Mark and Michael Make Musical Magic!

Posted on December 3, 2013 by admin

Hello music loving friends,
I hope you all had a wonderful & bountiful Thanksgiving weekend with family & friends, and fared well in any shopping skirmishes you may have encountered in the days following, but whatever the outcome, tomorrow night at St Andrew is going to be brilliant, as we have two featured guests coming to perform!
Celtic Music Night at St Andrew is ON for tomorrow night folks, and for that am Thankful! How about you?
Another chance to enjoy some good Celtic music and time together… grab yer neighbors, & kids, friends–come on down!

Tomorrow night: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013, 7pm
featured guest artists: The Gallowglasses: Mark Boronkay & Michael McNelly!
All the way from the emerald Silicon Valley, half of the group The Gallowglasses will be performing their first appearance at Music Night, a range of traditional Celtic songs and tunes, with ex-Molly’s Revenge guitarist Mark Boronkay on guitar, mandolin, and vocals, and Michael McNelly on bazouki, bodhran, and vocals… these lads are just back from an exploratory trip to Ireland submerged in the musical pub sessions around the country side…. and will have traditional tunes fresh off the plane! They’ll be joined by guest David Brewer (that’s me!) on pipes, pennywhistles, & bodhran.
For more about the group you can visit: http://thegallowglasses.com/?page_id=96

Also coming up is the popular tour of “Winter Dance”, with Molly’s Revenge, Christa Burch, and the Turco Irish Dancers,
including several bay area shows: Don Quixote’s in Felton, December 12th,
Or you can catch the opening show of the tour at the wonderfully newly remodeled Angelica’s in Redwood City, this Thursday night! December 5th, 8pm. For tickets, visit: www.angelicasllc.com/ Get them quick, as they’re going fast!
Also touring to these wonderful locations: United Methodist Church in Pacific Grove on December 13th, & Trinity Cathedral in San Jose on December 19th… more information at www.mollysrevenge.com
Be sure to get your tickets early, as these shows do have a way of selling out!

As mentioned, Celtic Music Night will be running the next two Tuesday Nights in December, 7pm at St Andrew Presbyterian Church at 9850 Monroe Ave, Aptos, CA, and will highlight featured guest performers, and as always will be free/donations, with free refreshments, and an open music jam session afterward… tell your neighbors and bring the family– open to all!
December 3rd, 7pm, and December 10th, 7pm.

And finally, coming in January will be tour of the western states & coming to Santa Cruz,
Scottish music duo, Rebecca Lomnicky & David Brewer!
The tour will include a stop at Celtic Music Night in Aptos to kick off the New Year, on Tuesday January 7th, 7pm… mark your calendars now! This will be an epic night, much like when the now Internationally known fiddle champion kicked of the first official Celtic Music Night all those years ago… Come relive the magic of that night!
There are many other concerts on the bill for the 15 concert New Year Tour, and details are now up… please check in to
www.davidbrewermusic.com  Or www.rebeccalomnicky.com NOW for all of the details!

I am so looking forward to catching up with you all soon; thanks for being a part of the flourishing Celtic music scene here in the bay area–you make it happen!

All the best,
David Brewer
www.davidbrewermusic.com

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The Drought is Over—The Music is Back!

Posted on November 19, 2013 by admin

Greetings my dear friends of Celtic Music Night at St Andrew!

After braving another 6,000 miles since I last saw you all, and so many great adventures to catch you up on, I must wait until I see you because there are so many exciting happenings to tell you about RIGHT NOW that you will won’t to miss…

Starting with that Tuesday Celtic Music Night’s are returning starting this coming Tuesday, November 26th, 7pm!
A pre-Thanksgiving special, that will feature a presentation of music, refreshments, and an open jam session…YAY!

But I know that is so far from now, so as to not keep you waiting, I would like to invite you to an amazing Celtic music show I am a part of happening TOMORROW NIGHT!

That’s right, tomorrow night, November 20th, at Don Quixote’s Music Hall in Felton, 7:30pm, I’ll be performing with the all-start Celtic ensemble “Bridge Crossing”, with Deby Benton Grojean (fiddle), Andy Imbrie (piano), Renatta Bratt (cello), & Gary Campus (percussion), with David Brewer (that’s me, on pipes & whistles).
This ensemble just recently rocked the main stage at the Grass Valley Celtic Festival, and really has a fantastic concert prepared for you if can take the wee drive up to Felton– you will love this show! I hope to see you there…
Don Quixote’s 6275, Hwy 9, Felton, CA. Tickets are $15 at www.donquixotesmusic.com or at the door.
Minus myself, Here’s a sneak preview from the groups appearance this weekend on KPIG radio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCHpmS0qO44
It’s going to be a fun filled night… See you there!

