Upcoming Concerts
Concert Update!
Advance tickets are now available for Solas! Scroll down for more information and ticket sales. This show will likely sell out quickly so make sure you get advance tickets.
Show time for the Solas is 8:00PM. All seating is general admission.
Also, the Tony Rice Unit will be in town for a special show on 3/3/2012!!! We're running a holiday special to give you all a chance to put a pair of tickets under the tree! Scroll down to view the details.
Also, please sign up for our Concert Update Mailing List on the right to make sure you're up-to-date on ticket sales.
As always, thank you for your continued support and participation. We look forward to seeing you at the shows!
Solas - Saturday, February 11, 2012 |
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| Show Time: 8:00PM Place: The Community Church of Chapel Hill, UU Advance Tickets: $18.00 (plus $2 service chage) At the door: $25.00 Our Web site: www.c3huu.org Opening Act: Celebrating their fifteen year anniversary, Solas is one of the most popular, influential, and exciting Celtic bands ever to emerge from America. From Woody Guthrie's Pastures of Plenty, to Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad, to traditional jigs and reels, the Solas brand of Irish music mixes fire tested tradition and contemporary innovation, appealing to music fans of all stripes. |
All sales are handled via secure PayPal transactions. You can change the quantity of tickets in the cart to order multiple tickets. No tickets are mailed to you. Your tickets are added to the Will Call list on the day of the show. Please enter a Ticket List Name for each ticket order so we know whose name to log the order. |
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Audio SamplesFeel Free to enjoy a few music samples. Just click the arrow to play the tune.Hugo's Big Reel.mp3Ghost of Tom Joad.mp3Pastures Of Plenty.mp3For more info visit Solas's web site. |
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SolasSince its birth in 1996, Solas has been loudly proclaimed as the most popular, influential, and exciting Celtic band to ever emerge from the United States. Even before the release of its first Shanachie CD, the Boston Herald trumpeted the quartet as “the first truly great Irish band to arise from America,” and the Irish Echo ranked Solas among the “most exciting bands anywhere in the world.” Since then, the praise has only grown louder. The Philadelphia Inquirer said they make “mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world’s best.” The New York Times praised their “unbridled vitality," the Washington Post dubbed them one of the “world’s finest Celtic-folk ensembles” and the Austin American-Statesman called them “the standard by which contemporary Celtic groups are judged.” Solas is virtually unique in the new territory it has opened up for Celtic music. It has performed at all the major Celtic and folk festivals, including Philadelphia, Edmonton, the legendary National Folk Festival, and Milwaukee’s Irish fest; but also at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and the chamber music summer series at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It has performed at Symphony Hall, Wolf Trap, the Ford Amphitheater, and Queens Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland. In New York City, where the band was based in its early years, it has played at the legendary Bottom Line folk club, but also at vaunted classical venues Town Hall and Symphony Space. The Solas sound today is anchored by founders Seamus Egan, who plays flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, whistle, guitar and bodhran, and fiddler Winifred Horan. They are two of the most respected—and imitated—musicians anywhere in acoustic music. Mick McAuley from Kilkenny plays accordion and concertina; Eamon McElholm from Tyrone plays guitar and keyboards. Solas has emerged as the most exciting band in traditional Irish music. The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine says, “Seamus Egan and Solas make mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world’s best, ” while the Los Angeles Times says, “Solas offers a compellingly original, strikingly contemporary view of traditional Celtic sounds.” Although Solas can play undiluted traditional Irish music as well as anyone alive or departed, they are always varying the mix of fire tested tradition and contemporary sensibility with an ease and naturalness that is as astonishing as their overwhelming musicianship. As a result, they transcend musical genres into the realm of pure musical ex |
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Tony Rice Unit - Saturday, March 03, 2012 |
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| Show Time: 8:00PM Place: The Community Church of Chapel Hill, UU Advance Tickets: $23(plus $2 service charge) At the door: $25.00 Our Web site: www.c3huu.org Opening Act:
Tony Rice Unit tickets will be onsale from 12/20 through 1/1/2012 for a special Early-bird Holiday price of $23 (plus $2 service fee). Don't wait - they make great holiday gifts and they won't last long! |
All sales are handled via secure PayPal transactions. You can change the quantity of tickets in the cart to order multiple tickets. No tickets are mailed to you. Your tickets are added to the Will Call list on the day of the show. Please enter a Ticket List Name for each ticket order so we know whose name to log the order. |
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Audio SamplesFeel Free to enjoy a few music samples. Just click the arrow to play the tune.Gold RushManzanitaHouse of the Rising SunFor more info visit Tony Rice Unit's web site. |
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Tony Rice UnitTony Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from straight-ahead bluegrass to jazz-influenced new acoustic music, to songwriter-oriented folk. He is perhaps the greatest innovator in acoustic flatpicked guitar since Clarence White. Over the course of his career, he has played alongside J.D. Crowe and the New South, David Grisman (during the formation of “Dawg Music”), led his own groups, collaborated with fellow picker Norman Blake and recorded with his brothers. He has recorded with drums, piano, soprano sax, and with straight-ahead bluegrass instrumentation. |
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Community Church Concerts - Maps and Directions
Driving Directions:Directions to C3HUU from the North and East:
Approach Chapel Hill from the East and take U.S. 15/501 West Bypass which runs South of Chapel Hill, turn North (right) onto Mason Farm Road. Proceed ~3/4 mile up the winding road, then left on Purefoy Road. Our Church is at the end of the second driveway on your right.
Directions to C3HUU from the South and West:
Approach Chapel Hill from the West on US Route 15 or Route 54. The roads merge with US 15/501 Bypass East. Take US 15/501 Bypass East and make a U-turn to head West on US 15/501 at the Manning Drive intersection. Turn North (right) on Mason Farm Road and proceed ~3/4 mile up the winding road, then left on Purefoy Road. Our Church is at the end of the second driveway on your right.
For those who prefer a map and printable directions please visit us on MapQuest
Community Church Concerts - Technical Specs
We'll list a full set of specs when there more time. For now:Soundcraft GB8 24 Channel, 8 bus board
8 Crown and EAW power amps pushing an EAW triple array and monitors.
Lexicon digital reverb and effects
4 independent monitor mixes w/eq and compression
Audio Technica, AKG, Rhode, Shure and Audix Microphones
Audio Technica wireless headset system
Various small amps.
Grand Piano
Community Church Concerts - More Information?
If you need any assistance getting tickets or have any questions about the concerts please don't hesitate to ask and we'll be happy to help.
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