WAKE THE DEAD
Wake the Dead is a Celtic-styled music ensemble which features the mythic songs of Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. The band features 7 world-class class musicians including such instrumentation as Celtic harp, double bass, octave mandolin, guitar, fiddle, uilleann pipes, pennywhistle and hand and mouth percussion. The way this hot Northern California septet blends Celtic traditional music and the songs of the Grateful Dead is delighting Deadheads, folkies, jam band fans, and adventurous music lovers alike around the world.

"If you didn’t know the songs, or hadn’t read the credits, it would be easy get swept up in this music and imagine that some of the Garcia/Hunter material came from the pen of Turlough O’Carolan himself. Every segue works, and every track is beautiful. This, then, is the living legacy of the Grateful Dead, great new performances of great songs. Dead songs live, and the lives of listeners everywhere are better for it."

  - Shaun Dale, Cosmik Debris Magazine

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SHAY BLACK (of the Black Brothers)
Shay Black is a member of Ireland's foremost family of song. Their work has been described by critics as "exquisite", "exhilarating" and "nothing short of stunning".

The Black Brothers are regarded amongst the finest and most popular singers in Ireland. They are noted for their strong voices: Shay's voice is robust and hearty, with a diverse repertoire of sea shanties and traditional Irish revels.

"As vocalists, the Blacks are simply extraordinary. When they sang the early show's last song, "Sweet Liberty," penned a century earlier by Portadown's John Shields, it fittingly capped the bracing, liberating spirit of their entire performance... one of the finest I've seen this year."

  - Eric Hitchner, Irish Echo

The Sugar Beets

SCOTT HUCKABAY
With incense burning between strings, wearing bells on his right ankle, the passionate ritual begins. The stage echoes, rolling like thunder under his bare feet, pounding a mesmerizing heartbeat. Dancing in a circle, shaking his dolphin guitar like a shaman shaking his magic medicine rattle, he lifts the guitar to his lips and howls the ancient cries from the deepest seas, leading us on a mesmerizing journey... descended from the Chiricahua Tribe (Apache) in Southern Arizona, Scott Huckabay is an adept guitar virtuoso. He will bring his music back to the Faerieworlds stage on Saturday July 21st this year.

"Michael Hedges, Jimi Hendrix and David Gilmore (Pink Floyd) all rolled into one. Scott Huckabay is a dream-come-true for guitar enthusiasts everywhere."
  - Robert Walmsley, Omega Music Directory

LISA THIEL
Lisa Thiel is a visionary artist and ceremonial singer whose healing song prayers and chants are among the most popular in the women's spiritual movement today. Lisa began creating her music as an expression of and as a vehicle for her own process of personal growth and transformation. The connecting thread throughout was the practice of sacred song for healing and empowerment, and an emphasis on the Sacred Feminine found in all traditions in one form or another. The result is a vital, authentic music that resonates with the energy of her experiences. Lisa's songs literally are shamanic healing (medicine) songs that have touched the lives of countless women in a profound way. Her songs soon became a traditional part of women's spiritual music and are currently sung in circles around the world.

"A mystical tapestry of poetic lyricism certain to stir the soul."
  - Music Design

GLENN FALKENBERG
One of the premiere Faerie harpers of our time, Falkenberg draws form a diverse background of traditional and original material to create a beautiful ambient experience for the audience. From Turlough O'Carolan faerie rounds, to original acoustic arrangements, Glenno will open the Sunday event with the twinkling of the fae.

TRICKY PIXIE
Tricky Pixie is a fey fusion of three well-loved, whimsical talents who fearlessely tread the boards and the twilight roads alike, now joining forces to represent the Faerie Bards at Faerie Worlds! From touring band Skinny White Chick comes S. J. Tucker, a fearless, guitar-wielding gypsy sprite with a golden throat; from Gaia Consort comes Betsy Tinney, her wings out and her cello in hand; fresh from the land of Fae comes Alexander James Adams, heir to Heather Alexander's music and magic! Together, these three forces of nature heal hearts and awake the Faerie Ring within us all--a Wyld ride not soon forgotten!"