Also coming up is the popular tour of “Winter Dance”, with Molly’s Revenge, Christa Burch, and the Turco Irish dancers,
including several bay area shows: Don Quixote’s in Felton, December 12th, United Methodist Church in Pacific Grove on December 13th, & Trinity Cathedral in San Jose on December 19th… more information at www.mollysrevenge.com
Be sure to get your tickets early, as these shows do have a way of selling out!

As mentioned, Celtic Music Night will be running next Tuesday Night, and on through December: Tuesdays at 7pm at St Andrew Presbyterian Church at 9850 Monroe Ave, Aptos, CA, and many will highlight featured guest performers, and as always will be free/donations, with free refreshments, and an open music jam session afterward… tell your neighbors and bring the family– open to all!

And finally, coming in January will be tour of the western states & coming to Santa Cruz,
Scottish music duo, Rebecca Lomnicky & David Brewer! The tour will include a stop at Celtic Music Night in Aptos to kick off the New Year, on Tuesday January 7th, 7pm… mark your calendars now! This will be an epic night, much like when the now Internationally known fiddle champion kicked of the first official Celtic Music Night all those years ago!
There will be many other concerts on the bill for the tour, and details will be coming soon… please check in to
www.rebeccalomnicky.com soon for all of the details!

I am so looking forward to catching up with you all soon; thanks for being a part of the flourishing Celtic music scene here in the bay area–you make it happen!

Cheers,
David Brewer
www.davidbrewermusic.com

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FINAL MUSIC NIGHT (until summer’s end)

Posted on July 1, 2013 by admin

Happy summer to all you friends of Celtic Music Night at St. Andrew!

And thank you so much to everyone who came out last week for Molly’s Revenge and the pre-release of the new album TRIO…the audience was wonderful & it was a spectacularly fun night & fantastic jam session!

We’ve been fairing the Colorado altitude, & though it’s been an amazing tour, I am thrilled to be returning for Celtic Music Night this week, with a very special musical guest!
Announcing FINAL MUSIC NIGHT until summer’s end:

This week — Tuesday July 2, 7pm… ALISA ROSE & guest Musicians

“Before discovering a passion for Folk Music and stepping out on her own, Alisa Rose studied opera for three years with the Russian American Music Academy in the Sacramento region of Northern California. Now, she applies her background in classical performance appearing as a soloist and guest vocalist in both the Traditional Celtic and Folk music scenes. While primarily a vocalist, Alisa also plays the guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bodhran and piano. She crafts her own Traditional and Folk style lyrical compositions and won awards in Fall of 2011 at the Cork Folk Festival’s Traditional Songwriter’s Competition for her original song “Arthur O’Leary”. Alisa spent five months in Cork studying Traditional Irish Music both at the University College Cork and in the field with musicians such as Karan Casey and Colm Murphy. Alisa also wrote an ethnography on her experiences in traditional Irish and Celtic music, for which she received awards and honors at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Like a fresh bud from the seed of an ancient tree, she branches out with a current perspective on these long beloved genres and evokes the memory of the inherited sounds while weaving new roots around it.”

http://alisarosemusic.com/the-musician/

https://www.facebook.com/events/521256004607639/

Admission is free but donations are accepted, and go to the artists, and to continuing the event. This concert of music will be followed by a traditional Celtic Music jam session as well– musicians are invited to join in… round up your family and friends a delightfully fun evening to be shared all-together! Come on out and support the scene and the music, and have a grand time!

Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church: 9850 Monroe Avenue, Aptos, CA

And I am so excited to announce that coming up is the Monterey Scottish Games Festival! July 6th & 7th…
Not only has it moved back to it’s original location which I love– the beautiful Monterey Fairgrounds– but I am tremendously elated to be performing there myself: David Brewer, with Glenfiddich Fiddle Champion of Scotland, Rebecca Lomnicky! We will be doing two performances each day of the weekend along with Men of Worth, Seamus Kennedy, and loads of great pipe bands, and of course there will be Celtic vendors of every sort, as well as Scottish athletics. This is a really great event, well worth a trip across the bay, and it’s going to be a blast–see you there!

