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Best of Scottish Folk Music with North Sea Gas


Branford Folk Music Society  -  40th Season of great music &

merriment!

October 12, 2013: North Sea Gas

This concert offers
a Branford Folk Music Society debut. We've been
trying to book this trio for
years and our schedules never coincided.
This year the schedules are in sync
and we're happy to present one of
Scotland's most popular folk bands that
incorporate great vocals and
awe-inspiring three-part harmonies. They've
been a band for 34 years
and they're stronger than ever! Ronnie MacDonald,
Grant Simpson and
Dave Gilfillan comprise North Sea Gas and in concert they
bring along
guitars, mandolins, fiddles, bouzoukis, whistles, bodhrans,
banjos and
cracking senses of humor.

North Sea Gas has received Gold
and Silver disc awards from the
Scottish Music Industry Association and
regularly sells out shows at
the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
They've recorded 15 albums
that have garnered critical acclaim, including
for their latest
effort, "Tak a dram afore ye go." "The album is offered in
the spirit
of enjoyment, and in that it succeeds superbly" wrote Alasdair
Maclean
in The Scots Magazine. Their previous album "Rosslyn" received

favorable reviews from folk magazines and newspapers such as Dirty
Linen
in the U.S., The Scots Magazine, and The Living Tradition.

Their show, in
the same way as their albums, consists of traditional,
contemporary and
self-penned material all put together in a style of
their own. They
regularly tour Scotland, America, Canada, Germany and
Austria with TV and
radio appearances both sides of the Atlantic. In
2008, they recorded for
Chinese television with an estimated audience
of 800
million!

Admission: $15 for nonmembers, $12 for members, $5 for kids 12
and
under    Pay at the door.

Branford Folk Coffeehouse
First
Congregational Church of Branford
1009 Main Street, Branford,
CT.

8:00pm

Wheelchair accessible.

For more information call
203-488-7715
Email:
branfordfolk@gmail.com
http://folknotes.org/branfordfolk/

Branford
Folk Coffeehouse welcomes refreshment donations of pastries,
cold drinks and
other assorted goodies!  Bring your own travel mug or
thermos and take home
any leftover coffee!

Branford Folk Music Society - Traditionally, the
Best Folk Music in
southern Connecticut since 1973.

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