Panel Discussion: Celtic and Country Music Connections with Altan and Jerry Douglas
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Sunday, Mar 17, 2024 1pm - 2:15pm
Location
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
222 Rep. John Lewis Way S
Details
Celtic band Altan has been performing Irish folk music for more than thirty years. The band has won the National Association of Independent Record Distributors and Manufacturers’ (NAIRD) Celtic/British Isles Album of the Year award three times and has recorded or performed with numerous American musicians, including Alison Brown, Tim O’Brien, and Country Music Hall of Fame members Dolly Parton and Ricky Skaggs. Jerry Douglas, another Altan collaborator, is a Grammy-winning musician known as a master innovator on the resophonic guitar. He has collaborated with dozens of Celtic musicians for Transatlantic Sessions, a television series and concert tour that showcases traditional and contemporary music from the British Isles, Ireland, and the United States.
