Wind that Shakes the Barley: Links

Otter Creek Music: Multi-track recording production and mastering service for independent minded musicians.
SKelliG: SKelliG performs music from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Scandinavia and beyond. Members Rachel Clark and Bob DeMarco of the band Wind that Shakes the Barley join John Drury a veteran of the Quebecois and New England folk scene. Together they blend their talents to deliver traditional music with a rich and tantalizing flavor!
Blackbird: Rachel Clark and Bob DeMarco have joined forces to form the Blackbird duo!!!
David Cavanagh: David Cavanagh’s books of poems include Falling Body (2009) and The Middleman (2003), both published by Salmon Poetry of Ireland.
The Middleman - Poems by David Cavanagh: The poems in The Middleman refuse to take sides, or rather, they insist on taking all sides. Writing from the United States with a Canadian background and Irish ancestry, Cavanagh straddles a number of borders. With deft language and a compassionate voice, his poems explore complex territories of love, family, work, and nationality through the lens of personal history. They seek lost connections from a Montreal childhood, a funeral procession in Cork, or a walk with a lover among wildflowers in Vermont. Always there is yearning for meaning. And usually its the subtle, middle ground between extremes that seems most fertile.
The Sessions: The exchange of tunes is what keeps traditional Irish music alive. This website is one way of passing on jigs, reels and other dance tunes.
John Drury: John Drury is a Vermont traditional musician strongly rooted in the Celtic, Quebecois and dance music of New England.
David Kraus: "David Kraus is a guitarist with sure fingers and an expressive sense of melodic line. The playing is refreshingly lyrical and makes one thirst for a live performance by this ensemble."
Danny Carnahan: Song writer, author, traveler. Influenced by Mick Fitzgerald. This Web site is a must stop.
Hamish Moore: Maker of high quality Scottish Smallpipes, Highland Bagpipes, Border and Reel pipes. Hamish Moore, Fungarth Steading, Dunkeld, Perthshire PH8 OES, Scotland, UK
Liza Myers Art Gallery: Liza Myers is an "artist of the Natural World." Her paintings share her fascination with the details and intricacy of light and shadow, color and texture, fur and feathers found in the wildlands where she loves to spend her time. Liza paints in watercolor, acrylic and oil. To see more of her work, click the button on the right.
Didymosphenia Geminata - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Didymosphenia geminata, commonly referred to as "didymo", is a freshwater microscopic diatom. It is found in streams and rivers in much of North America. Didymo increasingly poses a threat to aquatic ecosystems because it forms extensive mats on stream beds. Didymo attaches to the streambed by a stalk. These stalks have a rough texture similar to wet wool and mimic strands of toilet paper, as opposed to other algal species which feel "slimy".
Jim Gilmour: Vermont resident Jim Gilmour began writing songs in earnest in 1998. After twenty years of supporting other artists as producer, recording/live sound engineer, and side musician Jim finally recorded a solo CD in 2003.
Briggs Carriage Books: Briggs Carriage Bookstore is an independent bookstore located in beautiful Brandon, Vermont.
The Music Box: The Music Box Concerts are produced by the Friends of the Music Box, a 501 C 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping live music alive in the Northeast Kingdom. The Music Box is located in Craftsbury, Vermont.
Wind that Shakes the Barley Blog: Wind that Shakes the Barley brand new blog!!
New World Fesival - 2009: An all-day, all-weather festival of Celtic and French Canadian music and dance performed on five stages simultaneously in historic Chandler Music Hall and in other all-weather facilities. About 100 musicians and folk dancers from Northern New England and Quebec will perform.
Ceolas: Session Tunes Collected and Written by John Walsh