Steeped in the Living Tradition

Finvarra's Wren is one of North America's most exciting Irish quartets. "Making the kind of music you'd only hear on the west coast of Ireland",  this Detroit, Michigan based band has an intense dedication to their instruments and to Irish music. As a family based group, Finvarra's Wren is capable of playing with a tightness and effortlessness that often evades other ensembles. Their performances have been described as "a swirl of musical tradition and performance energy". Finvarra's Wren has performed at many of North America's top music festivals and venues including the Austin Texas Celtic Festival, Dayton Ohio Celtic Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, Goderich Ontario Celtic Festival, Saline MI Celtic Fest, Baltimore Maryland Irish Fest, Celtic Fest Mississippi and Ann Arbor's prestigious Ark where they recently recorded their live album, "Dancing Mad in the Midnight Air".
 
The band is led by Detroit Irish music scene stalwarts Jim Perkins and Cheryl Burns, well known for their sensitive vocals and the inventive musical weaving of Jim's guitar and Cheryl's mountain dulcimer and bodhran. Powerhouse brother-sister duo Asher (button accordion and concertina) and Alison Perkins (vocals, fiddle and tin whistle) are world renowned for their award winning playing. Each member of the family has enjoyed successful careers as musical performers, teachers and recording artists. 

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Mississippi Celtic Festival Director Don Penzien says: "Finvarra’s Wren unequivocally ranks in topmost echelon of American bands performing Irish traditional music today. With expert musicianship from every quarter, the band’s imaginative interpretations of tunes and songs are wholly true to the Irish tradition."

Contact us
finvarraswren@earthlink.net

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Alison Live in Ireland
"The Job of Journeywork" set dance
in this Comhaltas Tutorial Video

Schedule
2013

Wednesday, May 8 - 4:00 pm
High Tea Salon Concert
Christ Church Cranbrook
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Saturday May 18 - 8:00 pm
Michigan Acoustic Music Association
MAMA'S Coffeehouse
20th anniversary celebration
featuring Joel Mabus, Finvarra's Wren, Dick Siegel, Out of the Blue, and Floyd King and the Bushwackers!
A mini Folk Festival! Proceeds to benefit
Forgotten Harvest food bank.

Sunday, June 16, 2:45 pm
MOTOR CITY IRISH FEST
St. Valentine's Church,
Beech Daly rd. S. of Five Mile rd.
Redford MI

Help us celebrate the return of summer with some lively Wren attitude!
Saturday, June 22, 2013 - 8:00 pm at this fantastic venue.
The ARK - Ann Arbor, MI

Saturday, July 13 all day
Saline Celtic Fest
Saline MI

Sunday, July 14, 2:00 pm
Irish-American Heritage Festival
4626 N. Knox ave, Chicago IL 60630
773-282-7035

Saturday, July 27, 7:00 pm
Port Austin Community Playhouse
35 Railroad st. Port Austin, MI

Friday, August 2, 8:00 pm
The Minstrel - Folk Project
concert series
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship
21 Normandy Heights rd.
Morristown, NJ

Wednesday, August 7, 7:30 pm
Finvarra's Wren Presents:
The Brock McGuire Band
Opening set by Finvarra's Wren
Gaelic League/Irish American Club
2068 Michigan ave. Detroit MI

Sunday, December 15, 7:30 pm
Celtic Solstice concert
The Cuckoo's Nest, London Ontario

Contact us

finvarraswren@earthlink.net

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