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Highland Reign, a Celtic Band from Indianapolis, takes the tunes of the old country and breathes a rocking new life into them with traditionals such as "The Barnyards of Delgaty" and originals like "Plaid to the Bone". Highland Reign Brings the union of traditional Celtic and Rock to pleasing new levels.
Playing venues and Festivals all across America, Scotland and Ireland Highland Reign is one of America's favorite Scottish Folk Rock bands. With Bagpipes/Guitar tunes, rocking percussion and upbeat vocals Highland Reign will rock you back to the old country.
Kathleen and Natalie Grimes have been branching out from years of training in classical violin, piano, flute, and music theory. They enjoy both sacred and classical music, and play traditional sacred music on a regular basis in their home church. Kathleen has been a three-time semi-finalist in the World Piano Competition. Natalie currently plays 1st violin in the Hendricks Symphony Orchestra.
The girls' music education took an unexpected turn in 2006 when Kathleen pursued the promise of free guitar lessons given by the leader of a Hope, Indiana based music group, the Possum Glory Train Bluegrass Band. Accompanied to lessons and jam sessions by her violin-playing fourteen-year-old sister Natalie, and her mom, she quickly developed into an excellent rhythm guitarist. The sisters were subsequently invited to join the band and were mentored into a whole new world of music- bluegrass and fiddling.
Their most recent venture, into the world of Celtic fiddling, has opened up yet another dimension of music for their audiences to enjoy. Their first performance of Celtic fiddling was in September of 2007 at the Columbus (IN) Scottish Festival. Since then they have been sharpening their skills and widening their Celtic repertoire with performances at Burns Suppers in Carmel, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, as well as at the Indianapolis Liederkranz. They have also performed at the 2008 and 2009 Glasgow Highland Games, in Glasgow, Kentucky.
Hogeye Navvy is an acoustic, shanty-singing band whose repertoire expands to include the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, England, and North America. The band has performed for more years than its members care to admit, at everything from wedding receptions to pubs to a pre-show for a boxing match to a tour in Ireland. Along the way they've developed a strong following of "Hog Heads" who love to join in the singing of the shanties and drinking songs and ballads, and some whose dancing feet cannot resist the tunes.
