Join us for a campaign party featuring Celtic music with fiddler Alasdair White and guitarist Eric McDonald. Come on over to Mrs. Murphy's at 25 Salem St. in Medford between 6 and 8 p.m. to enjoy the music, meet Milva, and learn about her campaign for Medford City Council. Suggested donation $25/$50/$100. Kitchen and bar will be open for your pleasure. Menu:
https://www.mrsmurphs.com/menu
If you can't make it, you can donate at
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Alasdair White is an exceptional exponent of west coast Scottish music and is widely regarded as one of the foremost Scottish fiddler players of his generation. He was born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, a chain of islands of singular importance to Gaelic Scotland’s musical heritage and is perhaps best known as having been a member of Scotland’s seminal Battlefield Band for over 16 years, touring extensively in that time throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Now resident in New York, Alasdair has performed and recorded as a guest with many of the best-known names in Scottish, Irish and Breton traditional music including Kathleen MacInnis, Julie Fowlis, Eddie Reader, Allan MacDonald, Manus Lunny, Nuala Kennedy, and Arnaud Ciapolino. Current ongoing projects include Daimh, the Alan Kelly Gang and of course, Battlefield Band. Alasdair also recently premiered a major commission at the Hebridean Celtic festival in Stornoway, an hour-long original piece entitled An Iuchair.
Eric McDonald is a Montréal-based musician steeped in traditional, folk, and Celtic music. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts to a musical family, he grew up in Medford. At 17, he discovered bluegrass mandolin and soon after enrolled at Berklee College of Music, studying mandolin performance under the late master musician John McGann. While at Berklee, he began cutting his teeth professionally playing for contra dances and gigging in the vibrant Boston roots music scene. In 2011, Eric joined the Edinburgh-based powerhouse band Cantrip. He also tours regularly with Kalos and has toured internationally with The Outside Track. He also performs regularly with the legendary, Juno-winning Canadian group The McDades. In addition to performing, Eric is a dedicated teacher, sharing his knowledge at fiddle camps and music schools. His teaching credits include Tufts University, Springfield College, The Club Passim School of Music, Maine Fiddle Camp, Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle School, Acadia Trad School, Celtic Arts Foundation Winter School, and many others.
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