Canadian Celtic folk band Blackthorn will grace the stage at the GEM Theatre on Thursday, March 3.
Blackthorn saw its inception back in 1989 with a group of musicians who found a common interest in a music that wasn’t all that common in Vancouver at the time.
Early highlights included performing at Vancouver’s seminal Celtica Festival in 1990 along with De Dannan and Andy M. Stewart and performing and recording with the World Champion SFU Pipe Band. Since then, the group of four musicians has travelled a long road through the streets of traditional and contemporary Celtic music, performing concerts and at Celtic and folk festivals and Highland Games throughout Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
The band’s extensive repertoire is rooted in the musical traditions of Scotland and Ireland as well as the folk music of English and French Canada. Blackthorn’s repertoire has expanded to include creative original compositions that reflect the influences of these traditions. From lively jigs and reels, to songs with rousing choruses and heart-wrenching airs and ballads, they bring the music to life.
Blackthorn’s performance at the GEM follows a September 2015 release of a new recording, Open Skies.
Advance tickets are now available at the theatre.