Sat, Apr 4th, 8-10pm, Concert – Knacker’s Yard – Celtic Folk
Knacker’s Yard Celebrates Liber Pater! 2015 Tour of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland
KNACKER'S YARD, a ballad group from Victoria, B.C.,was formed in the spring of 2012 to perform primarily Celtic and English folk songs, instrumentals, and ballads dating from the 1600's up to the 1960's. Their repertoire includes songs made popular by voices such as Ewan MacColl, Shirley Collins, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Enoch Kent, Andy Irvine, Paul Brady and well-known musical groups such as the Dubliners, The Pogues, Corries, The Wolfe Tones, Planxty, De Danaan, and the Bothy Band to name a few.  Traditional music enthusiasts will appreciate the song-tales of lost love and betrayal, the misdeeds of ramblers and rakes, emigration, hard drinking and hard living, sea shanties and worker’s songs. In addition to these ballads and chorus songs, Knacker’s Yard also adds the explosive musical energy of traditional instrumental, reels and jigs.  CELTIC FOLK IN THE STYLE OF DUBLINERS, PLANXTY, & POGUES    knackersyard.bandcamp.com  knackersyard.net   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIFAUljI17Q
Instrumentation: Mandolin, Tenor Banjo, 5-String Banjo, Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Bodhran
Advance Tickets $12 at Char’s Landing, Gayle’s Fashions & Rollin Art Centre.  out-of-towners call 250-730-1636 to purchase via Visa/MC/Debit
TX@door $15 FMI http://alberni.ca/events/ Char’s 19+ Lounge opens M-F 4pm, S-S 1pm www.charslanding.com Char’s Landing, 4815 Argyle @5th. Port Alberni V9Y 1V9
KNACKER'S YARD BIOGRAPHY
 
KNACKER'S YARD, a ballad group from Victoria, B.C.,was formed in the spring of 2012 to perform primarily Celtic and English folk songs, instrumentals, and ballads dating from the 1600's up to the 1960's. Their repertoire includes songs made popular by voices such as Ewan MacColl, Shirley Collins, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew, Enoch Kent, Andy Irvine, Paul Brady and well-known musical groups such as the Dubliners, The Pogues, Corries, The Wolfe Tones, Planxty, De Danaan, and the Bothy Band to name a few.
Traditional music enthusiasts will appreciate the song-tales of lost love and betrayal, the misdeeds of ramblers and rakes, emigration, hard drinking and hard living, sea shanties and worker's songs. In addition to these ballads and chorus songs, KNACKER'S YARD also adds the explosive musical energy of traditional instrumental, reels and jigs.
 
Since the band's inception, KNACKER'S YARD has been performing regularly for the public at the many well known pubs, dance halls, restaurants, and legions across Vancouver Island and the lower mainland
 
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