MacTalla Mor
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MacTalla Mor is a Celtic Roots Band that was formed in 2002 and is based near New York City. The band combines traditional Gaelic music and singing with modern music styles including, rock, blues, jazz, reggae and hip hop. MacTalla is made up entirely of members of the Ofgang family.[http://www.newstimes.com News-Times "Paying Homage to Halloween's Roots"]
Since their inception MacTalla Mor has toured the United States and Canada.[http://www.palmbeachpost.com Palm Beach Post "Freebird on the Bagpipes"] They have played at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, for ESPN, ABC and NBC TV and at Pete Seeger's Clearwater Festival.
The band has released four CDs. The CD "The New Colossus" released in 2008, was recorded in at A-Pawling Studio in Pawling New York in 2007. The CD's title track The New Colossus is based on a sonnet of the same name by Emma Lazarus the final lines of which were engraved on a bronze plaque in the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1912.Watts, Emily Stipes. The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977: 123. {{ISBN|0-292-76435-9}}
Instrumentation
Discography
- Piping Hot 2005
- No Man's Land 2006
- Jacob's Ladder 2007
- The New Colossus 2008
References
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External links
- [http://www.mactalla.com/ official website]
- [http://www.celticradio.net/php/celtic_radio_awards.php Celtic Radio]
- [http://www.clearwater.org/ Pete Seeger's Clearwater Festival]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071031094719/http://www.celticmp3s.com/magazine/2007/07/new-colossus-by-mactalla-mor.shtml Celtic MP3 Review]