Celtic Confusion is a long time Fairbanks band, having been around since 1990. Currently composed of (top: l. to r.): Patrick Webb on fiddle; Colleen Herning - flute & whistle; Paige Steiner, our youngest member on fiddle and attitude; Gary Newman - tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, mandola - things with strings and picks. Not shown: Lisa Jaeger (not shown)- guitar and percussion; Max Newman (not shown) on guitar, keyboards, and mandolin, when in town. We play traditional Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, and Cape Breton music around Alaska for special events, contradances, festivals and sometimes, just for the fun of it, like at sessions. If you'd like to contact us, email us at gary(at)alaskafolkmusic.org - must cut and paste as no direct email link on this page to TRY to reduce spam, sorry.
 | Here are a couple of Real Audio samples from their CD, now available. Of course, the purchased product will be of much higher quality. If you are interested in copies, let us know by emailing cd(at)alaskafolkmusic.org (sorry, no email link on this page to reduce spam). Cost is $15.00 per CD, plus $2 shipping. They are in very limited supply. |
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| Longford Collector - Tarbolton Reel | |
 | Bandmember Max, trademark fedora on head, performs with fellow student Lindsay Turner, from Kingsport, Tennessee, at the Oct. 2003 Forté Arts First presentation at Sanders Theatre hosted and attended by erstwhile Harvard President Larry Summers. Click on photo to watch the video. As of June 2007, they have both graduated. Max will be playing music in the Cambridge, MA area and Lindsay teaching English in Lyon, France. |
Celtic Confusion was selected for inclusion on the Alaska State Council on the Arts Performing Artists Roster. If you are interested in having Celtic Confusion perform and/or teach workshops in a non-urban location in Alaska, the ASCA may be able to help fund such an endeavour.
Need to know our stage setup? Just check out the linked diagram for a general idea. If a sound system is required, we can arrange to rent one with the needed equipment.
 On the Riverboat Discovery
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 Gary, Pat, and Max last minute practice before Fairbanks Folk Fest performance |
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