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Kevin Alewine

February 10, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Kevin has been involved in Irish music since about 1979 after many years of interest in folk and jazz idioms. He has performed with Ken and Peggy Fleming continuously since 1988 and was a founding member of the Lone Star Ceili Band and the TIMES Band & Session Players. Kevin is moderately proficient on flute, whistles, guitar and cittern, but hopeless on bodhran.. … [Read more...] about Kevin Alewine

Albert Alfonso

February 23, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Albert Alfonso has been playing bodhran since the early 1980’s - that’s right, since last century. At some point he was asked to participate in some local and regional workshops. Over the years, one thing and another has lead to workshops at The Royal Academy of Music in London, The Royal Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, as well as workshops at many Irish and Celtic festivals and traditional … [Read more...] about Albert Alfonso

Rich Brotherton

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

Multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, producer and engineer. Rich Brotherton is best known outside of Austin, Texas, as Robert Earl Keen's guitar player. But in his adopted hometown he's much, much more. There he's also a celebrated folk and Celtic musician, and a producer who has helmed records for Keen, Caroline Herring, Rodney Hayden, Beaver Nelson, Ana Egge and others. … [Read more...] about Rich Brotherton

John Burleson

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

John Burleson taught guitar in 2005. … [Read more...] about John Burleson

Liz Carroll

February 23, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Liz Carroll, the Irish fiddler and composer, has been thinking lately of the path her musical life has taken. It's been a road rich in traveling companions, with inspiration from stops along the way. And now, with Half Day Road, her new duet album with guitarist and pianist Jake Charron, just released, there will be new destinations in 2019. Since she was 18, when she astounded the Celtic music … [Read more...] about Liz Carroll

Janis Deane

January 21, 2019 By Ken Fleming

Janis Deane

Janis Deane, M.Ed., CCC-SLP is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and has more than 30 years of experience working with patients who have voice disorders, swallowing disorders, chronic cough and vocal cord dysfunction, and those requiring voice restoration following total laryngectomy.  Janis is a classically trained singer, but also an avid instrumentalist. She has played Irish … [Read more...] about Janis Deane

John Doyle

January 22, 2019 By Ken Fleming

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Originally from Dublin, and a longtime resident of Asheville, N.C., John Doyle is a compelling singer and songwriter, producer, multi-Grammy nominee, and an extraordinary master of the Irish guitar whose singular percussive style has influenced a generation of players. A founding member of the acclaimed group Solas, John’s guitar sound took the traditional music world by storm and has likely … [Read more...] about John Doyle

Michelle Feldman

November 4, 2018 By Ken Fleming

Michelle Feldman

Michelle Feldman has over 20 years of Irish fiddling experience. Her driving style powers many of 5SR’s dance sets, although she is equally at home adding a wistful phrase to a ballad or spicing up a bluegrass tune. Michelle is also a songwriter and has performed with many groups in the past, including Idle Road and Gallus. She can be heard regularly on weekend afternoons with the  TIMES … [Read more...] about Michelle Feldman

Ken Fleming

February 23, 2019 By Steve Horn

Ken Fleming

Ken Fleming has been playing Irish music for more than four decades in the Dallas area on tenor banjo, button accordion, concertina, guitar, bouzouki and mandolin. His love of Irish music led him to become involved in 1983 in the formation of the Southwest Celtic Music Association and North Texas Irish Festival of which he was the founding president and founding director respectively. In the … [Read more...] about Ken Fleming

Heather Gilmer

February 24, 2019 By Ken Fleming

Heather Gilmer taught fiddle in 2005. … [Read more...] about Heather Gilmer

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