For tickets and more information visit: http://www.montereyscotgames.com/
The 46th annual Monterey Scottish Games & Celtic Festival! July 6th & 7th— Monterey Fairgrounds

Also, did you know one of our very own Celtic Music Night guests has won a GRAMMY?!   Yay!!!
AND, you can see a fabulous concert of his award winning newly composed folk music right here in town!
Please mark your calendar for the following concert in about a months time by our own Barry Phillips, master cellist– it’s sure to be a fantastic night of music you won’t want to miss:
The Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Art presents a concert of new compositions by Barry Phillips.
Saturday, July 27, 7:00 PM, $15
@ the SCICA, 1050 River St #127, Santa Cruz. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com
A beautiful night of classical & folk compositions by cellist, composer & Grammy-award winner Barry Phillips! With Jennifer Cass (pedal harp), Lars Johanesson (flute), Jesse Autumn (double harp), and special guests. For more info call 831-464-2743.

New album being released this week: MOLLY’S REVENGE – “TRIO”
The new CD features a huge variety of Celtic sub-styles & different dance rythyms… perhaps the most diverse recording from the band to date. Can you imagine an old-time American fiddle song on bagpipes?! For more on Molly’s Revenge and the forth coming tour dates, visit: www.mollysrevenge.com

That’s all for now my friends… spread the word because the Celtic music is here for you all– just round up your possie and get them out for a fun time… it’s going to be great! Thanks for your support of this amazing community, and being part of it with us…looking forward to catching up with you; See you tomorrow night!

Sincerely,
David Brewer
www.davidbrewermusic.com

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Trio!

Posted on June 28, 2013 by admin

Greetings friends of Celtic Music Night at St. Andrew.. I hope the summer is treating you all well!
We had such a great time performing at the Santa Cruz Celtic Festival; thanks to all who came out!
It seems appropriate to celebrate our sudden Celtic weather with an exciting evening of Celtic Music:

This week– Tuesday June 25, 7pm… MOLLY’S REVENGE … in concert, celebrating upcoming cd release: TRIO !!!

That’s right folks, this weeks Celtic Music Night will be a phenomenal night of Dynamic Acoustic Celtic music from the band that has taken the obscure gems of the repertoire to stages all over the world; from Scotland to China, Australia to Aptos…
Irresistibly foot-stompable music joyously played with fiddle, bagpipes, whistle, bodhran, & guitar.
And as always, it will be a free concert to attend, with free refreshments, but be sure to bring some funds because the long awaited new album “Trio” will be for sale specially to Music NIght attendees a full week before it’s official release date of July 2nd… you can own one of the very first copies!
The new CD features a huge variety of Celtic sub-styles & different dance rythyms… perhaps the most diverse recording from the band to date. Can you imagine an old-time American fiddle song on bagpipes?! Admission is free but donations are accepted, and go to the artists, and to continuing the event. This concert of music will be followed by a traditional Celtic Music jam session as well– musicians are invited to join in… round up your family and friends a delightfully fun evening to be shared all-together!
For more on Molly’s Revenge and the forth coming tour dates, visit: www.mollysrevenge.com

And I am so excited to announce that coming up is the Monterey Scottish Games Festival! July 6th & 7th…
Not only has it moved back to it’s original location which I love– the beautiful Monterey Fairgrounds– but I am tremendously elated to be performing there myself: David Brewer, with Glenfiddich Fiddle Champion of Scotland, Rebecca Lomnicky! We will be doing two performances each day of the weekend along with Men of Worth, Seamus Kennedy, and loads of great pipe bands, and of course there will be Celtic vendors of every sort, as well as Scottish athletics. This is a really great event, well worth a trip across the bay, and it’s going to be a blast–see you there!
For tickets and more information visit: http://www.montereyscotgames.com/
The 46th annual Monterey Scottish Games & Celtic Festival! July 6th & 7th— Monterey Fairgrounds

Also, did you know one of our very own Celtic Music Night guests has won a GRAMMY?!   Yay!!!
AND, you can see a fabulous concert of his award winning newly composed folk music right here in town!
Please mark your calendar for the following concert in about a months time by our own Barry Phillips, master cellist– it’s sure to be a fantastic night of music you won’t want to miss:
The Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Art presents a concert of new compositions by Barry Phillips.
Saturday, July 27, 7:00 PM, $15
@ the SCICA, 1050 River St #127, Santa Cruz. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com
A beautiful night of classical & folk compositions by cellist, composer & Grammy-award winner Barry Phillips! With Jennifer Cass (pedal harp), Lars Johanesson (flute), Jesse Autumn (double harp), and special guests. For more info call 831-464-2743.

