tag:9castleclose.com,2005:/blogs/news?p=1news2022-07-17T15:31:23-04:009 Castle Closefalsetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/70166842022-07-17T15:31:23-04:002023-10-16T10:45:30-04:00Welcome back, Beth!<p>After a few years of separation anxiety, the fabulous flautist Beth Hicks has returned home to the confines of 9CC! We're very excited to have Beth back in the group, giving us the chance to bring back some old favorites as well as adding a great dynamic for new tunes! Make sure to come see Beth when we play the Dublin Pub on Sat., July 30th!</p>
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<p> </p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/69999912022-06-23T09:59:30-04:002022-06-23T09:59:30-04:00New Show in July!<p>This will be our first show since St. Patrick's Day and probably our last show of 2022 will be at the mighty Dublin Pub in Dayton, OH on July 30th! After a long day at the Dayton Celtic Fest, what better way to cool down, maybe meet some of the bands that played the fest earlier in the day?</p>
<p>Why our last show of 2022, you ask? Well, we're hoping to be able to devote more time to finishing this record. It's been a lot of starts and stops and just finding the time to wrangle us all together around families, jobs and all that is just hard to do sometimes. But here's to hoping we wrap this thing up!</p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/69979242022-06-20T16:57:27-04:002022-06-20T16:58:09-04:00The Ghost/Foggy Dew Release!<p>The double single "The Ghost/Foggy Dew" officially released today! We're so proud of these songs and very happy to get these out for you to hear! </p>
<p>"The Ghost" is a song that dates back 10 years ago. Kevin wrote it about his dad and his grandad and it's quite an amazing story that we'll have Kevin describe in his own words in next couple weeks. The work that the band has put into this song is pretty big and we're happy to have it out in the world. </p>
<p>"Foggy Dew" is an old traditional song about the Easter Rising of 1916 and it's one of the crowd favorites at shows. A blistering fast tune that keeps your feet moving. </p>
<p>You can hit the image above to find your favorite streaming/download and enjoy! Also take a trip over to our YouTube channel to check out the cool artwork videos! </p>
<p> </p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/65605272021-02-27T13:49:31-05:002021-02-27T13:50:29-05:00St. Patrick's Day 2021!<p>St. Patrick's Day 2021 is on! This year will be a bit different as all Ohio health and CDC guidelines will be strictly adhered to for everyone's safety, but we are just thankful that we will be able to gather to celebrate Irish heritage in the safest format available. It's been over a year since the last time we played out and we are very excited to do so again and very happy Steve and the Dublin Pub invited us! </p>
<p>This year's events once again kick off at 5:30am as the Dublin Pub will be serving breakfast and Guinness. The day proceeds with music from our friends Jameson's Folly, Father, Son and Friends, and Miami Valley Pipe and drums! We will take the stage from 7pm to 11pm.</p>
<p>Tickets are $10 per person and tickets and reservations must be made online at the <a contents="Dublin Pub website" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.dubpub.com/st.-patrick-s-day-1.html" target="_blank">Dublin Pub website</a>. Tickets will be made available on Tuesday, March 2nd at 9am. We can't wait to get out and see you all again! </p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/672d1134d932ab69bcacb6809107f4fefbc9d6f9/original/9-castle-close.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/65333702021-01-28T20:24:29-05:002021-01-28T20:24:29-05:00Progress Continues<p>Hey there! Well, we are still recording and making a lot of great progress and having a lot of fun while we're at it! Working with Eric at Groove U has been great, we're so happy to be working with him. And we're really excited to get these songs out and in your hands and ears. Even crazier, we've already started sketching out rough ideas for the next one ! But let's get through this one with all of our remaining sanity intact first. Here's a couple riveting shots of all the acttion:</p>
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<p>Hopefully in the next few weeks, we'll be ready to give you some more info things like the release date, pre-orders and all that jazz. For you Spotify users, if you haven't yet, make sure to <strong><a contents="follow us there" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2UxGaNCk96t73eCapECoAa?si=l-Ta8TzIS0OoAW3C4V4iow" target="_blank">follow us there</a></strong> so you'll find out instantly when our pre-saves are ready and then the songs will hit your release radar the day they're released. Also make sure you j<a contents="oin the mailing list, " data-link-label="home" data-link-type="page" href="/home" target="_blank">oin the mailing list, </a>where we'll make the first announcements on an upcoming contest, more release info and other insider goodies! </p>
<p>Hope you're all staying safe and we hope to see you soon!</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/64599182020-10-20T17:51:03-04:002020-10-20T18:10:14-04:00Recording Has Begun<p>So after a couple months of writing and discussing (and surviving COVID scares), we have our first day of recording in the books. We headed up to Dublin, OH to start recording with the very talented Eric Van Wagner at Groove U.</p>
<p>The plan for day one was to get the drums and bass down on at least two tracks, hopefully three. We had 8 hours of time booked and you would think that would be plenty of time, but studio time is taxing and the clock seems to run fast when you're having that much fun. Drums take a lot of time to set up and get properly mic'd and sound checked. The 2-3 hours of setup time gave the rest of us time to have some lunch and a drink or two to relax a bit. But we managed to push through the fatigue and got the drums and bass down on 3 new tracks and some guitars down as well.</p>
