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In just two years — with a first concert in front of 50,000 spectators at the Vieilles Charrues music festival (France), two CDs, and a European tour — the Celtic Social Club has made its grand entrance onto the world music scene.
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The Celtic Social Club with new Celtic Christmas single
December 1914. Western front. In the first winter of the Great War, the German, French and British (including Irish ) soldiers, defying their generals, ventured into no man's land on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in an improvised Christmas truce.
Based on this fraternal and historical occasion and on a traditional 18th Century melody by Scottish poet Robert Burns, with a guest appearance on vocals by Senegalese singer Faada Freddy, the French-Scottish band THE CELTIC SOCIAL CLUB bring us a contemporary and humanistic Christmas single that goes beyond time and frontiers.
Based on this fraternal and historical occasion and on a traditional 18th Century melody by Scottish poet Robert Burns, with a guest appearance on vocals by Senegalese singer Faada Freddy, the French-Scottish band THE CELTIC SOCIAL CLUB bring us a contemporary and humanistic Christmas single that goes beyond time and frontiers.
In this profound yet uplifting piece of world-music, between traditional celtic music, rock, folk and reggae, zulu choir and Uileann Pipe, sang in English and Wolof, CHRISTMAS 1914 is also somehow reminiscent of the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York’ and of Paul Simon's "Graceland". A powerful and humanistic song which transcends all musical genres, religious symbols, geography and the Gregorian calendar, to be sung along to: "fight no more at Christmas ! "
After a first stage appearance in front of a 50 000 crowd at French festival "Les Vieilles Charrues" in July and a debut album in 2014, THE CELTIC SOCIAL CLUB have been playing all over in Europe and around the world ( France,Switzerland, Germany, Vietnam, Algeria...) with an emblematic concert at Central Park, NYC in October 2016. Within those two years, the band has transformed into a popular, frontierless, mashup, live powerhouse and are now working on their second album, produced by Irishman John Reynolds (U2, the Chieftains, Sinnead O'Connor...)
The Celtic Social Club :
Manu Masko (Drum), Jimme O’Neill (Lead Vocal, guitar),
Goulven Hamel (banjo, guitar), Mathieu Péquériau (harmonica, washboard),
Richard Puaud (bass), Pierre Stephan (violin), Ronan Le Bars (Ulleanpipe)
Guests
Faada Freddy (Vocal)
Roy Harter (piano)