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Johnny and Susan |
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FEATURING
A MUSICAL MEMORIAL CONCERT FOR
JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM ON SATURDAY JULY 31ST
Featuring a special performance of songs from Johnnys Obie-award
winning play Peter and Wendy, to feature:
PHIL CUNNINGHAM (Silly
Wizard)
SUSAN MCKEOWN (The Chanting House)
AIDAN BRENNAN (Guitarist from Johnny and Susan)
KEVIN BURKE (Celtic Fiddle Festival)
SEAMUS EGAN (Solas)
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with musical performances by:
SOLAS - “The best Irish traditional
band in the world.” -The Boston Herald
WOODLAND - A night-time dance set of music from the Realm
of Faerie
TRILLIAN GREEN - A reunion of the legendary northwest festival
trio
RASPUTINA - A special performance by the renowned cello-rock
band
TAARKA - Seismic gypsy hypno-jazz from Oregon
CASEY NEILL - Singer/Songwriter whose cutting-edge style fuses
American rootsrock and celtic influences.
TOAD IN THE HOLE - Hard-rocking Oregon-based celtic band
E MUZEKI - A captivating blend of exotic melodies drawing
on many traditions
GLENNO FALKENBURG - Enchanted sounds of traditional Faerie
harp
SASHA BUTTERFLY - Sacred songs and melody from the heart of
mother earth
DAVID HELFAND AND FRIENDS- Mystical ethereal harp and ambient
Celtic atmospheric music
JOHNNY CONNOLLY AND DANA LYN - World-class traditional celtic
songs and melody
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STAGE SCHEDULE
Saturday July 31st, 2004
11:00 - 11:30 Opening Ceremony
11:30 -12:15 Glenno Falkenberg
12:30 - 1:15 E Muzeki
1:30 - 2:15 Magical Strings
2:30 - 3:15 Johnny Connolly and Dana Lyn
3:15 - 3:45 Julia Butterfly
3:50: 4:35 Casey Neill
5:00 - 6:30 Solas
7:00 - 8:30 Johnny Cunningham Memorial
9:00 - 10:30 Woodland
11:00 - 11:30 Fire Show |
Sunday August 1st, 2004
11:00 - 11:30 Opening
11:30 - 12:15 David Helfand and Friends
12:30 - 1:15 Timothy Hull
1:30 - 2:15 Sasha Butterfly
2:30 - 3:25 Toad in the Hole
3:45 - 5:00 Susan McKeown and Friends
5:15 - 6:40 Taarka
7:00 - 8:20 Rasputina
8:40 - 10:00 Trillian Green
10:30 Closing Ceremony |
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SOLAS
The beautiful and inspiring music of Solas
will grace the Faerieworlds main-stage for the first time
this year. Solas is a Faerie favorite, with a variety of folkloric
and mythic songs, and masterful jigs and reels. In addition
to their amazing original pieces, they interpret a wide range
of contemporary material; making explicit the connections
with the deep, ultimately Celtic roots of American music.
Solas will perform on Saturday at Faerieworlds and Seamus
Egan will also perform as part of the Johnny Cunningham Memorial
on Saturday. |
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“The best Irish traditional band
in the world.”
-The Boston Herald
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Susan McKeown
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Susan
McKeown and Aidan Brennan
"One of the most powerful and distinctive voices
in Irish music"
-THE IRISH VOICE .
Susan McKeown is from Dublin, Ireland. Here is a remarkable
vocalist, who has not only established herself as an interpreter
of traditional song, but as a woman who rocks. Her performance
with Johnny Cunningham was central to the beauty of last years
Faerieworlds Festival in Sedona, AZ.
Aidan Brennan is a phenomenal
guitarist from Ireland. He has recorded on various albums
including Loreena McKennitts "Book of Secrets" and
"Peter and Wendy" with Johnny Cunningham. For the
last several years Susan and Aidan have recorded and toured
with Johnny on the annual Winter Talisman Tour, and on the
Obie award-winning play Peter and Wendy. They will part of
the Johnny Memorial on Saturday and will perform a different
set on Sunday as well. |
PHIL
CUNNINGHAM
At sixteen, Phil joined his brother Johnny in the highly acclaimed
Scottish band 'Silly Wizard' and was a full-time member of
the band from 1976 to 1983, with the band developing into
a musical force renowned not only in their native Scotland,
but also in the rest of Europe, Canada and the United States.
The band's reputation was established by their performance
of exclusively traditional material, and to this Phil added
many compositions of his own, adding to the musical heritage
of Scotland and keeping the tradition alive.
