WOW Hall will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with two concerts
Two bands, Kila and
Skye, headline St. Patty’s
WOW Hall shows
By Rob Elder
Freelance Reporter
WOW Hall will present mod
ern Celtic dance music and a
taste of the old country in two
concerts next week.
Kila, a modern Irish dance
band which has been called “the
future of Irish music,” will per
form Sunday, March 15. Skye, a
traditional Irish folk band, will
play at the seventh annual St.
Patrick’s Day Irish Pub Night on
Tuesday, March 17.
"Kila is a dance show and
Skye is more of a sit-down
show, “said Bob Fennessy, pub
licist for the Community Center
for the Performing Arts. “We are
extremely impressed with Kila
— their CD is exciting and origi
nal,” he said.
WOW Hall was able to book
Kila for the Eugene show be
cause the band is in the United
States headlining the San Fran
cisco Celtic Festival, which will
be broadcast on National Public
Radio. Kila is touring the United
States in support of its second
record “Tog e go bog e.” The al
bum has gone gold in Ireland
and has been critically ac
claimed worldwide.
Folk Roots magazine has
called Kila’s sound “wild, com
pulsive, Celtic Dance Music.”
Sarah McQuaid of The Living
Tradition magazine in the U.K.
wrote, “Kila have a forceful
presence and reckless energy
that are already a force to be
reckoned with.”
Two of Kila's members, Ro
nan O’Snodaigh and Lance
Hogan, have toured and record
ed with Dead Can Dance, a pop
ular new-age group. The Dublin
band’s mostly instrumental
Gaelic dance music uses electric
and acoustic guitars, fiddle
flute, mandolin, tin whistle, uil
lean pipes and other traditional
Irish instruments.
For concert-goers whose tastes
lean more toward the nostalgic
ballad-and-beer style of Celtic
music, Skye will also be playing
at WOW Hall.
KLCC Radio is welcoming the
groups to WOW Hall in con
junction with the Community
Center for the Performing Arts.
“We’re happy to welcome the
bands and hope that people
have a good time,” said Michael
Canning, KLCC radio music di
rector. KLCC is the only station
in Eugene that has an entire
show dedicated to Celtic music
(Mist Covered Mountains, Sun
days from 10 a.m. to noon).
Show time for Kila’s show is
8:30 p.m., and Skye will per
form at 8 p.m. Tickets for both
shows are $8 in advance and
$10 at the door. Advance tickets
for both events are available at
WOW Hall and the EMU Main
Desk.
WOW Hall is located at the
corner of 8th Avenue and
Lincoln Street in Eugene.
Both shows are open to all
ages.
COURTESY PHOTO
Kila, a modern Irish dance
band, will perform at WO W
Hall on March 15 at 8.30 p.m.
COURTESY PHOTO
Skye will play at the seventh
annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish
Pub Night on March 17.
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