First time touring Colorado! 
A unique and dynamic band out of Scotland hitting the charts throughout the UK and abroad!

GiveWay, loosely meaning “watch out, coming through” in Scotland, was formed in 1998. The group comprises four sisters:  Fiona (fiddle/guitar/whistles/backing vocals), Kirsty (accordion/lead vocals), Amy (drums/percussion/backing vocals) and Mairi (keyboards/backing vocals).  From an early age, music was at the heart of all the sisters did; at five years old, Fiona started playing the fiddle, Kirsty picked up an accordion at four, Amy was five when she started to play the accordion, then aged thirteen decided to play the drums and Mairi was playing keyboards at the age of six.

Mixing Scottish traditional and folk music with energetic lively jigs with folk-jazz and modern songs with haunting airs, the band showcases a very new brand of music from Scotland.

In the years since the sisters formed their own band, 'GiveWay' has won awards at the acclaimed Scottish music festival 'Celtic Connections' and the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards.  They have performed on numerous radio/television shows and at a series of high profile venues including the main stage at 'Cambridge Folk Festival' and Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall. The band has already toured extensively in the UK, Europe and the USA, which continues to play a major part in the their touring calendar.

Their debut album 'Full Steam Ahead' was released in 2003 and was followed in 2005 by 'Inspired', both of which received widespread international acclaim. In 2008 the band recorded a single 'The Water is Wide' which was produced by Brian Hurren of 'Runrig' (this can be heard at www.myspace.com/givewaymusic). 'GiveWay's' latest album is (like the other two) produced by Phil Cunningham. It is due for release in Spring 2009 and promises to be something special.

Alison Bell is a beautiful a cappella singer specializing in traditional Scottish songs and ballads.  Singer, and harp player too, she enjoys sharing her talents with adult audiences as well as children.  As a singing teacher in Scottish primary schools, Alison particularly loves to teach the old traditional street songs and children’s songs that are disappearing all too fast in our modern world.  For the past two Celtic Festivals she has brought these fun and zany songs across with her and shared them with American children at the pre-festival school programs.

David Coe began playing fiddle in southern Oklahoma where he was born and raised.  The music that he was drawn to was not the “contest” style of that region but  old time Appalachian tunes as well as traditional Irish fiddling.  David’s interest in old time American fiddling led him to play in bluegrass bands at festivals around his home state.  From there he began playing in country dance bands in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico and learned the important lessons of being a strong and steady dance fiddler.  Playing in northern New Mexico in the late 1970’s he met and began touring with nationally known country artist Michael Martin Murphey and that musical partnership continues to this day.  They have played from Carnegie Hall to the Grand Ole Opry with many TV shows, studio recordings and live concerts along the way.  All during this time, with the enthusiastic encouragement of Michael Murphey, David has pursued his interest in Irish music, eventually making his way to Ireland and studying at the prestigious “Guinness School of Musicology” (i.e. playing in pubs with great local Irish musicians).  In the late 1980’s David moved to Nashville where he has kept up a steady schedule of touring and recording.  He began playing with the Nashville Irish band The Rogues in the 1990’s as well as doing his own regular performances and workshops at the Country Music Hall of Fame.  He also plays contradance music with the North Carolina based band Footloose and teaches fiddle at the Colorado Roots Music Camp as well as the Texas Strings Camp at Texas State University.   David has recorded several CD’s of fiddle music over the years ranging from bluegrass (“Fiddlin’ Man”),  Irish (“The Traveler”), to  Appalachian (“My Own House”).  David lives in Nashville with his wife Mendy and their daughter Erin and continues to share his love of fiddle music wherever he goes.

Linda Hickman, flute and tin whistle player, is well known to Irish music fans in America for her performances with the original popular group “Celtic Thunder”. A member of the band since 1977, she can be heard on all three of their CD's.  She has performed with them three times for President and Hillary Clinton during the Clinton administration.  In 1996, she performed in Paris, France in a concert featuring Irish music from New York and she performed with Tony DeMarco at the 2001 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in another concert featuring Irish music in New York.
Her original music composition "Lament for Ron" from her solo CD was the title track in a film narrated by Michael Douglas about the United Nations efforts to find the families of children kidnapped during guerilla warfare in Sierra Leone, Africa.
On January 18th, 2009, she performed with “The Narrowbacks” in Washington, DC for the Smithsonian's multicultural festival celebrating the inauguration of President Barrack Obama.  She has taught numerous music and visual arts programs including the Catskills Irish Arts Week and Alaska Traditional Music Camp.
She is a music consultant at Golden Gate Rehabilitation Center in Staten Island, N.Y., doing therapeutic music work with the flute to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities.  She and harpist Eileen McIntyre perform concerts in healing rooms for comatose people, hoping to generate health and healing for them.  She leads seminars and workshops throughout the New York area about the healing power of music.

