Featuring award winning instrumentalists and dancers, the Celtic Martins from south-eastern Pennsylvania have been entertaining audiences for nearly two decades with their high- energy, fiddle driven Celtic music and Irish dance. Their creative upbeat arrangements based on original and centuries-old traditional Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, French Canadian, and Americana tunes, are joyful and infectious, leaving listeners with both a sense of satisfaction and a desire for more. Their shows also feature Irish step dancing by the Martin sisters, always a crowd favorite.
The Celtic Martins is truly a family band. The six Martin siblings each began their musical career with the fiddle around the tender age of 5, branching out over time to other instruments, including Irish whistles, bagpipes, guitar, accordion, cello, drums, percussion, and vocals. They are joined by their parents on guitar and bass. The Celtic Martins have been performing since 2004 and have quickly become a musical sensation, appearing nationwide at various festivals, theaters and other venues such as the Bethlehem Music Fest, Smoky Mountain Highland Games, the Kutztown Folk Festival, Bitterroot Valley Highland Games, and more.
The Celtic Martins are;
Nelson Martin-guitar
Elaine Martin-bass
Emily Roeder-fiddle, bagpipes, Irish dance
Melissa Hagy-fiddle, Irish whistles, accordion, Irish dance
Brian Martin-drums, guitar, percussion
Christy King-fiddle, cello, bagpipes, Irish dance
Zach Martin-fiddle
Alex Martin-drums, fiddle
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