Skelpin
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Skelpin is an
Irish folk music Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a Music genre, genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In ''A History of Irish Music'' (1905), W. H. Grattan Flood wrote that, in Gaelic Irel ...
group based in
San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...
,
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
. They perform a fusion of
Irish Music Irish music is music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland. The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th and into the 21st century, despite globalis ...
and
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
Flamenco Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...
, with Middle-Eastern percussion and have toured with this Irish Fusion globally. Skelpin is associated with the "Greening of the Gaslamp", a movement of increased Irish culture in the San Diego area. Skelpin also performs each year at the World Music Festival on Catalina Island, held near the end of each October.


History

In 2005 Skelpin performed for 3 months (2005/07/01 - 2005/08/31) at
Tokyo DisneySea is a theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort located in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, just next to Tokyo. It opened on 4 September 2001, at a cost of 335 billion yen. The Oriental Land Company owns the park, and licenses intellectual proper ...
, and returned to
Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
in 2007 for the annual Irish Music Festival. Tim Foley also wrote music and played
uilleann pipes The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their ...
for the movie '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World''. On September 6, 2008, Foley reported that his set of uilleann pipes were stolen from his car while he was
house sitting House sitting is the practice whereby a person leaving their house for a period of time entrusts it to one or more "house sitters", who by a mutual Contract, agreement are permitted to live or stay in the property temporarily, in exchange for assum ...
in La Jolla, California. Skelpin's latest album ''Trip to Skye'' was released in October 2009, with the band playing CD release shows around their hometown of San Diego. Co-Produced by the band, Tim Riley and
Alan Sanderson Alan Sanderson is a recording engineer, mixer, music producer, studio owner based in Southern California. Sanderson is credited with working on some of the most successful albums of the 1990-2000s while working as an engineer at Cello and Ocean W ...
, the album includes guest appearances from percussionist David Page and Matt Hensley of
Flogging Molly Flogging Molly is an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk bandLife Is Good Out Now
Floggingmolly. ...
. In early 2010, a song from ''A Trip to Skye'', "The View", written by Foley, won Grand Prize in the World Music category of the
John Lennon Songwriting Contest John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...
. Skelpin has been nominated in the annual
San Diego Music Awards The San Diego Music Awards are an awards show held annually in San Diego, California, United States, to recognize the best bands and artists in local music. The awards show benefits the San Diego Music Foundation, a non-profit organization dedic ...
in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011 in the category of World Music. In September 2010,Skelpin won the San Diego Music Award for "Best World Music Album" for their disc, ''A Trip to Skye''. In 2013 Petrie released a solo album, ''Pocket Venus,'' with the members of Skelpin, including Foley and Platas as well as honorary member Hensley, on several tracks. The album was nominated for a 2013 San Diego Music Award. {{cite web, url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/12/switchfoot-slightly-stoopid-win-top-honors-san-die, title=Switchfoot, Slightly Stoopid win top honors at local Music Awards, publisher=, accessdate=6 September 2016


Current members

* Patric Petrie: vocals, fiddle * Tim Foley: vocals, guitar, uilleann pipes, reed and wind instruments * Enrique Platas: drums, percussion * Wesley Forsberg: bass, electric guitar * Jimmy Patton: flamenco guitar


Friends, former members, and guests

* Matt Hensley: accordion * Rowshan Dowlatabadi: accordion, middle-eastern percussion * David Maldonado: bass, flamenco guitar, mandolin, banjo * Hector Maldonado: guitars, bass, vocals * John Martin: percussion * Mike Kent: drums * Kellen Miller: drums * Casey Orillion: drums * Harold Southworth: vocals, percussion * Steve Peavey: guitar, mandolin * Richard Tibbits: penny whistle, flute, woodwinds


Discography

* Whiskey Before Breakfast (2002) * Rua Rojo (2005) * Trip to Skye (2009)reissued with new cover 2010


References


External links


Skelpin on MySpacesdmusicawards.com
The San Diego Music Awards website
Skelpin on Reverbnation
Musical groups from San Diego