The Maine Celtic Celebration is pleased to announce the return of our long-time favorites, the inimitable Jimmy Keane and Pat Broaders; bohola. Jimmy and Pat have been coming to Maine as part of various and nefarious combos since 2007, and we're excited to have them back to bring us their particular style of Irish and Irish-American music. 

Piano accordion virtuoso Jimmy Keane, "born in London, through no fault of his own" to Irish speaking parents, earned his stripes alongside the likes of Liz Carroll and Michael Flatley (yes, that Michael Flatley), while growing up in The Windy City. A five time All-Ireland champion, Jimmy has been instrumental (pun very much intended) in shaping the landscape of Chicago's traditional Irish music scene, and making the Stomach Steinway an "acceptable" instrument in trad circles. Indeed, musician Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin praised Jimmy as the "savior of the piano accordion." Jimmy's collaborations with the late great Mick Moloney, and Robbie O'Connell remain recordings that should be in the library of every Irish music enthusiast. 

Pat Broaders learned the majority of his music within the famed folk scene of Dublin. Starting out with tin whistle, Pat is also an accomplished uilleann piper, but it would probably be fair to say that it is his incredibly innovative playing of the bouzouki and emotive singing for which he has become best known. Over the last fifteen years or so, Pat has recorded and tour and toured extensively with band mates Liz Knowells and Kieran O'Hare as the trio Open the Door for Three, who have also frequented our stage on multiple occasions to thunderous applause. Along with being a superlative musician, Pat brings with him his tremendous sense of, sometimes very dry, humor. As always, we'll look forward to that. 

Click on these links for more extensive bios of both Jimmy Keane, Pat Broaders, and bohola.