Celticado
Celtic Music in South Hadley, Massachusetts
Why hire Celticado?
Celticado is a professional wedding ceremony band based in western MA. Their experience is mostly in providing beautiful acoustic Celtic music.
WEDDINGS:
The band specializes in joyful seating music, gorgeous processional music, simple yet uplifting ceremony music, lively recessional music, entertaining receiving line music and comfortable background music for cocktail hours and dinners.
PARTIES:
The duo will provide uplifting ballads, songs and vocals from the old country mixed with lively jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas and strathspeys to dance to!
About
Fiddler Adam R Sweet puts it this way: "When you are blessed with the opportunity to play with top-notch musicians like Jim Bunting, how can you not take it?"
Jim and Adam have performed for literally hundreds of weddings. With over 30 years of professional performance experience combined, they can assemble just about any style of Celtic music for any special event.
Inspired by Ireland’s great Irish groups Lunasa, De Dannan, Altan, Bothy Band and Clannad, Celticado's driven pursuit of melody interwoven by rhythm results in breathtaking arrangements that stir the soul and free the mind!
Celticado is the culmination from among the top musical talent in western Massachusetts. Featuring founding member Adam R Sweet (of Woodkerne, Crossing The Pond, Maple Ridge, Swift River, Sweet Blend, Backwoods Medicine) - on fiddle, and Jim Bunting on mandolin, guitar and bouzouki.
Primarily Celtic in nature, the genres covered by Celticado include traditional Irish tunes by Turloch O'Carolan and others, Scottish, Welsh, French Canadian, Nova Scotian and New England Contra; as well as folk songs from the great American Folk history - many of them with roots in Irish and Scottish folk music
Personnel
Adam R Sweet: Fiddler, Music Director
James Bunting: Guitar, Bouzouki
Influences
Traditional Celtic ensembles such as Lunasa, Solas, De Dannan, Patrick Street, Nightnoise, Altan, The Bothy Band and more.
What to Expect
Depending on the event, we typically arrive 30-60 minutes prior to the beginning of the event for setup and to coordinate with event planner. We are ready to go, professionally attired on the dot. We are sensitive to changes in plan and will keep an eye and an ear out for any new information. We are flexible in our time, leaving an extra 60 minutes or more if the client should wish us to play longer.
Additional Notes:
We are a self-contained unit and provide our own PA system. We require only grounded power to our location either with an extension cord or outlet; suitable coverage for wind/rain/sun if we are outdoors as our instruments are wood and irreplaceable.
Set/Song/Sequence List:
Customizable and determined in advanced during a meeting with the client
Available for Your
Anniversary Party, Bachelor Party, Birthday Party, Christmas Party, Concert Venue, Corporate Event, Cruise, Ethnic Celebration, Fair, Festival, Funeral Service, Grand Opening, Launch Party, Private Party, Religious Celebration, Studio Session, Wedding Ceremony, Wedding Reception
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Celtic Music in South Hadley, Massachusetts
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