Celtic Women concert

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:16 pm

This may be old news for ya'll, and if so I apologize, but I saw the new Celtic Women; The New Journey concert on PBS last night: Oh, yeah!
And the whistler/piper got some camera on him as well as he accompanied the singing. Does anyone know who he is? And what whistles was he playing? I saw a really long one, looked like a low D that was translucent(?). Another silver one looked like it had keys(?). A third was shorter, perhaps a C or a D, and was black with a silver space where tuning ring would be. An Abell?
Just curiousity. He was really good, I know that!

TheKingPrawn · Post by **TheKingPrawn** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:07 pm

I saw the concert the other night also. I hope the neighbors enjoyed how loud I had the stereo! The smaller whistle he played looked a lot like a Susato because of the lip at the end. In the first concert it didn't have the ring at the head joint, so I suspect the non black color may have been teflon tape. I have no idea what his low whistles were, but he sure made them sound good.

Richard Katz · Post by **Richard Katz** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:10 pm

I also saw the PBS concert last night.

The piper is John O'Brien, brother of Mick O'Brien (May Morning Dew CD).

He has been playing with the Celtic Woman tour for over a year at least as I saw, and spoke with, him last November in San Francisco during the concert break.

He is a fine piper and whistle player for sure!

It was nice to see them actually spend some camera time on him for once instead of the cheesey audience shots.

Cheers! Richard

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:52 pm

According to my cable guide, this is coming on again tonight.

dyersituations · Post by **dyersituations** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:55 pm

"Celtic Women" are good, but...it's a little hard for me to handle them...

-Casey

Tres · Post by **Tres** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:10 am

dyersituations wrote:"Celtic Women" are good, but...it's a little hard for me to handle them...

-Casey

What drives me mad watching the show is that it looks like all the "Celtic Women" are all lip-syncing. I know they probably aren't, but it sure looks like they are. And that fiddle player is a little too perky for my tastes!

Tres

Richard Katz · Post by **Richard Katz** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:54 am

I saw the Celtic Women concert last year in San Francisco. They are not lip- syncing. They have beautiful angelic voices for sure. I was sitting close enough to be able to tell.

Reminds me of what it means to use your voice as an instrument. After all, aren't all instruments trying to mimic the human voice?

The production and sound of the live show are truly amazing. Worth seeing if you get a chance.

Cheers! Richard

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:06 pm

1. The live show sounds best.
2. I missed the whistler...DARN!
3. At one point, I turned the sound off and just watched the fiddle sprite dance around. Made me think of Tinkerbell...
4. The live show sounds best.

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:18 pm

Richard Katz wrote:Reminds me of what it means to use your voice as an instrument. After all, aren't all instruments trying to mimic the human voice?

I'm not sure that is true.

Scott McCallister · Post by **Scott McCallister** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:59 pm

Adrian wrote:
Richard Katz wrote:Reminds me of what it means to use your voice as an instrument. After all, aren't all instruments trying to mimic the human voice?
I'm not sure that is true.

All instruments are trying to imitate the Trombone.

yes, even whistles.

I know this for a fact.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:02 pm

My voice kinda sounds like a banjo.

Blayne Chastain · Post by **Blayne Chastain** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:03 pm

I don't know why but they play Celtic Women it seems like 7 times a week here in Greeley on our public chanel... Craziness. They are very polished... Not the sound that attracted me to trad but anything that promotes Irish music & "culture" to the masses is great... Why not share the love... Hopefully CW will serve as a gateway drug to the "harder" stuff!

Smokin' from the proverbial craic pipe,

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:27 pm

As others have said, and I quote:

Nyuck!

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=46061

anam cara · Post by **anam cara** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:52 pm

A-Musing wrote:3. At one point, I turned the sound off and just watched the fiddle sprite dance around. Made me think of Tinkerbell...

I can totally identify...

riverman · Post by **riverman** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:13 am

Scott, you're a funny man!