Keltricity

Keltricity’s audience is presented with fresh musical perspectives to a respected tradition. In a typical one-hour set, the audience travels the Celtic World, from the 1700’s to modern-day music. They enjoy traditional Irish tunes such as “Gravel Walk” and “Come Haste to the Wedding”; Breton tune “Crested Hens”; French Canadian reels like “Mouth of the Tobique” and “Golden Wedding Reel”; and contemporary music such as "Caledonia" “Galway Girl”, “Scarlet Town” , " Swannanoa" and selections from the repertoire of Celtic harpist Loreena McKennitt. Keltricity pairs contemporary songs and traditional tunes to create a variety of textures within one piece. Examples of this include pairing the folk ballad, “Birds and Ships” (featuring two-part vocal harmonies), with a traditional jig, “Rosin the Bow”.

We take the opportunity to educate the audience about the history of the music and the instruments used. For example, a journey through Irish immigration from the motherland to French Canada to Louisiana gets us finally to Cajun country and the song, “Living in Babylon” – a stretch, but still part of the Celtic World. Keltricity is always looking for creative and engaging ways to present the genre. Themed concerts have been created for Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, and special venues.

Keltricity is a Celtic World music band based in Louisville, Kentucky. We bring the mix: Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, Cape Breton and a blend of contemporay and traditional.

The four-member group is comprised of musicians with backgrounds in various musical genres from traditional Irish bands, to Scottish and New England contra dance bands, to classical, rock and jazz. The variety of these experiences now converge to provide some of the most innovative and unique music around.

Instrumentation consists of accordion (Laurel Fuson), keyboards, whistles, bodhran( Christian Casey) guitar and vocals, (Henry Austin) and vocals/fiddle/keyboard (Caroline Yeager). Vocals characteristic of the genre are presented by a variety of voices. Together the audience is presented with fresh musical perspectives to a respected tradition.

Keltricity has performed within a broad range of venues including some of the area’s most prominent annual outdoor festivals, heritage day celebrations, holiday shows, state park programs, radio broadcasts, benefit concerts, casino entertainment, wedding receptions and regional pubs. A Keltricity performance is always full of new exciting musical surprises both in arrangements and selection of songs and tunes that have become favorites of both the avid Celtic traditionalist as well as the eclectic music-lover. 2025 celebrates Keltricity's 16th anniversary.

Keltricity can provide a Bose sound system that can cover approximately 150-200 people.