annual festivals, which bring participants from other areas of the state. (1st site = Southwest Celtic Music Ass'n; 2nd = North Texas Irish Festival.)   Tw

P S Sleepless, baby got colic?

Subject: RE: Texas
From: pdq
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 07:23 PM

Buy a CD or two from Mudcatter Jed Marum. He is based in Dallas and does Texas-Celtic material.

                                    
          Jed Marum


Also check out the nightclub scene in Austin. It is one of the ten largest cities in the US and rivals Nashville for live music.

Subject: RE: Texas
From: Tannywheeler
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 08:33 PM

BTW, Guest,MR -- just in case you missed the question -- where in Texas? Big place; lots of folks' cousins here. The more we know, the more accurate the help available.   Tw

Subject: RE: Texas
From: Bert
Date: 26 Sep 04 - 09:17 PM

There's nothing ELSE in The Panhandle either.

Subject: RE: Texas - looking for Celtic music there
From: JedMarum
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 12:08 AM

Thanks pdq!

Lots of good Celtic music in Texas - where ya looking? It's a big state. Here're some big and very very good festivals:

Amarillo here
Dallas here
Fort Worth here
Austin here
Corpus Christi here
Midland here

Most of the big towns have local/regional organizations, most have weekly sessions, and live performances ... The Southwest Celic Music Association's site (noted above) is excellent - here again is the link to it SCMA.

Look through it, you'll find performers listed from towns all over Texas, plus contact info for them. You'll also find venues listed, and contact info - and there's a large and valuable list of links on the SCMA site too ... happy hunting ... come back with specific questions, if ya got 'em ...

Subject: RE: Texas - looking for Celtic music there
From: GUEST,MR
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 03:55 AM

Thanks for the help -I'm sure there is more than enough to be getting on with.

Will forward the website details to my cousin.

Subject: RE: Texas - looking for Celtic music there
From: PoppaGator
Date: 27 Sep 04 - 06:17 PM

Jed Marum's site will also provide information on an upcoming Celtin festivsla-type event in the Dallas area.