For those who are unfamiliar with Peter, he is a musician from Canada who grew up surrounded by Celtic music and influences. On this cd he plays highland pipes, Uilleann pipes and Irish whistle all blended beautifully with more contemporary guitar, piano and drums. He is currently also a member of Gaelic Storm where he plays pipes and takes all the good natured ribbing tossed at him in stride.

This cd is on sale now as a cd or mp3 album at cdbaby

Song List

Roaring Ray
Deadwood
Steam Train to Mallaig
Gaelic Reel
The Unknown
The Sweetness
Hector the Hero
Cape Breton Set
Rascals
Trailer Park Piano

His first cd is also on sale there which is a bit more traditional pipe music and is also outstanding.

Check out his website http://www.peterpurvis.com/Site/Welcome.html and his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/peterpurvis

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I had been trying to get to a Gaelic Storm show for months but every time they came to my area some sort of conflict arose. Luckily for me this band tours a lot. The next time they came close happened to coincide with the weekend of my 25th wedding anniversary so I insisted we go this time. My wonderful daughter got us tickets to the show in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on October 9 as a gift. They played the Stevens Center which is a lovely theater decorated with a lot of gilding and art deco flourishes. It looked very formal like we should be there for an opera or symphony. A few people in the crowd were dressed up but mostly it was casual.

The show was scheduled to start at 7:30 but they were still seating people so it started a little late. When the band stepped onto the stage the excitement began. Patrick Murphy, originally from the Dublin area, did most of the talking. He and Steve Twigger, originally from England are the founding members and they told tales of their adventures and misadventures on the current tour and stories of how each of the songs came to be written giving even more context to our favorite songs. The rest of the band is made up of Ryan Lacey on drums, Jessie Burns on Fiddle and Pete Purvis on pipes of every description and a few that defy description all together.

Gaelic Storm did allow photographs to be taken as long as flash wasn’t used. Flash is pretty useless at that distance and can make it very difficult to see on stage with blinding flashes going off so turn off your flash when trying to get show pictures. We were in the front row balcony so my husband was able to get some pretty good photos. I took some too but mine were not so good, as usual.

The show itself is great. There is lots of audience participation which just makes it much more fun. Even more reserved members of the group loosened up toward the end and if the show had lasted one more hour I think even my stick in the mud hubby and daughter would have become Irish. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and even my more reserved family wants to see them again. I highly recommend this band. An evening with them will make you forget your troubles and remember what it is to just have fun. Ticket prices are a lot lower than other bands and shows I have attended recently so just about everyone can afford to see them. If you are not familiar with them check out their music on youtube or at their my space page www.myspace.com/gaelicstorm

Gaelic Storm is very fan friendly and planned to be available at the merchandise table after the show but we had an 84 mile drive home and the rest of the family wanted to get some great frozen custard at Wolfies across the street so we didn’t wait.

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