I'm really sorry to hear the Big Blow has disbanded. I had the pleasure of seeing them one time at the Takoma Park Folk Festival and immediately bought 2 CDs and a T-shirt. They put on a very energetic show without a guitar in sight! Their instrumentation included mandolin, flute, pennywhistle, tuba, didge, drums (of all sorts), keyboards, and others which I can't remember. They piled a bunch of strange hats on the front of the stage and changed hats for each song.

At the end of the show, they invited all of the kids in the audience to come on down to the stage, put hats on their heads, rhythm instruments in their hands, and had them play along. I wish I had had a video camera with me.

I can recommend "Off Kilter - a Celtic Outerlude" for anyone who likes "Celtic" music with a severe twist.

jeffp