Checked on The Gathering website tonight, and discovered the musicians slated to perform this July. I was really pleased to read that Capercaillie are planning to perform. I’ve been a big fan of theirs for several years. Karen Matheson has actually crewed on the curragh the Colmcille that I rowed in 2003 to Scotland from Ireland. The band dedicated a song to us while performing in France when we were rowing to Iona.

Thanks to Mr. Newsome, I am now a big fan of the Battlefield Band hearing them play in 2007 at the Barn at Wolf Trap. They will be there too, as well as others. Here’s the link.