West Lafayette: Highland Reign

Highland Reign, a band known for their high-octane, hard-driving Celtic rock tunes, returns to Nine Irish Brothers in West Lafayette on Friday, June 19 at 9 PM. From Indianapolis, this band takes the tunes of the old country and breathes new life into them, with traditionals such as "The Scolding Wife" to originals such as "Down the Pint." This band brings the union to traditional Celtic and good ol' rock and roll to pleasing new levels.

If you've never heard this great, energetic band before, sample a few tunes at http://www.highlandreign.com.

Lafayette: Uncle Hamish & the Hooligans

Uncle Hamish & the Hooligans return to Nine Irish Brothers in Lafayette on Friday, June 19, at 8 PM. This outstanding Celtic rock band had an excellent reception last time they were in the area, and we are pleased to be able to have a repeat performance. Uncle Hamish & the Hooligans are a five member celtic rock band from and around the mountains of Western North Carolina. The origins of this band was started with a desire to escape the various forms of music they all were involved in. Influenced by such ground-breaking bands like Seven Nations and Enter the Haggis, they set out to play celtic music that also included our personal tastes. In their music, you're likely hear influences that range from Toto to Bowling For Soup and all points in between. Mix in the haunting sounds of traditional celtic instruments such as the Highland bagpipes, whistles, flute, mandolin and other instruments of the like, and what you get is The Hooligans. They also might throw in some of the celtic influenced pop music from the 80's.

You can check them out on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/thatcelticband or, if you'd like, view the video below: