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The awesome and seemingly indefatigable Gaelic Storm fired their way through Portland, Oregon on October 10th and brought with them their trademark high-energy brand of Celtic music and hijinks. The nearly sold-out Aladdin Theater was abuzz and I feared at times the plaster would chip off the walls as The Storm flew through their...

Okay, in 2010 everyone knows who Gaelic Storm is, so I won’t bore you with all the biographies. I’ll get right to it: Gaelic Storm’s latest masterpiece “Cabbage” is over 52 minutes of some of the most inspired and up-tempo songs they’ve written. Released on August 3rd, their eighth effort is chock-full of highlights...

Saturday, July 17th 2010, marked the 58th Annual Portland Highland Games at Mt. Hood Community College. The first Oregon Scottish Games were held in Portland in 1952 at Jantzen Beach. The Portland Highland Games Association (PHGA) was established in 1960 and grew from there. In 1988, The Games moved to Mt. Hood Community College...

Depending on where you live, there may or may not be much going on in the way of Celtic music or other related activities. Some places are hotter than others. Here in our area (the Pacific Northwest), things got a whole lot better for the local Celtic scene around February of ’09, when a...