Rss Feed Tweeter button Facebook button Technorati button Reddit button Myspace button Linkedin button Webonews button Delicious button Digg button Stumbleupon button Newsvine button

[Spotlight Post] Tartanic

Posted by reudaly on April 19, 2013 in Spotlight |

This week’s spotlight is on a band I never even considered listening to before two weeks ago – Tartanic. I haven’t met them yet, but they suffered a tragic loss this past weekend and our hearts and prayers go out to them.

Tartanic is a bagpipe and drum band. Yes…you read that correctly. Pipe and drums – and apparently, dancing girls. I caught the audible end of one of their shows the first weekend of Scarborough Renaissance Festival and found myself jamming out to “Amazing Grace”. Just try to wrap your head around that. The song started out as a traditional bagpipe “Amazing Grace”, which instantly put me in funeral mind – then the drums kicked in.

I’m going to shame my Scottish ancestry by admitting… not a big fan of bagpipes on their own. Even with master pipers there’s a still a sense – occasionally – of “what did that cat ever do to you”? But add DRUMS — Now I’m hooked. But I’m a percussion girl. I have always been a sucker for bass players and drummers. So, adding drums to the pipes… I’m in.

And I was really lucky, Robyn bought me their live album for a “late birthday” present this past weekend. Now I’ve discovered I need a “loud” Celtic music playlist and a “soft” one. Because as pretty as most Ren Faire music is, there are days when I need the LOUD – and Tartanic is that – but musical and rhythmic and will get your fingers tapping on keyboards.

So I have been listening to Tartanic through this awful week. I hope I have the opportunity to express my condolences for their loss – a band member and his wife were killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver on Sunday night. Because even though we haven’t met yet – they’re still part of our Faire Family. They’re ours, and we grieve with them.

Tags: , , , ,

Copyright © 2007-2024 Rhonda Eudaly All rights reserved.
This site is using the Desk Mess Mirrored theme, v2.5, from BuyNowShop.com.