The Gaelic Storm

“there was an amazing exchange of energy between the bandand the crowd. The energy from gaelic storm stimulated the fans into afrenzy, which fuels the band in turn." ….. Lee kasper, nutech digital ceosince their self-titled first album which reached #5 on billboard's world music chart in 1998 and their appearance in the blockbuster film titanic, gaelic storm continues to thunder onto stages around the world and climb to the top of the billboard charts. Gaelic storm will release what's the rumpus their seventh album in july 2008. The new album captures the contagious energy of gaelic storm's renowned live performances; channeling the rowdy communal feel of an irish pub on rucous sing-alongs, driving pipe sets and spirited fiddle tunes.since its inception nearly ten years ago, gaelic storm continue to broaden the musical horizons of the celtic music genre by creating compelling originals and fresh arrangements steeped in irish traditional melody and acoustic instrumentation combined with their unique blend of world rhythms. Touring aggressively and playing over 125 dates a year, gaelic storm routinely breaks attendance records, pushing their popularity beyond the world music genre and into the mainstream music consciousness. They continue to headline some of the largest celtic and folk festivals in the world including festival interceltique in lorient, brittany, the pittsburgh irish festival, and dublin irish festival. Remarkably, the band has headlined the largest u.s. Irish festival, milwaukee irish fest, for 6 straight years, and has become an exception to the festival's usual policy of not inviting artists to perform in consecutive years. On st. Patrick's day, 1996, co-founders patrick murphy of cork city, ireland (vocals, piano, accordion, spoons, harmonica) and new yorker steve wehmeyer (bodhran, vocals, didgeridoo) officially joined forces with steve twigger of coventry, england (vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki), at o'brien's pub in santa monica, california. Although steve wehmeyer no longer tours or records with gaelic storm, he continues to co-write with the band carrying on their endearing chemistry with each new record. Their first performance was such a hit that the crowd refused to let them off the stage for the next act. In 1997, gaelic storm was catapulted out of their formative pub haunts by an appearance in the blockbuster film titanic. Cast as the "party band" in the steerage scene, they landed the part while still drinking pints and playing weekly at o'brien's. After the film's release, the band was met by huge crowds on their first tour. However, they still pride themselves on remaining as accessible as ever and sharing "a pint" with fans whenever possible. Gaelic storm also includes: ryan lacey on drums and world percussion (graduated twice from the los angeles music academy, once for hands and once for sticks), pete purvis of merrickville, ontario on uilleann pipes, tin whistle, deger pipes and highland pipes (a grade 1 piper who toured with award winning pipe bands including the braemar pipe band and played at 2000 sydney olympics) and the newest member of the band jessie burns on fiddle (originally from suffolk, england, now living in colorado).tickets.$27 advance or $29 day of showreserved seating