<p>If you want to stay up to date on the recording process as we go through it, please join our mailing list. There you'll see all the latest updates, photos and videos that only mailing list members will find. <a contents="And check out the blog updates." data-link-label="recording" data-link-type="page" href="/recording">And check out the blog updates.</a></p>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/4e7e9d0603a994f837956ac5d972d16380dc3c63/original/img-2388.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/64091462020-08-13T22:18:12-04:002020-08-13T22:19:05-04:00This Calls for a Toast!<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/c6fac0b0b77f55e662e365b722a6614cd13b9798/original/2010-05-15-9CC-009.JPG/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.JPG" class="size_s justify_left border_" /></p>
<p>Well, this calls for a toast! We can finally officially announce one piece of very exciting news: Please help us welcome two new members into the 9 Castle Close fold! Well, one really new and one old but new. </p>
<p><strong>Chance Broug</strong>h, a mighty fine fiddler, has agreed to join the group! You may have caught Chance playing with us at a gig or two in the past, he is a very exciting, energetic and creative player and we're thrilled to have him aboard and work with him. </p>
<p>Also, one of our original members, the talented piper <strong>Larry Fortson</strong>, the prodigal son, is returning home! We spent a few years making great music and great craic with Larry and we're very happy to have him back! And Larry has expanded his repertoire beyond highland and uilleann pipes and now brings a mean banjo along with, making our minds explode with possibilities!</p>
<p>Please give these guys a warm welcome! And there's more news coming very soon, we'll keep you posted!</p>
<p> </p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/64058662020-08-09T12:19:27-04:002020-08-09T12:19:27-04:00Exciting News Coming<p>A couple of months ago, we decided it was time to get up off our couches, get the legs moving again and actually do something productive. So, we made a few calls, had a few meetings, shared a few drinks and dreamed it all up again. And we're very excited, almost giddy even! We have a couple big pieces of news to announce but we don't want to give it all away just yet, so here's a quick video that may drop a couple hints:</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="Stay Tuned" data-link-type="page" href="/stay-tuned"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/48727ac45f768984b32a5d3db27ae42591e86ccb/original/video.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></a></p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/63874682020-07-19T15:04:04-04:002020-07-22T15:20:12-04:00July Update<p>We're still alive and kicking and have some exciting news coming very soon! We've kept ourselves quarantined by the pool so we should be good and relaxed by now. We have a couple exciting announcements coming in the next few weeks so stay safe and stay tuned!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/b3147a2e14f59d82e5e4a3ceb3e148ad6d6fb3a0/original/6eb36e4d-fca8-4a75-9b3d-ced11dda7405.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_left border_" /></p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/62700052020-04-02T21:44:48-04:002020-04-02T21:44:48-04:00Say It Lyric Video<p>Quarantine boredom has struck and so we present this new lyric video for our song 'Say It'! Hope you enjoy it!</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WpFujSQTs&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/e465c247ac2bb88b608c4fd07e01ececf19a69db/original/say-it.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/59489222019-11-04T10:49:06-05:002019-11-04T10:49:37-05:00Thank You Chance Brough and Dublin Pub!<p>We wrapped up our final show of 2019 this past Saturday at the <a contents="Dublin Pub" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.dubpub.com/" target="_blank">Dublin Pub</a> and had a blast! Big thanks to Chance Brough of <a contents="Jameson's Folly" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/JamesonsFolly/" target="_blank">Jameson's Folly</a> for filling in and helping us out, you were fantastic and we appreciate your help tremendously!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/b3f2e0a1ebfd6470dbf7a811f0b5df8099c57160/original/chance.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_center border_none" alt="" />We're looking for some good things to come in 2020, keep an eye out here and at various social media and we'll keep everyone updated as we get some of these big ideas into action!</p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/58858222019-09-09T13:55:52-04:002019-09-09T13:55:52-04:00Waynesville Bicentennial Park Concert Series<p>We have an upcoming concert in Waynesville, OH as part of their Concerts at Bicentennial Park series. The concert is from 7pm-9pm on Sat., Sept. 14th and it should be a lot of fun! Our friend Tyler Moore, the excellent fiddler/mandolin lad from Homeland and Dogwood Road is graciously joining us to help put on this show, it should be a lot of fun! </p>
<p>The event is all ages and family friendly, so bring the kids and enjoy a pleasant evening in Waynesville!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/3536/7fe6260ddac557e72095331cfd5e917656983e97/original/rehearsal.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>9 Castle Closetag:9castleclose.com,2005:Post/58642522019-08-20T15:49:12-04:002019-08-20T15:49:12-04:00Stuart Brand<p>On August 13, 2019, our dear friend and band mate, Stuart Brand, unexpectedly passed away. Besides being a fantastic musician, Stuart was a warm, gentle soul who has indelibly left his mark on the Ohio Celtic music community and in our hearts. Though his passing hurts, we want to celebrate his life and legacy and the positive impact he made on us all. Please join us wherever you are in raising a glass to our friend and family member on a life well lived!</p>
<p>Slainte Stuey, we miss you brother.</p>
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