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Celtic Cross

High Energy, Foot Stomping Celtic Music

About Me

Celtic Cross has been a local favourite for many in the Windsor, Ontario - Detroit, Michigan for years. Vocal harmonies and high energy instrumentals have helped them stand out. Influenced heavily by traditional Irish music, all three members each add their own sonic imprint with other influences ranging from traditional music from east-coast Canada, Scotland and Australia to modern music from bands like The Pogues, Great Big Sea, Bob Dylan and more.Celtic Cross has been performing in one form or another in the Windsor/Detroit area for over 15 years. The current lineup has been together since 2000 and consists of founding member Mark Crampsie on cittern, fiddler Frank Edgley Jr., and Brian VanderPryt on guitar.In 2003 the band released their debut CD "The Long Road" (an appropiate title considering how long the band has been together!). They are currently in the process choosing material to be recorded for the next album.In addition to the band, all three members can be seen in other lineups that include solo shows (for Mark and Brian) as well as various combinations of duos. Still, nothing beats the feeling or sound when the entire band takes the stage!

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Member Since: 11/28/2006
Band Members: Mark Crampsie: Vocals, Cittern, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Bodhran and Tin WhistleFrank Edgley: Fiddle, Background vocalsBrian VanderPryt: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Bodhran
Influences: The Pogues, Spirit of the West, James Keelaghan, Stan Rogers, Great Big Sea, Steve Earle, Planxty, Irish Decendants, Irish Rovers, Flogging Molly, Bob Dylan, The Beatles
Sounds Like: Irish-Celtic music with a Kick!
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Celtic Cross Available on iTunes!

Our debut CD "The Long Road" is now available on iTunes. If you have iTunes installed, the link is below. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? playListId=258816783 Cheers, Bri...
Posted by Celtic Cross on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:28:00 PST

Celtic Cross CD Available at CDBaby.com!

Hello to all. We have finally taken some steps in making our debut CD available. We have set up an account with CDBaby to distribute our CD. Here's the link: ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas...
Posted by Celtic Cross on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:33:00 PST

St. Patrick's Day

Well...it's almost here again. It's shaping up to be one of our most hectic weeks yet. As some of you may of heard our local stomping ground, Patrick O'Ryans Irish pub in Windsor Ontario is expanding ...
Posted by Celtic Cross on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:49:00 PST

One Month In...

Well it has been one month since we finally put up a myspace page and we couldn't be happier with the responses. Thank you to everyone who has visited the page and added our music to their pages. Spec...
Posted by Celtic Cross on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:23:00 PST

Finally....

OK...so I finally got around to setting up a MySpace page for the band. We've been getting requests for years about a website, and seeing how we still haven't gotten around to doing a real website, I ...
Posted by Celtic Cross on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:28:00 PST