These five have a great time playing old-time Celtic (aka Irish Traditional) music with some more modern songs thrown in for good measure.

Jan (flutes, whistles, concertina) and Kelly (fiddle, bodhran, flutes, and whistles) Crumpley, along with Kathy Doyle (piano, guitar, vocals) and her husband, the lovely Jim McGiffin (bass, guitar, vocals, and banjo), share joint custody of Mike Nielsen (harp, bouzouki, vocals) and they all manage to get to their gigs in good order, at least as the Irish measure time. They played to an enthusiastic crowd on St. Patrick’s Day at the Schwartz Center in Dover and have become regulars at several other events where reels, jigs, and the songs of the emerald isle are in demand.

Their rendering of Celtic music is heartfelt, authentic, and springs from a deep interest and abiding respect for the where it all started. All of Celtic Harvest are not only excellent musicians, but expert in the origins and stories behind the music they play, and they perform the music on the traditional instruments.