White Horse Black Mountain celebrates the sounds of Celtic music

The Tannahill Weavers and Aoife Clancy take the stage on back-to-back evenings

The Valley Echo
October 3, 2022

The Tannahill Weavers will bring traditional Scottish music with a modern twist to the White Horse, when they take the stage, Oct. 10. Courtesy photo

A pair of shows on back-to-back nights will bring world renowned Celtic musicians to the stage in White Horse Black Mountain.

Performing their unique brand of traditional music with a modern twist, the Tannahill Weavers will blend old-time melodies and modern rhythms at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 9. The band, formed in Paisley, Scotland in 1968, brings a diverse repertoire of instrumentals, topical songs, original ballads and lullabies and humorous tales of life in their native country.

The group features Roy Gullane as lead vocalist and guitarist; Phil Smillie on the flute, whistles, bodhran and harmony vocals; Ian MacGillvray with the highland bagpipes, fiddle and whistles and the bouzouki of Malcolm Bushby. The Tannahill Weavers, who take their name from Paisley’s historic weaving industry and late 18th Century poet Robert Tannahill, are one of the best known names in the wave of Celtic Music which gained popularity in the U.S. in the 1970s.

The vocal stylings of Aoife Clancy will take center stage in the White Horse at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10, as the venue continues its Carolina Celtic series with acclaimed guitarist Robin Bullock and harpist Sue Richards. The latest concert will feature Clancy, who hails from a famed Tipperary, Ireland musical family and was once a vocalist in the Irish-American folk group, Cherish the Ladies.

Tickets for both concerts can be purchased at whitehorseblackmountain.com.