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GS Top 10 Celtic Bands of 2021
The Gothard Sisters are honored to once again be featured as the #1 most played artist on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast run by Marc Gunn.
Interview: “Take 5 with the Gothard Sisters” - Portland Folk Society Local Lore
Local Lore Question #1: Neither of your parents played a musical instrument, yet you all had music lessons by the time you were in kindergarten, how did music get to be so prominent in your household?
Willow Gothard: we grew up in a very creative household. Our parents homeschooled all three of us, and they constantly played recordings of beautiful folk and classical music around the house. They also discovered the wonderful Celtic radio program on NPR, the Thistle & Shamrock, so we had lots of fond memories listening to top notch Celtic artists selected by the one and only Fiona Ritchie. Now our own songs have been featured on the show, which is a dream come true for us!
Happy New Year!
Happy, happy new year, everyone! 🎉
Thank you so much for this wonderful year. We were so happy to share new music with you this year with the new album, Dragonfly, and hope to have more for you in the future! PLUS, live music is back and it was more meaningful than we can say to get to play our new songs for you all in person again.
We have the best fans and listeners EVER and we can't thank you enough for being with us on this musical journey. Here's to lots of new musical adventures and more in 2022!
Greta, Willow and Solana
The Gothard Sisters
Acoustic Videos: Christmas
The Gothard Sisters perform some acoustic videos of various Christmas songs on their Celtic Christmas Tour 2021.
Spotify Wrapped: 3 Million Streams in 2021
Wow, this is amazing news! This year’s “Spotify Wrapped” is out and it is fascinating and humbling.
3 Million streams on Spotify in 2021! THANK YOU to everyone who streamed our music on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon, etc. and a big thank you to everyone who downloaded our music or bought our CDs as well! We're so happy you enjoy listening to it! Also, it looks like more than a few of you shared the music with others…
Wise One: Official Music Video
Watch the new Official Music Video for the new song, Wise One. A frozen lake, a beautiful winter forest, winter skies and more!
Visit Edmonds Blog: Interview
The first thing you hear is a zig-zag fiddle taking flight, rushing, soaring on invisible wings, then, lyrical, lilting fairy voices — gentle and tender as a floating maple leaf on a crisp fall morning — lighting up the dark night of any soul.
Those lovely, lyrical, lilting fairies are none other than the famous Edmonds Gothard Sisters — Greta, Willow, and Solana. They’re talented multi-instrumentalists, vocalists, songwriters, and championship dancers, too, and they’ve been charming audiences for well over 10 years… ever since they were little girls dreaming of touching the stars.
Dragonfly: Official Music Video
Watch the new Official Music Video for our Summer album, Dragonfly. A rushing river, drums, whistles and a real dragonfly!
Vlog: Dragonfly Photo Shoot
Behind the scenes from the photo shoot for the Dragonfly album cover! The photos were taken in beautiful Leavenworth, WA by the lovely Ruth from Ruth H. Photography.
Road trips in the West inspire Gothard Sisters’ latest album
Thanks to Sara at the Everett Herald for this great write-up on the new album! In it, Greta talks about the inspiration behind Dragonfly, what we call “travel music” and more. Dragonfly comes out tomorrow worldwide!
'Irish Music Magazine | ‘Dragonfly’ Interview
Anita: What inspired you to produce Dragonfly?
Greta: When we set out to write the songs on Dragonfly, we wanted to make it into the kind of album that would reflect how we initially felt when we were introduced to Celtic music. The three of us grew up listening to classical, folk, rock, world and
The CDs Have Arrived!
The CDs have arrived! 🌞🌲✨ That means we're going to start sending them out this week. So if you pre-ordered or plan to pre-order, you will get your copy early!
New Album: Dragonfly
We're so excited to announce that our brand new 12-song album, Dragonfly, is coming out on June 4th and is now available for pre-order!
Pre-order the CD or the digital album today and you'll also get an early download of the title track, "Dragonfly." Enjoy!
LIVE: Alaska Set
Here's a new set of tunes filmed at one of our last shows in Washington state in March, 2020. Enjoy!
And YES - Alaska Set will be on the new album, coming soon! 🌿
LIVE: The Bandit
Our final show last year was for St. Patrick's Day. Here's a clip of that show, including a bit of Irish dancing - enjoy!
New Celtic Knotwork Merchandise
We're super excited to announce that we have a bunch of new t shirt designs and other new merch to share with you.
Back in October we asked you all what you wanted to see in the shop and we got a lot of awesome answers!
One of the big things was a lot of people were asking for a logo that included Celtic knotwork and the band name since they love showing off the fact that they're a fan of the Celtic genre.
Hobbit Guitar in the Studio
We've been hard at work on the new album over the last few months and are back in the studio again after the holidays. I can now give you the exclusive update that we are officially halfway done with the recording!
Still, Still, Still ❄️
There’s an Austrian Christmas carol that is really beautiful called “Still, Still, Still.” I believe I first heard it on a Mannheim Steamroller album. The song struck me with the beautiful line “still, still, still… one can hear the falling snow.”