Celtic Conundrum are known for creating new traditional music with their original songs, exceptional harmonies, and heart stopping vocals! The band’s music is further influenced by Folk, Americana and the world! The members of Celtic Conundrum, have toured throughout most of the world before joining together to develop a unique style, coined as American Celtic.  The band’s original music and their arrangements of traditional songs has been very well received worldwide and in publications to include Irish Music Magazine.

Eireann’s Call, Prepare to be swept away by a rocking soundscape that invokes the spirit of Ireland, Scotland, and everything Celtic!

Colin Grant-Adams, Scottish folk singer-songwriter, has been a professional traveling artist, for the past 50 years, performing Scottish, Irish and Americana songs Headlining at many of the top festivals and concerts all across America and Great Britain.

Colin has 11 Recordings to his name, winning many awards for songwriting with Co-writer Claire Steffen, in the past few years, with a new CD being released soon “The Songs of Colin Grant-Adams Scottish to Americana”. I has 14 tracks, with songs like “Scotland Land of my Father”, “The Great Clan Grant” and “Kentucky in the Springtime”.

Colin enjoys interaction with his audiences, having them singing along, with his vocals and intricate guitar playing, and is looking forward to meeting everyone at the Blairsville Scottish Festival and Highland Games.

Traditional Scottish harp. Three time US National Scottish Harp Champion Tracie Brown talks about the Scottish harp and it’s history, and performs traditional Scottish tunes.

Celtic Road, Celtic Road is a NC based, five-piece band that plays a mix of traditional Irish and Scottish music.

Curtis and Kim Jones

Curtis Jones is the most original guitarist since Django Reinhardt, and the most technical since Al DI Meola. In short Curtis is one of the best guitarists on the planet”

-John at Live 365.     
Curtis Jones reins as one of the most highly-respected flatpicking guitarist on the planet. Expanding on a legacy forged by musicians such as David Gilmour, Pat Metheny, Paco De Lucia, Doc Watson and Tony Rice,  Jones is often called by fans and critics alike, “The World’s Fastest and  Cleanest” acoustic guitarist. This is an extraordinary technique that he both teaches and brings to his contemporary guitar performances and productions.  However, speed is only a small part of what Curtis can do.  Through his pure guitar mastery, he has the ability to weave in and out of Jazz, Rock, Bluegrass, Flamenco, and World Music styles in a way that is more original than anything that has been heard since Django Reinhardt, while taking the listener to a world of complete beauty, passion, grace and fire.

Kim Jones is an artist, singer, and song-writer. Her vocal influences growing up were Wynonna Judd, Patty Loveless, Janice Joplin, Bobbie Gentry, Bonnie Raitt, and Stevie Nicks. Her Musical influences include Jaco Pastorious, Richard Wright, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and Mccoy Tyner. She plays upright Bass and sings with the Mountain Gypsy duo as well as occasional keyboard.  Kim also plays upright Bass and sings in Curtis’ full Bluegrass band, Primal Roots. She has been singing her whole life but has only in the last few years began to perform in front of live audiences. Kim plays and sings with strong emotion and delta blues style soul. When asked about her musical goals, her response is ” I just wanna share it! It’s in here deep down inside and I wanna let it out!”.

Knoxville Pipes and Drums Dancers

(Formerly The Smokey Mountain Highland Dancers)

• Knoxville, TN

Instructor: Missy McMahan

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Scottish Country Dancing is the traditional ballroom dancing of Scotland. 
Performed round the room or in longwise or square sets, one can see the intricate 
patterns of the dance unfold as the dancers step in time to the elegance and 
strength of the Strathspey or the fast tempo of Jigs and Reels displayed as the couples progress through the dance.

To learn more about Scottish Country Dancing, please stop by the Country Dancing Platform, to see and/or participate in the dancing. Also, visit the RSCDS tent located adjacent to the platform for additional information on Scottish Country Dancing in the Atlanta area.

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