Foot-stompin' Celtic Harp

http://www.kirkmount.com Harpist Alex Bigney has played Celtic style harp music from the time he was a young teen, drawn to the genre by his interest in his Grandpa Bud's Nova Scotian heritage. In addition to solo performing, Alex loves to play Celtic music with his brothers: Sam on the Fiddle and Simeon on the cello. As teens, they formed the band Kirkmount and if you're lucky, you can still catch the whole group performing at Celtic and Folk festivals from time to time.
Alex arranged this set of traditional reels and strathspeys and decided to push back the chairs so he could really enjoy himself and get into the energy of the music.
-and no, that's not a "Celtic" harp he's playing, though he does have one. Alex is playing on his new Salvi pedal harp. If you're curious what happened to his previous pedal harp, check out the cover of his new album, Solstice Harp. There's certainly a story behind that one...
Hear more of Alex' music and find his new album "Solstice Harp" at http://www.kirkmount.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Celtic harp music
• folk music
• strathspey
• acoustic
• musical instruments
• kirkmount
• scottish
• irish
• cape breton
• nova scotia
• kilt
• Salvi harps

[harpersfaerie]

 inspiring.

[GirlArmy21]

I live in Nova Scotia....hear this type of music all the time! Love love it! Sounds like a style you would hear on pipes here!

[hfkwoolf]

Love, love, love, love!!!!

[josiahhorne]

Oh my I love this so much!

[3331003]

You're my favorite harpist, Alex. Beautiful sound to my ears.

[tjw1972]

very nice, Alex :)) Good Luck!!!

[artsire]

you are amazing, as always.

[thecornergate]

Thanks! I miss Kirkmount.

[Evermore64]

Bravo! That was awesome!!!

[cbcmiss]

Hurrah, new Kirkmount video!