Pendar Productions Presents

Whirly Jig

Folk Music with a New Spin

PO Box 49221
Colorado Springs, CO
80949-9221


We also have a MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/whirlyjig

           Whirly Jig, 24-May-2003
Melissa Carleo, Steve Mariner, Ken Rowe, and Annie Mariner from Whirly Jig, circa 2003.
(We are working on a new photo shoot to include our newest band members.)
Photo by Minka Ricker
 

Albums:

Thing-A-Ma-Jig Cover Thumbnail    Thing-A-Ma-Jig 14 songs, 61 minutes
 

Bootlegs:

Bootlegs Cover Thumbnail    Bootlegs 3 songs, 14 minutes
           

News Desk:

05-Apr-2008: In The Studios!
17-Mar-2008: McClellan's Irish Pub
24-Nov-2007: Work On New CD Begins
24-Nov-2007: McClellan's Irish Pub
20-Oct-2007: McClellan's Irish Pub
27-Sep-2007: DragonFen Masquerade Ball
02-Aug-2007: Whirly Jig Grows!
01-Aug-2007: Ravenshire Renaissance and Pirate Faire 2007
23-Jul-2007: Ch-ch-ch-changes
01-Apr-2007: Colorado Renaissance Festival 2007
01-Mar-2007: St. Patrick's Day at EZ Pickens
01-Aug-2006: Grand Valley Renaissance and Pirate Faire 2006
28-Jul-2006: Extra Weekend
01-May-2006: Colorado Renaissance Festival 2006
01-May-2005: Colorado Renaissance Festival 2005
29-Dec-2004: Florida Renaissance Festival 2005
26-Aug-2004: Kansas City Renaissance Festival 2004
01-May-2004: Colorado Renaissance Festival 2004
12-Aug-2003: First Mailing List Transmission
01-Aug-2003: Thing-a-ma-Jig Samples
30-Jul-2003: Thing-a-ma-Jig Complete
20-May-2003: MAMA Concert
14-Apr-2003: Colorado Renaissance Festival 2003
          


          

Who the heck are these people?

Whirly Jig is an ecclectic folk band out of Colorado.
   
   Ken Rowe    Ken "Bardken" Rowe, formerly of The River Wynde Minstrels, is a guitarist, singer and songwriter who infuses a driving rock rhythm and a passion for storytelling into our work. Many of our best sounds come from Ken's visionary arrangements.       Melissa Carleo    Melissa "Daphne" Carleo, formerly of The River Wynde Minstrels, is a guitarist, percussionist, singer and songwriter who brings passion, power, and verve reminiscent of Janice Joplin to our music.   
   Steve Mariner    Steven "Strings" Mariner, formerly of County Cork, Greencastle, and The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, plays bouzouki, guitar, pennywhistle and bodhran, and is also a singer and songwriter. He brings energy and a sense of blending to our music.       Annie Mariner    Annie "Sasha" Mariner, formerly of County Cork, Greencastle, and The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies, plays concertina, recorder, bodhran, and bones, and brings out the emotive side of our music with great poise and flow. Annie joined The Muses in 2007, but remains a part-time member of Whirly Jig as her schedule permits.   
   Susan Atchley    Susan "Merlot" Atchley, with Whirly Jig being her first band, plays pennywhistle, bodhran, and bones, and is also a singer and songwriter. She brings creative energy to our music and tons of excitement to our show.       Amy Lassen    Amy "Kaylee" Lassen, formerly of many classical groups and the folk group The Scallywags, plays violin and fiddle, and is also a singer. She adds power to many of our tunes with her chops on the fiddle, and rounds out our sound on the rest of our songs to a full 5-part harmony.   
   Chaz Kemp    Chaz "Shadowcat" Kemp, formerly of The Trids, O'Leary's Ghost, and currently a member of Pandora Celtica, is a singer and songwriter, and plays dumbek (and similar Middle Eastern drums) and bass. Chaz adds energy and a phenomenal vocal talent to our performances. He is on loan to us from Pandora Celtica and joins us when his schedule permits.                

Together, we combine instrumentation and harmony into powerful new arrangements for traditional pieces, as well as original songs and tunes to keep you in the mood for music.

We are Whirly Jig -- Folk music with a new spin.

          


Whirly Jig
c/o Pendar Productions
PO Box 49221
Colorado Springs, CO  80949-9221
 
Webmaster: webmaster@whirlyjigmusic.com
Booking Information: booking@whirlyjigmusic.com
Sales: sales@whirlyjigmusic.com

Links

      Colorado Renaissance Festival
Kansas City Renaissance Festival
Florida Renaissance Festival      

 

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Last Updated: 27-Sep-2007
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