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St. Patrick’s Day Tour 2023
That was surely a St. Patrick's Day to remember. ☘️
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our shows on Bainbridge Island at the The Historic Lynwood Theatre or in Portland at The Old Church Concert Hall or in Edmonds at the beautiful…
St. Patrick’s Day Tour 2023
Announcing all the dates and locations for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Tour in Washington and Oregon. Get your tickets at the links inside!
That’s a Wrap: Christmas Tour 2022
Last day of the Celtic Christmas tour and last show of 2022! What a wonderful way to close it out at the beautiful Icicle Creek Center for the Arts and with the wonderful An Daire Wenatchee Irish dancers! Thank you all so much! 🎶
Spotify Wrapped: 4 Million Streams in 2022
This year’s “Spotify Wrapped” has been released, and as always it is amazing to see how many people listen to our music around the world (174 countries this year!)
This is amazing!! Thank you. We can't wait to continue making new music next year, and onwards. Apparently, according to Spotify, our listeners are called "Time Travelers." We love that.
We're especially excited to have been added to 33.5k of your playlists, and there are so many cool stats!
Japan Tour Comes to a Close
Photos from the last few shows in Japan. We so enjoyed performing for everyone in Okazaki, Seki, Ogeki, Noshiro, Nanyo and Sakata!! It was so incredibly special to tour around Japan for nearly two months with these amazing people…
New Horizons passes 100k
Wow!!! New Horizons has now passed 100,000 streams on Spotify and it has only been out for 2 months. Thank you so much for listening to our music, we are so happy you enjoy it!
Performance for students in Shikoku Prefecture
This was so special!! On our last day in Shikoku we had the wonderful experience of getting to meet (and see a performance by) students from Takamatsu! In their English speeches, the students shared how they had never heard of Celtic music before, and they were excited to listen to it. 🙂
Very grateful to Min-On Global Music Network for this opportunity to share the music we love, and to THE MUSIC PLANT for her skills in translating.
Behind the Song: “Alaska Set”
“Alaska Set” is one of several tune sets on the new album, Dragonfly. These tunes were inspired by time spent in Alaska back in 2012. We played shows every day for a week at the Alaska State Fair (held in Palmer, AK), and in-between we tried to get in as much sightseeing as we could! Here are some pictures from our experience there.
Japan Tour Continues!
The Japan tour continues!! The last few shows in Himeji, Kobe, Sakai and Tsuyama have been amazing. In between there's been lots of lovely sightseeing…
Celtic Christmas Tour 2022
Announcing all the dates and locations for this year’s Celtic Christmas tour in the Pacific Northwest. This year’s tour is the biggest one yet, including multiple concerts in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Get your tickets at the links inside!
Japan Tour 2022
What's up for us next? We are SO excited to announce that we are coming BACK to Japan!!! We are headed there for seven weeks this fall, with 28 concerts in 28 cities across the country.
Dragonfly Cover and Tin Whistle Tabs
Here is another cover of Dragonfly, this time by CutiePiePiper (from YouTube and TikTok), Thon Whistler, Kerry Coventry and Lauren Claythorpe.
They play the song together, then give detailed instructions on how to play the tin whistle version in 3 parts. Enjoy!
Learn to Play Dragonfly!
Would you like to learn how to play Hurricane Ridge, Dragonfly, Chasing the Sun, Alaska Set or Wildflower Jigs?
🎉 We're so excited to announce that the sheet music for our new album, Dragonfly, is now available and in a variety of formats; a digital PDF, a physical BOOK, and, for the first time ever -- as an online video course! 🎬
Vlog: Scouting Hurricane Ridge Music Video
Here's a little behind the scenes clip from scouting day for the Hurricane Ridge music video.
Willow explains what we're on the look out for as we head up Washington Pass Overlook in the North Cascades.
Hurricane Ridge: Official Music Video
Watch the new Official Music Video for Hurricane Ridge from the new album, Dragonfly
Streaming Music: Good or Bad?
Recently, we received a question from a listener, which is also a question we've heard quite frequently from our (very conscientious) fans, and I thought I would answer it today.
"Dear Gothard Sisters,
Thank you so much for your music. It truly brings me joy every time I listen to it, which is especially appreciated these days.
I'm writing because I have a sort of weird question. Recently I was listening to Dragonfly on Spotify, and it occurred to me that I have no idea if it supports you at all to stream your music rather than getting it on CD. The problem is, I don't have a CD player anymore and I don't do downloads either.
Do you actually get any compensation from Spotify at all? I really enjoy it and want to support you, but I just don't do CDs anymore.”
Streaming Music: Good or Bad?
Recently, we received a question from a listener, which is also a question we've heard quite frequently from our (very conscientious) fans, and I thought I would answer it today.
"Dear Gothard Sisters, Thank you so much for your music. It truly brings me joy every time I listen to it, which is especially appreciated these days.I'm writing because I have a sort of weird question. Recently I was listening to Dragonfly on Spotify, and it occurred to me that I have no idea if it supports you at all to stream your music rather than getting it on CD. The problem is, I don't have a CD player anymore and I don't do downloads either. Do you actually get any compensation from Spotify at all? I really enjoy it and want to support you, but I just don't do CDs anymore.
LIVE at Edmonds Center for the Arts
Check out these new videos from the live show, captured recently at the beautiful Edmonds Center for the Arts in December, 2021. Enjoy!