Taisce Baile
Seven time All Irish Champion accordionist John Whelan, hailed as one of the world’s best living Irish button accordion players, will perform with his new Celtic Trio Taisce Baile (Treasured Home) on Sunday Feb 15th at the Art House. Joining him will be fiddler Lennart Jansson and guitarist Clint Dye. For over 50 years John Whelan has fearlessly explored the creative reaches of musical artistry and expression while carefully preserving the musical roots from which he originally flourished, supported by his father from his young years, and passing those on to the next generation. John is a celebrated recording artist, and has recorded more than 15 CDs, appearing on more than 30 albums with other artists, and spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard World Music Charts, plus John has received the “Musician of the Year” award from the Irish Music Association — twice. John is also a sought-after composer and producer and has written more than 65 original tunes, many of which have been recorded and performed by artists all over the world. He is widely recognized for being in the Kips Bay Ceili Band, and for forming the John Whelan Band, which the Cincinnati Enquirer described as playing “music that stretched the boundaries of traditional Celtic.” Plus, don’t forget his energetized duo performances with Grammy Award-winning fiddle player Eileen Ivers during the first years of Riverdance. Guitarist Clint Dye hails from rural Pennsylvania, where he took an interest in music in his high school years. He studied music composition and jazz guitar at Bowling Green State University in Ohio before taking on professional musical work around the world. More recently, Clint has has been active in the Irish music scene, performing in concerts providing his tasteful backing for such artists as Randal Bays, Gráinne Hambly, and Mick O’Brien. Lennart Jansson is a multi-instrumentalist and Irish traditional musician from Seattle, playing fiddle, uilleann pipes, concertina, and tin whistle, and is known for championing the use of the baroque viola d’amore in Irish music. He is a frequent performer of traditional music and a mainstay of the Irish session scene in Seattle, and has performed together on stage with fiddler Dale Russ, and in an ongoing collaboration with Ruairí Kríostóir Clements (Ockham’s Razor) as part of the contemporary Celtic band The Long Dark. His recent performance appearances include the West Coast Tionól in Seattle, the Cascade Celtic Festival in Leavenworth, and the Acadia Festival of Traditional Music and Dance in Bar Harbor, Maine. John’s performances are humorous, energetic, soulful, and just plain fun. If you are looking for the “pure drop,” look no further!Traditional CelticPT2H2026-02-25Taisce Baile"Taisce Baile"Showtimes
February 15, 2:00 pm
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