Medford Resident To Perform At 7th Annual 'St. Patrick's Day Celtic Sojourn'

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Medford resident and fiddle champion Tina Lech will be a part of the seventh annual A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn concert. The show will be hosted by WGBH radio host Brian O’Donovan and will introduce audiences to a wide range of new and familiar Celtic singers, musicians, and dancers.

A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn will be taking place at the Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford on Saturday, March 17 and at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre in Cambridge on Saturday, March 24.

A resident of Medford, Tina is a North American Irish fiddle champion who is one of the leading fiddlers in Boston. Tina’s love of Celtic music started over 20 years ago and she continues to perform regularly throughout Ireland and America.  The full roster of performers at A St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn is as listed below:

• Dublin-born Susan McKeown, accompanied by newcomer and rising star Michael Brunnock who recently recorded songs for Sean Penn’s newest movie This Must be the Place.
• The Bee Eaters will perform alongside the string talents of Tristan and Tashina Clarridge, as well as hammer-dulcimer player extraordinaire, Simon Chrisman . 
• Named one of the “most accomplished and gifted string player of his generation” Jeremy Kittel, a regular collaborator with the Bee Eaters, will perform songs of his popular new CD, Chasing Sparks.  
• Jefferson Hamer and Dublin native Eamon O’Leary make up two thirds of the group the Murphy Beds and were also part of a memorable Guest Street Session at with Brian during this past year at WGBH. 
• Longtime Dancer Director for A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, Kieran Jordan will be returning with a group of hand-picked dancers. Joined on stage by Jackie O’Riley and Kristen Kelly, she will bring variety and percussive spice to the gatherings.
• Local fiddle phenom Tina Lech will be joined by Uilleann Piper Joey Arbata, and founding member of the band Touchstone. Mark Roberts. They will add the required touch of “pure drop” playing to the evening’s activities.

A Celtic Sojourn airs weekly on Saturday afternoons from 3pm-6pm on WGBH in Boston. The show regularly explores music from the Celtic countries and England. The St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn series was first launched in 2005; the concert follows the format established for the burgeoning Christmas Celtic Sojourn series of concerts which, during this past December, played to almost 10,000 people in Boston, New Bedford, Worcester, Rockport, and Portsmouth, NH. The St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn concerts reflect the easy, relaxed and diverse offerings of O’Donovan’s weekly program.  For more information, visit http://www.wgbh.org/celtic/.