Celtic Appalachia

(Past) Thu, Mar 15 at 8 pm Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space $45/$38; Members, Seniors $38/$30; Irish Arts Center Members $36/$28; Student $25 (Balcony only) music

This St. Patrick's Day season, join us for a real toe-tapping, knee-slapping, singing and dancing fête celebrating the Irish traditional music influences on old time American, country and bluegrass music.

For one-night-only, the beloved Green Fields of America meet some of the best musicians to come from the Crooked Road region in Virginia, including Sammy Shelor (SPBGMA Banjo Performer of the Year; Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass 2011) and Linda Lay, to celebrate the cultural links between Ireland and Celtic Appalachia.

Starring Mick Moloney and the Green Fields of America with Athena Tergis, Martin O'Connell, Joey Abarta, Brendan Dolan, Niall O'Leary and Parker Hall and featuring musicians from Virginia's Crooked Road: Sammy Shelor, Eddie Bond, Leigh Beamer, Kirk Sutphin, and Linda Lay with special guest Cheick Hamala Diabate, a griot (storyteller) and master of the West African precursor to the banjo and Eoin and Moley O'Suilleabhain and The Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra. 

This program is made possible, in part, by Northern Ireland Bureau, Tourism Ireland; Elaine Pang and Michael George; Mary Lou and Joe Quinlan; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.