Category: music
Irish Winterfest honoring Tréa Champagne
Tickets are $15 advance/$20 at the door for Irish Winterfest one week from today (Sunday, January 29 at 4:30 pm) at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. Save $5 per ticket by purchasing in advance: cspshall.org Along with Irish trad band Coppers & Brass (Frank Claudy, Joe Dutcher, Tara McGovern and Keith Reins), harp duo Wandering… Read More Irish Winterfest honoring Tréa Champagne
The Soft and Low celebrates 10 years in 2023
Jeff and I are proud and delighted to be celebrating 10 years of making music together! Please join us at The James in Iowa City on Saturday, January 28 for a shared concert with Crystal City.
Séamus Fay, Cavan’s Lilter
I was so happy to meet Séamus Fay and Martin Donahue, both of whom are interviewed in this piece, at the session at Farnham Arms Hotel in County Cavan and it’s a treat to see them again in this wonderful episode (click through).
Irish Christmas Ceílí hosted by Champagne Academy of Irish Dance, Tara McGovern and David McMahon
Freegrass String Trio— Moon River
Freegrass Trio is Blake Shaw (cello, arrangements), Dan Padley (guitar, composition, arrangements) and Tara McGovern (fiddle). In this video by Signal Flow Productions, we are featuring Annie Savage on harp. “Moon River” is by Henry Mancini and is arranged for Freegrass Trio by Blake Shaw.
Freegrass String Trio— Focus by Dan Padley
Freegrass String Trio is Blake Shaw (cello, arrangements), Dan Padley (guitar) and Tara McGovern (fiddle). “Focus” is written and arranged by our guitarist Dan Padley. In this video by Signal Flow Productions, we are featuring Annie Savage on harp.
Freegrass String Trio — Yesterday
Freegrass Trio is Blake Shaw (cello, arrangements), Dan Padley (guitar, composition, arrangements) and Tara McGovern (fiddle). In this video by Signal Flow Productions, we are featuring Annie Savage on harp. Freegrass and Annie will be playing three concerts at DalekoArts in New Prague, Minnesota the weekend of October 28-30.
Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub
Some tremendous shots of our post-Celtic Summerfest session at Pat and Fran’s Irish Pub!! I’m so grateful for this music and for these friends. Photography by Caitlín Feddersen of Twisted Cedar Studios.
Celtic Summerfest
Our wonderful photographer Caitlín Feddersen from Twisted Cedar Studios just finished editing the photos from Celtic Summerfest at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts and it’s so much fun reliving this joyous day through the images she captured. Here are a few of my favorites.
Tara McGovern 