Of ZoukFest founder and director Roger Landes, Celtic Heritage Magazine said: "Not only is Landes helping to legitimize the instrument -- he is taking it to a whole other level." Roger took up the bouzouki in 1981 and quickly set about learning Irish tunes, playing tenor banjo, mandolin, bodhran and uilleann pipes; as well as co-founding the popular Celtic band “Scartaglen”. When that group disbanded after a decade, he decided to concentrate on exploring the melodic capabilities of the bouzouki. His critically acclaimed CD Dragon Reels is the result of his work mastering the intricacies of Irish traditional music. Roger also recorded The Janissary Stomp, a collection of mostly original duets for two bouzoukis with folk and roots musician Chipper Thompson. In 1998 and 1999, he hosted the first international gatherings devoted to the Celtic bouzouki, "ZoukFest, " in Weston, Missouri. Late in 1999 he relocated to Taos, New Mexico, where he maintains a busy schedule performing, producing, composing and organizing ZoukFest. Roger appeared in and contributed to the soundtrack of the 1999 film “ Ride with the Devil”, directed by Ang Lee.  He has appeared on the National Public Radio shows Mountain Stage and A Prairie Home Companion. In April 2001, his music was featured in a PBS documentary,” Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie.” In October 2002, Roger joined Galician piper and Chieftains alum Carlos Nuñez in his first US tour, and in December of that year he toured in a trio with Irish fiddler Frankie Gavin (De Dannan) and harmonica virtuoso Rick Epping (Pumpkinhead). In April of 2004 he had the pleasure of accompanying legendary Irish fiddler Tommy Peoples (Bothy Band) for a week of concerts during Tommy’s first visit to New Mexico.  Roger has most recently been performing Irish traditional music in a duo with fiddler and guitarist Randal Bays. Their new live CD House to House was released in September of 2004.

Ed Miller, originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, is based in Austin.  He is one of the finest singing products of the Scottish folk revival, having progressed from Edinburgh folk clubs and pubs to being in great demand throughout North America.  At the University of Texas, he completed a PhD in Folklore in the 1980’s.  He has since graduated to taking his songs, stories, and droll humor to festivals, clubs, concerts and Highland Games all over the country.  He also returns to Scotland at least once a year where he draws enthusiastic audiences the length and breadth of the country. In Austin, he hosts the “Folkways” show on KUT-FM, highly popular with Texas folk music lovers.  He has also established a reputation as a fine teacher at events like Swannanoa Gatherings in N.C., Alasdair Fraser’s famous Valley of the Moon Fiddle Camp, and the Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp. In the summer of 2003, Ed was selected as a presenter and performer at the D.C. Smithsonian Folklife Festival honoring Scotland. Ed’s repertoire of Scottish folksongs covers the whole spectrum from Robert Burns to 20th century songwriters.  He has 6 CD’s to his credit that all highlight a rich and appealing voice “as strong and satisfying as a good single malt whisky.”

Born in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Áine's large musical family encouraged her to pursue a number of different instruments during her youth (which explains her obvious skill at arranging). They played together as a family and attended fleadhs (traditional music festivals). But it was at the age of twelve while at boarding school in County Galway that Áine discovered her true love - the harp - which she decided to pursue in lieu of the others.  She spent three years developing her talent as a harpist at Bunratty Castle, County Clare, the perfect setting to emphasize the harp's lyrical connection to Irish history. Áine moved to the United States and settled in New England and continues to concentrate on the traditional music of her homeland, both as a soloist and collaborator. Áine takes the ancient art form, extensively explores its underpinnings but adds her own creativity to each piece. Áine's harp has entertained former Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers. She is a regular performer at folk festivals and concerts throughout the country.  Her recordings include Were You At the Rock, To Warm the Winter's Night, The Mysts of Time, Between the Worlds and Circle of the Sun.  Her music videos have been aired on PBS's ” Out of Ireland “ and she provided a solo instrumental harp soundtrack for Dr. Leo Shea's Yeats Country.  In the last few years, Áine's production company, DruidStone has enabled her to widen her musical scope. She now produces albums in several styles and is making fast headway in the soundtrack industry. As traditional Irish music and dance continue to enjoy phenomenal success both here and in Ireland, Áine Minogue is an artist who has long explored its themes and who captures its very essence. Her voice reflects the lyricism and richness to be found in Irish music, mythology and poetry with a voice undeniably her own and a diverse group of instruments that add to the traditional flavor of her work.

Arlene, originally from Glasgow, now lives in Colorado. She is a creative and very popular fiddle player and teacher both with adults and with children in the schools.  She performs and teaches annually at the Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp. 

Kim McKee and Ken Willson have been touring America as a duo since 1990 and have built up a strong following of devotees among adult audiences and children whom they reach through their widely popular in–school assembly programs.  These two versatile and high-energy performers have crafted a unique freestanding hybrid of Celtic and contemporary acoustic music.  Both strong singers, their rich harmonies are accompanied by an array of instruments including hammer dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, accordion, guitar, bodhran, harp, keyboard and Irish bouzouki. Kim, also a superb composer, won first and second place at the 2003 Milwaukee Irish Festival Songwriting Competition.  Since then she has twice again placed in the Competition winning a second and a third.   Willson and McKee have produced 8 CD’s including their latest “This Thin Place”.

Heather Yule offers unique programs of Harp and Traditional Tales from Scotland and Ireland designed for adults and also for children.  The daughter of Scottish harp maker, John Yule, Heather took up the harp as a child. During her childhood, she was regularly exposed to storytelling as a traditional art form practiced by the Scottish traveling people.  The magic of their stories, passed down family lines for hundreds of years, stayed with her and she now incorporates harp music to enrich the telling of these treasures as well as other stories she has since collected.  Heather’s dual skills make her a favorite guest artist and teacher at storytelling and harp festivals in Scotland and abroad. She has traveled throughout Britain, Iceland, Scandinavia, Canada and the States in her dual role.  For fifteen years she has been on the Board of the Edinburgh International Harp Festival. She has taught annually at the festival and has performed as a guest artist.