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skeeal

really skeeally good

About Me

she possan dy wheig 'skeeal' jannoo ymmyd jeh feddanyn mooarey, gitar as coraaghyn. tayrn veih stoo tradishoonagh as bunneydagh, t'ad cummey reaghysyn sheiltynagh as smooinaghtagh, gleashaghey eddyr ny tree chengaghyn gaelgagh. t'ad voish mannin ny keayrtyn.

'skeeal' is a five-piece contemporary Celtic band based on the sunny isle of man, featuring flutes, guitar and vocals. drawing on traditional and original material, they shape imaginative and thoughtful arrangements, moving between the three gaelic languages.

we have been together for about three years, and have already produced our first cd, "long story", which is on sale in shops now and online at:

"www.isleofman.com click on the link to buy online!

we're looking for gigs anywhere in the world...

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/17/2006
Band Website: skeeal.iofm.net/
Band Members: sophia dale (vocals)

phil gawne (vocals)

breesha maddrell (flutes/whistles/vocals)

paul rogers (guitar)

simone rogers (flute/whistles)


Influences: all those people who like songs, take the time to create thoughtful arrangements and love the gaelic languages
Sounds Like: an onslaught of flutes
Type of Label: None

My Blog

fab trip to derry and moving onwards...

We had an absolutely fab trip to Derry.... busy, but still managed to have fun along the way!  On Friday, we went to one of the local Irish-medium primary schools, Bunscoill Colmcille to do some ...
Posted by skeeal on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:54:00 PST

And finally...

...skeeal get to do some gigs!!! It's been quite a frustrating few months, as we've been asked to play at various events and festivals, including FĂ©ile Iorrais and Celtic Congress, but due to commitme...
Posted by skeeal on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:14:00 PST

Skeeal reviewed in LIVING TRADITION

Skeeal CD reviewed in The Living Tradition (May/June 2008) Skeeal's debut 'Long Story' has just been reviewed very favourably in Scotland's finest trad mag, The Living Tradition, by Gordon Potter. &nb...
Posted by skeeal on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:19:00 PST

Yn Chruinnaght aboo!

Nagh row Yn Chruinnaght yindyssagh mleeaney! Va shin gennal dy liooar cloie ec yn Ynnyd Keead-Blein, Purt ny hInshey eer dy row shin ooilley skee erskyn towse... As nagh row Mabon niartal neesht?! Ta ...
Posted by skeeal on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:00:00 PST

Island-hopping

Just back from a ferry, ferry packed trip to Mull, Iona and Oban as part of Feile Chaluim Chille at the beginning of June. Invited by www.colmcille.net, we had great fun in and out of boats (traditio...
Posted by skeeal on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:30:00 PST

Post Cooish Blues

So we've finished another Cooish (Manx and inter-Gaelic) festival here in Mannin and pretty exhausting it was! Thankfully we had some great people to help out and some fantastic Gaelic musicians and s...
Posted by skeeal on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:48:00 PST

andy kershaw's radio 3 iom spesh!!

woohoo!! skeeal are going to feature (along with some other top notch manx groups) in andy's programme this sunday on... yep, you guessed it, radio 3, from 22.15 until 00.00 so tune in ;-)he visited t...
Posted by skeeal on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:41:00 PST

kernow bys vyken!

well, we've just come back from what can only be described as a totally knackering journey from cornwall!  6 hour driving trip to st austell, and then a further haul down to st. keverne, where we...
Posted by skeeal on Mon, 22 May 2006 01:55:00 PST