And remember, Celtic Music Night will be on:
Tuesday June 25, 7pm… MOLLY’S REVENGE
&
Tuesday July 2, 7pm Celtic Music Night

Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church: 9850 Monroe Avenue, Aptos, CA

That’s all for now my friends… spread the word because the Celtic music is here for you all– just round up your possie and get them out for a fun time… it’s going to be great! Thanks for your support of this amazing community, and being part of it with us…looking forward to catching up with you; See you tomorrow night!

Sincerely,
David Brewer
www.davidbrewermusic.com

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Tales of Haggis and Pubs…

Posted on June 5, 2013 by admin

Hello my dear friends…Greetings from Scotland! I hope this new year has been treating you all well!

The roaming piper has returned from living in Edinburgh, and this means it’s time for the return of

Celtic Music Night at St. Andrew in Aptos!

 

That’s right folks; I cannot wait to share all of the experiences with you, through music and story, when I return this summer to Celtic Music Night at St. Andrew, of the many MANY adventures in Edinburgh, and around the sessions of Scotland, so mark your calendar for these dates now my friend:

ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT!

Tuesday June 11, 7pm ‘Welcome David Brewer & Rebecca Lomnicky back from Scotland’ concert, joined by Peter Haworth, followed by open jam session.

International Scottish fiddle Champion Rebecca Lomnicky returns to Celtic Music night to delight you with exciting jigs and haunting slow airs, with a former and current member of the Celtic powerhouse Molly’s Revenge– singer/bazouki player Peter Haworth, and bagpiper extraordinaire David Brewer.

Our trio will also be performing all weekend at the Santa Cruz Scottish Festival on June 15th & 16th http://www.scottishrenaissancefestival.org/ and tickets will be for sale at Music Night. Rebecca Lomnicky and David Brewer duo will be performing at the Monterey Scottish Games on July 6th & 7th: http://www.montereyscotgames.com/

More events at www.davidbrewermusic.com

 

Tuesday June 25, 7pm Molly’s Revenge NEW CD “Trio” pre-release concert for Celtic Music Night.

The long awaited album from the NEW Molly’s Revenge trio, which will not be officially release until July 2nd, will be available only to those in attendance at this special Celtic Music Night performance! Get yours before anyone else….

For more information on the interesting recording process of this new album, visit:

www.mollysrevenge.com

 

Tuesday July 2, 7pm TBD … stay tuned…

 

The attached picture is just a quick summary of some of the highlights of living in Scotland; and since each picture is worth 1000 words, imagine the stories that go with each one…. Come on down to Celtic Music Night next Tuesday, enjoy some music, and let’s catch up! As always, it’s a free concert open to all ages, but your donations keep them happening.

There will be free refreshments, and an open music jam session afterward, so invited your friends and neighbors and we’ll see you there at the lovely St Andrew Church: 9850 Monroe Ave. Aptos, CA 95063

 

 

 

I am so looking forward to walking in the sun on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz and eating great California food like organic produce and Mexican food (rare in Scotland), as I’ve now had plenty of haggis and deep-fried mars bars, & an increased knowledge of scotch. The summer will be busy around the western states touring to perform at festivals & concerts with Rebecca Lomnicky, and Molly’s Revenge, so keep an eye on the schedule to follow were we’re at at: www.davidbrewermusic.com , We would love to see you at the shows this June & July! Come August though, I am very excited to announce that I have been invited to perform at two of the biggest festivals in Europe:  the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, as well as another international folk festival in Barcelona, Spain, so I will be returning to Europe this August for this major opportunity! More on that to come…so stay tuned, but rest assured I will be back to rock with Molly’s Revenge at the Pleasanton Scottish Games this Labor Day weekend! It’s all happening, so thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support. I look forward to seeing you all and catching up with you soon!
All the best,

David Brewer

www.davidbrewermusic.com

Here is a collage of David’s trip to Scotland!
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