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KPTZ is excited to join Rainshadow Recording in welcoming Tannahill Weavers to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on May 13 at 7:30pm. Born of a session in Paisley, Scotland, and named for the town’s historic weaving industry and local poet laureate Robert Tannahill, the Tannahill Weavers have made an international name for their special brand of Celtic music, blending traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms.  One of the world’s premier traditional Celtic bands, their diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, original ballads, and humorous tales of life in Scotland. Piper and fiddle player Iain MacGillivray joined the group in 2021, who is also Scotland’s youngest Clan leader. Iain, a fluent Gaelic speaker, has worked on such exciting productions as Outlander and Men in Kilts, and has performed for a huge list of stars and dignitaries in recent years. As the band celebrate the nomination of their 18th recording, Òrach (Golden in Gaelic) as album of the year, and themselves as band of the year, they are firmly established as one of the premier groups on the concert stage.  From reflective ballads to foot-stomping reels and jigs, the variety and range of the material they perform is matched only by their enthusiasm and lively Celtic spirits.

KPTZ is excited to join Rainshadow Recording in welcoming Tracy Grammer to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on May 3 at 7:30pm. Called “a musician and singer of dazzling versatility,” Tracy Grammer is renowned for her pure voice, deft guitar, and violin work, and incantatory storytelling. Grammer has recorded and performed with Joan Baez and Mary Chapin Carpenter, headlined several of the nation’s top folk festivals, and enjoyed 12 consecutive years as one of folk radio’s 50 top-played artists, both solo and with the late Dave Carter.