Sly Dog - Madtown and the Celtic Music Association of Madison wish to acknowledge the publicity contributions of Wisconsin Public Radio, WORT, and the Madison Folk Music Society.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Previous Sly Dog Concerts
Celtic Concerts in association with CMA and Darl Ridgely
Scottish Singer/Songwriter, former member of "Old Blind Dogs."
Chulrua, Nov 1st, 2007 (CMA)
Irish Traditional Music House Concert with Paddy O'Brien, button accordion; Dale Russ, fiddle (sitting in for Patrick Ourceau;) Pat Egan, guitar & vocals. Paddy O'Brien has recorded with Daithi Sproule and Tim Britton, both of whom have performed at our home.
Daithi Sproule, Nov 4th, 2006 (CMA)
Vocal and Guitar and a Celtic Guitar Workshop
Member of Altan, Trian, & Fingal
Tim Britton, May 19, 2006 (CMA)
Uilleann Pipes
Singer Songwriters
Jack Williams & Ronnie Cox, March 18, 2007
Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen, Sept 15th, 2006
Erika Luckett, April 5, 2006
Don Conoscenti, Feb 3, 2006
Denice Franke, Sept 6th, 2005
Erika Luckett, August 19th, 2005
Dreamsicles, June 10th, 2005
Jack Williams, April 22, 2005
Old Timey Musicians
Sticky Fingers, Nov 11th 2005
Classical
Trevor Stevenson, Harpsichord
Trevor Stevenson & Stacy Pelinka, Harpsichord & Flute, Dec 13, 2002
Useful Links
Celticmadison.org (CMA)
Friday, September 4, 2009
Paddy Keenan & Patrick Ball
"In Irish music there are legends and legends and then there's Paddy Keenan."
Patrick BallSly Dog - Madtown and the Celtic Music Association of Madison wish to acknowledge the publicity contributions of Wisconsin Public Radio, WORT, and the Madison Folk Music Society.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Lake Effect Poets

John Chapman, jazz bassist, grew up in Madison, WI and is a freelance bassist in Phoenix, AZ, and adjunct faculty member at Phoenix College. He studied music at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Arizona State University and has performed extensively with jazz pianist Les Czimber in Sedona, jazz vocalist Dennis Rowland and the Jazz Experience, Moseyhorse, and the John Vold-John Chapman Duo.in Phoenix. Moseyhorse’s original jazz compositions are now available on CD. Becca Grant will join him on piano.
John Chapman at MySpace and his band CD with Moseyhorse.
Anne-Marie Cusac is the author of the poetry books, Silkie (MMM Press, 2007), winner of the MMM Press poetry book prize, and the Wisconsin Library Associa-
Susan Elbe is the author of Eden in the Rearview Mirror (Word Press) which received Honorable Mention for the Posner Book-Length Poetry Award, and a chapbook, Light Made from Nothing (Parallel Press). Her poems appear or are forthcoming in many journals, including Ascent, Blackbird, Diode, MARGIE, North American Review, Ocho, and Salt Hill. Her work has also been widely anthologized, including in A Fierce Brightness: Twenty-Five Years of Women's Poetry (Calyx Books), On Retirement: 75 Poems (University of Iowa Press), and Eating the Pure Light: Homage to Thomas McGrath (The Backwaters Press). Among her awards are fellowships to the Vermont Studio Center and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, and the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Prize. Her web site is www.susanelbe.com; she currently works as a webmaster.

Alison Townsend is the author of two collections of poetry, The Blue Dress (White Pine Press), and Persephone in America (Southern Illinois University Press), which won the Crab Orchard Open Poetry Competition and was published in spring 2009. She also has two limited edition chapbooks, And Still the Music (Flume Press) and What the Body Knows (Parallel Press). Her work appears in many literary journals and anthologies and she has won awards and fellowships from the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, among others. She teaches English, Creative Writing and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and lives on four acres of prairie and oak savanna in the farm country outside Madison.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
The Heaton's

Shannon Heaton: Flute, Whistle, Bodhran, Vocals
Matt and Shannon Heaton are a wonderful Celtic duo who reside in the Boston area. They play and sing traditional Irish music, as well as some of their own, original compositions. Their original compositions tell timeless tales, while their renditions of centuries-old songs feel modern. They access real stories, real emotions, and each show is unique.
Their traditional music backgrounds are conventional enough, but once you scratch the simple traditional music pedigree you find something else—a unique personality and vibe that could only come from these two.
Matt and Shannon have been performing together for over a decade with a variety of groups, including critically-acclaimed Irish band Siucra (which they formed with Beth Leachman during their three-year “sabbatical” in Boulder, CO), tangeuros Orquesta Atipica, as well as traditional luminaries Aoife Clancy, Robbie O’Connell, and Scottish gem Emily Smith.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of Celtic music with Shannon and Matt Heaton in the intimate atmosphere of our home.
Matt and Shannon will also be at Milwaukee's ICHC, Wednesday, May 6th and Gays Mills, Saturday, May 9th. Thanks to the ICHC for this BIO.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Jim Malcolm
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Robin Bullock








