Happy Holidays from Maggie amd Sims and Jeffo - Harmonious Wail We sincerely hope you all get to spend some down time with friends and family over the next few weeks. Hang on tight for 2020 - we have deemed it the year of the newly charged Harmonious Wail - full of hash tags and newsletters and posts ....... [...]
........ and just like that ---- here we are. Harmonious Wail is super pleased to announce that the Inishfree Ireland tours in May and June 2019 was absolutely stellar. Next trip is Aug 2020 and there are still some seats on the bus available but they will go fast so please consider coming along with. We keep hearing things [...]
Hello music lovers, It is time once again for Harmonious Wail's annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest. Boy oh boy are we getting excited. The hardest thing about hosting such an enduring and magical festival is the pressure to keep making every year better than the last. Well we write today to tell you to worry not — 2018 is [...]
This video is from a wonderful top-notch-most-excellent gig at the wonderful top-notch-most-excellent Paramount Center for the Arts in St. Could MN!
Another year and another MAMA (Madison Area Music Association) award for the Wail! This time, not surprisingly, our shining star was Maggie who won "Percussionist of the Year" for her stunning box work! But don't feel bad for Sims & Jeffo- they were also nominated for "Mandolin Player of the Year" and "Stand Up Bass Player of the Year" respectively. [...]
Be the first to receive updates about our new album! We are working hard on our newest album. It's going to feature some special guests, some new songs and some fan favorites. We can't wait for you to hear it. Want to be the first to know when it's released (and maybe get a few [...]
We are so blessed here in south central Wisconsin to live within such a short drive to one of the greatest venues in the country. The Stoughton Opera House was built in a time when music was meant to be felt, authentically and acoustically. There was no distortion or drum mics, there was just a performer with his or [...]
The folks at Inishfree Ireland tours have done this long enough to know where the craic is. ("Craic" (/kræk/ KRAK) or "crack" is a term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, particularly prominent in Ireland. It is often used with the definite article – the craic – as in the expression "What's the craic?" (meaning "How are you?" [...]
Molly Gallivan’s Kenmare - Banane Bridge Oct 13, 2017 and Oct. 16, 2015 On day three of both the 2015 and the 2017 trip the bus headed north from Skibbereen Co. Cork on the way to Dingle. Through a mountain pass to a wonderful cottage and working farm called Molly Gallivan’s - a 200 year old farm that is still [...]
Harmonious Wail hosts an annual trip to Ireland (fingers crossed -- soon to be bi-annual!). We hit the road with 20+ of our closest friends, a couple of instruments and a hankering for seeing the nation where the magic started - and to drink some Jameson (or Sims and Maggie’s choice Bushmills!) and some Guiness (of coarse) in the process!!!. [...]
