Tim  Glennon

 

Born and raised on New York’s Long Island, Tim is the eighth child of twelve and the son of a first generation Irish New York City Policeman.  Tim began singing and playing the piano around the age of five, playing mostly for family and relatives.

 

It was in while he was in high school that Tim started singing with his oldest brother Jack at “Irish Affairs.”  The Glennon Brothers were primarily influenced by the likes of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, and The Irish Rovers.

 

While attending St Edward’s University in Austin Texas, Tim honed his craft as a solo artist, playing at the Student Union while pursuing his degree in Theatre Arts.

 

After graduation from College, marriage, and four children, Tim resumed his solo act playing and singing in Irish establishments in the Northeast.  In 1999 He moved to Shreveport Louisiana and established himself as a “Celtic Artist” among the local musical establishment.  He has played, and continues to do so, at various pubs and clubs of Celtic themes from Dallas to Monroe and Corpus Christi to New Orleans.

 

 

 

Celjun

 

 

Music jam parties abound in southwest Louisiana. The region is home to a wealth of versatile musicians who gather together regularly, drawn by the local bonhomie, good food, and a mutual love of traditional music of all kinds. The band Celjun evolved out of these gatherings, a small circle of friends who continued to explore the merging of Cajun music with that of Ireland and Appalachia, and a curious delighted audience followed. The resulting blend is at once both familiar and surprising: Irish ballad with Jazz bass, an Appalachian fiddle hoe-down accompanied by Irish bouzouki, Cajun fiddle two-step in unison with the concertina, Irish jigs, reels, hornpipes and polkas, all sharing a strong sense of groove and creating a new fusion: CELJUN MUSIC.

 

 

Jim Flanagan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A native of Ballyvourney, a small village in the heart of the Muskerry Gaeltacht (an Irish speaking area) in County Cork, Jim Flanagan now lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He has performed at major festivals (Milwaukee, Dallas, Colorado, Atlanta, New Orleans, Savannah, Austin, Jackson) and in regular pub performances over the years has established himself as a significant force in Irish music in the Southeastern United States. Steve Winick (Dirty Linen) compares him favorably to Daithi Sproule (of Altan) and the great traditional singer Joe Heaney (Seosamh Ó hÉanaí) - in whose company any Irish singer would be proud to be placed.

 

Ballyvourney is an area long recognized as a center of poetry, music, and dance. It is the birthplace of many highly respected poets and musicians, among these the famous poet Seán Ó Riordáin. Many great Irish musicians have lived in the area, including Seán Ó Riada, Jackie Daly, John Connell, and the great source singer Elisabeth Cronin. Flanagan draws on this wellspring of tradition with pride of place in his stage performances. He provides a mix of both Irish language and English language songs; songs based in the old style (sean nós) tradition as well as contemporary ballads, many of which lend themselves well to audience participation. His performances are interwoven with his compelling Irish humor, the stories of Ireland and his memories of home, leaving one with a feeling of having been entertained and enriched as well.

 

 

Michael Harrison

 

Michael William Harrison – folksinger – has been an enthusiastic member of the SCMA and a consistent NTIF performer for several years running. Michael can belt out a rousing Irish pub song and drive it home with a foot-stomping rhythm guitar; then, turn the page and sing a touching story in song with finger picking like a gentle rain.

 

With family here, Michael performs mostly in North Texas doing over 300 shows in 2005; and, teaching “performance singing” classes at the O’Flaherty Irish Music Retreat. The road, too, is no stranger to Michael who found his way in 2005 to many pub, festival and coffeehouse performances in Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri.

 

 

 

 

Jeff Phillips

 

 

 

 

Balladeer, Jeffrey Phillips, serves up a great repertoire
of traditional Irish ballads and hand-clapping,

foot-stomping Irish drinking songs!

A lot of fun and great entertainment for all.