September - October 2005

A great night at the eponymous Davie Lamp Folk Club in Washington, Tyne & Wear. A fine folk club indeed. The night began with an informal session followed by some songs from the organizers, the lovely Terri Freeman and her husband. The band took to the stage and had a great night, enjoyed by all, with Chuck on especially great form and Frank taking the comedian’s role with some (dis?)tasteful jokes. Great venue and the band had a fantastic night, followed by a pleasant late night session at the hospitality of friend John in South Shields.

July/ August 2005

The band has just finished a stint at this year’s Common Ground festival where they hosted workshops and took part in various concerts. They are all very pleased to have been so involved in the whole event and would like to thank Pete Heywood and family, Paul Creighton and everyone else who was there for a great week. A special thanks are also due to John and Kris of Sound Sense for their excellent work with the sound engineering, and also to friend and gentleman, Malcolm Drennan who took some great photographs of the band.

July/ August 2005

We are pleased to say that our friends at Fintim Records are in the process of setting-up a webpage devoted to Lyra Celtica to promote the new album.

We should soon be seeing the release of singer Paul McKenna’s album and if you haven’t already done so, please visit the Fintim Records website (see our Links page) where you can see a video sample of Paul performing his new single “Take My Hand” with Lyra Celtica.

July 2005

Lyra Celtica played at the Dunfermline Folk Club on 13th July 2005 a great audience made sure that a great night was had by all. The band would like to thank Gifford for his hospitality and look forward to returning again. They look forward to hearing your songs, Gifford.

May/ June 2005

The band recently celebrated the launch of the new album at the Edinburgh Folk Club in June and thanks to all who attended. Our old pal Tam White even stopped by to see if he could blagg a free copy., but wasn’t too keen on our offer of two for £20.00. Surely a bargain at half the price, Tam.
We notice that Chuck’s comic antics have earned him a reputation as the Tommy Cooper of folk music at Footstompin.com. (see links).

Special thanks to Pete Heywood for the photographs, and to Richard and Leslie for their help on the night.
April 2005 - a fantastic start to the festival season at the Girvan Folk Festival where the band were delighted to be involved in the whole event from judging the open stages (no easy feat) to participating in the sessions for which Girvan is so popular. Many thanks to all those who made us feel so welcome.