Kevin Carr presents a program called, My Grandfather's Fiddle, consisting of fiddle tunes, bagpipe melodies, songs and stories from Ireland, Quebec, Galicia and other green places. He'll be playing fiddle, banjo, uilleann pipes, Scottish smallpipes and Galician Gaita (bagpipes).
Grandfather's Fiddle was an elusive instrument, a legend in Kevin's family, which he tried to get ahold of for many years. During that whole time he was also traveling and collecting music and lore from far flung places around the world, following his imagination and luck into just the right places at just the right times. It took him many years to realize that he was never going to find his grandfather's fiddle, but that he had already found his grandfather's music.
Kevin Carr has played fiddle and pipes and told stories for thirty years, at fiddle and dance camps and on stages, at festivals and in schools across the USA and in Canada, and Europe.
Here's more bio info from Kevin's website (translated to 3rd person)
Kevin tells stories and plays traditional folk instruments. From the Fillmore West to the Oregon Country Fair, from the former Soviet Union to Spain, from Alaska to Mexico, he has traveled to play with and learn from traditional musicians, to gather stories to share and to connect with folks through the ecstatic medium of music. He does solo shows such as "The Other Pipes - exotic and little known Bagpiping traditions of the World", " Stories from the Musical Realms - Concerning Inspiration and the Music between the Notes", "My Grandfather's Fiddle " "Fiddle Fables - Stories by and about Fiddlers" with tunes appropriate and appropriated. For more details on these shows see the Shows page on his website.
Kevin also plays with various groups
Wake the Dead - Intergalactic Roots Music (formerly, the world's only all star grateful dead celtic jam band). Sylvia Herold and Paul Kotapish from Euphonia are other WTD members who have played at Auburn House Concerts. www.wakethedead.org
Hillbillies from Mars - traditional Dance music from mars, America, Ireland, Scotland, Galicia, and points East , South , West and North. www.hillbilliesfrommars.com
Les Tetes de Violon French Canadian fiddle music - the finest kind. www.trentesouszero.com
Winter's Carol, with Men of Worth - Holiday Shows in the Gaelic Spirit (Solstice and St. Pat's) www.menofworth.com
Verdegaio - I play with Alexandre Cadarso and Javier Blanco from Galicia whenever I get the chance; when they are in North America or I am in Spain or Ireland. Galician Music - pure and simple. And Grand.
Charanga Big band music from Galicia, with pipes, sax, accordion and lots o drums.