It is an honor to have Phil Cunnigham be part of Faerieworlds
this year. Phil will be arranging and creating the tribute
to Johnny along with Susan McKeown. |
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Phil Cunningham
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Kevin Burke |
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KEVIN
BURKE
"Lyric, fluid and precisely as tricky as he needs to
be...probably the greatest Irish fiddler living." -
The Village Voice
Kevin Burke is a world-renowned Irish fiddle
master, playing the beautiful fluid, highly ornamented style
of County Sligo. Kevin has been a mainstay of several seminal
Irish supergroups, from The Bothy Band to current all-star
Irish band Patrick Street, and the Celtic Fiddle Festival
which featured Johnny Cunningham for many years.
Kevin will be perfoming along with Susan and Friends as
part of the Johnny Cunningham Memorial on Saturday evening
at Faerieworlds
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WOODLAND
Woodlands
music is inspired directly by the realm of Faerie. Their songs
explore the landscapes of Faerie, with mythical lyrics and
ancient melodies. For three
years Woodland
has helped to create and produce the Faerieworlds Festival
with Robert Gould of IMAGINOSIS.
After sharing the mainstage at last years Faerieworlds festival,
Woodland had just performed two shows with Johnny and Susan
in the Fall of 2003 before his passing. Woodland and Imaginosis
came together this year to create this event and memorial
for Johnny Cunningham, who was set to produce a new collaborative
project with Woodland and the Frouds when he departed this
past December. Their set of Faerie dance songs will feature
the World of Froud Digital Faerie Lightshow on Saturday evening. |
Kelly Miller-Lopez of Woodland
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Rasputina |
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RASPUTINA
Rasputina is a cello-rock ensemble. Founded by Melora Creager(celloist
for Nirvana acoustic performances), their music expresses
the power and versatility of the mighty cello. Historically
influenced and constantly costumed, Rasputina have inspired
countless young people to pick up the cello. Rasputina's
music features dark textural landscapes and experimental
sound woven with original and often witty lyrical poetry.
Rasputina will perform on Sunday at the Faerieworlds Festival.
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TRILLIAN
GREEN
"Trillian Greene is the best music
ever. The sounds of the cello and the drums put you in a trance
like state. It makes you want to go into the forest and sleep
under a log. I highly recomend it! "
- Review Amazon.com
For years, Trillian Green dazzled audiences with their raw
acoustic tantric-trance music. The trio, comprising of cello,
flute and percussion have the ability to lock into hypnotic
melodic grooves, invoking knotwork rhythmic patterns with
their ecstatic tones. Their music inspires the landscapes
of the otherworld. After many years apart, Trillian Green
will perform a first-time reunion concert at Faerieworlds
this year on Sunday
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Trillian Green |
Taarka |
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TAARKA
"Taarka is an instrumental band, focusing all of their
creative energies on a breathless synergy of sounds. They
know when to lay back and let it flow, and when to push
it forward, culminating in an intensity rarely found in
acoustic music."
- Matt Ziegler Flagstaff Live
Taarka is a four-piece from the Portland
area, which features high-energy instrumental music sourced
from various traditions, yet original and unique. They blend
jazz, middle-eastern, and bluegrass influences in an eclectic
gypsy stew of melody. Taarka will perform on Sunday at this
years event.
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CASEY
NEILL
"While Casey Neill's muscular tales of
love and rambling clearly follow a Celtic blueprint, he belts
it out American style. With a clear lyrical vision of the
West, Neill stands as an admirable exponent of a deep tradition."
- Zach Dundas, Willamette Week
Casey Neill is a singer/songwriter
whose style fuses American rootsrock and celtic influences
with original lyricism. Casy was perfoming and recording with
Johnny Cunningham in New York over the last few years, and
will be part of the memorial for Johnny. Casey also performed
for Julia Butterfly during her tree-sit in Luna. Casey has
been a featured performer at festivals and events throughout
the northwest for many years, and will perform on Saturday
at the Faerieworlds Festival. |
Casey Neill |
Toad in the Hole |
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TOAD
IN THE HOLE
Toad in the Hole brings to the stage a modern interpretation
of Celtic music. Inspired by the Pogues and influenced by
Celtic, Bluegrass, Folk and Punk, their music is at once
unique and familiar. Their lyrics are accessible and finely
crafted, enhanced by vocal and musical accompaniment which
is accomplished and seamless. It’s their raucous energy,
however, which sets them apart and keeps you dancing long
past the time you should have collapsed.
“Toad in the Hole will get the crowd on their feet,
and the madness won’t end until band and audience
are exhausted, sweaty and crying in their beers from sheer
joy.” – Eugene Weekly
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BUTTERFLY
Immersed in music since childhood, Sasha has
been recording and touring extensively throughout the United
States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Europe. Graced with
a voice of an angel and a soulful grit, Sasha performs on
a wide variety of instruments including guitar, flute, piano,
djembe and more. Her timeless original lyrics and melodic
creations leave listeners visibly moved. She brings the feel
of a gospel singer into her heartfelt music about love, creation,
and the beauty of the earth. |
Sasha Butterfly |
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