Centerpiece of the 2nd “Celtic Calling” downtown festival, Skipper’s Alley are a 7-piece ensemble whose dynamic take on traditional Irish music has garnered wide critical praise and has been featured on stages across three continents.
With a sound described as “from unaccompanied song through to full Chieftains frenzy” (Folk World), the Dublin-based group arrange and interpret traditional Irish folk music on Uilleann pipes, harp, fiddle, whistles, bodhrán, banjo and more, taking influence from such early bands as Planxty, Dé Dannan and The Bothy Band.
Skipper’s Alley first came to prominence in the summer of 2013 after winning the Loic Raison Trophy at Le Festival Interceltique de Lorient, an award previously won by such established acts as Danú and Clannad.