A Connemara Christmas w/Grace Griffith, Carey Creed, Dave Abe, Jody Marshall, & Paul Nahay December 13, 2007

Tickets: $20.00 + sev fee
Info: 410-795-1041
www.baldwinsstation.com
Connemara’s Celtic Christmas is a time-honored tradition at Baldwin’s. Holiday songs and instrumentals from Ireland, Scotland, and the North Pole are served up with equal parts humor, holiday spirit, and masterful musicianship in this annual extravaganza, which features some of the D.C.-area’s finest Celtic performers. Award-winning Blix Street recording artist Grace Griffith, a founding member of Connemara, is one of the region’s most respected and popular folksingers. Versatile pianist and composer Paul Nahay lays down a solid foundation for the band, and fiddler Dave Abe sails through rollicking jigs and reels and soulful airs with equal ease. Jody Marshall, well-known for her lively and expressive dulcimer playing, also provides solid harmony vocals, as does singer-songwriter Carey Creed, whose soulful voice has earned her a WAMMIE award from the Washington Area Music Association. Stirring three-part harmony vocals are a trademark of Connemara’s Christmas show, as are instrumentals that run the gamut from exquisitely arranged showpieces to foot-stomping fiddle tunes.

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