A collection of Irish and Newfoundland songs & stories.

Special Guest appearances by:

D’Arcy Broderick: fiddle, guitar

Graham Wells: Accordian, in whistle, bodhran

Mike Hanrahan: tenor, banjo, bouzouki

Music:  Kevin Collins

Background Vocals: Kevin Collins

Piano Accordion:  Ray Walsh

Button Accordion:  Wilbert Dawe

“I’ve carried these songs in my mind for 50 years.  I am delighted to have, for the first time, the opportunity to record them.  This may never have happened if I had not met up with the Avalon Ramblers and in particular Frank Davis.”

– Jimmy Linegar

Music from Newfoundland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man performed on Celtic harp with other instruments.

“Shred Kelly is a formulation of friends and foot stomping good times born in the East Kootenay’s of British Columbia. Hailing from the town of Fernie, the five piece band is best known for mixing clawhammer banjo riffs that tear the fabric of space and time with ambient synth, high voltage guitar, fierce drums, and hauntingly sweet vocal harmonies to produce a sound that has been properly coined “Stoke Folk”.

While their gritty and fun 2010 album “Goodbye July” still resonates strongly with boot slappin’ slacker anthems such as “I Hate Work” and “Ghost Inside My Head”, their newest full length album release “In the Hills” takes the mountain string band and adds a cup of electric shock, belting out stories of small town love and tragedy in the places they hail from.  Having recently been awarded 2012 Artist of the Year at the Kooteney Music Awards and winning a spot on the Green Couch Sessions/CBC Radio 3 ‘Tracks on Tracks’ train adventure from Vancouver to Toronto, Shred Kelly is turning banjo doubters into sweaty indie folk rock believers on the dance floor, one town at a time.”

– shredkelly.com