The Harp Blog

All about harps

“Ancestors” by Keith Medley

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Celticharper

Now that’s a harp guitar!

If you want to support Keith’s creative efforts (he designed and built that guitar himself, btw), you can visit his Kickstarter page here.

Anpiel (Guardian Angel of Birds)

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Celticharper

By Shawna Selline, played by Bobbie Jo Curley. It’s been a surprisingly warm spring in our neck of the woods. I’m tempted to take my harp out and play by the river, once things have dried out a bit.

Foot stompin’ Celtic music – on pedal harp!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Celticharper

Major props to harpist Alex Bigney for giving the pedal harp a truly Celtic voice. Every other time I’ve heard Celtic music played on pedal harp it either sounded stilted or over-played. This set rocks!

Legends of the Celtic Harp / The Soul Agony

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Celticharper

Legends of the Celtic Harp: Patrick Ball, Lisa Lynne, and Aryeh Frankfurter. Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA. More clips of the concert can be found @ PatrickBall1

Alan Stivell – Tri martolod

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Celticharper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hylSFXW0CXA

One of the world’s great folk harp pioneers, still going strong. And that harp is simply amazing. If you want to hear all the truly unique sounds Alan Stivell can get a harp to make, go out and buy one of his CD’s. You won’t regret it.