The Bow Tides Irish band comes to Lyons in March

By Staff Reports Redstone Review

LYONS – March may as well be called St. Patrick’s month with all the opportunities to enjoy Celtic music and culture, but Lyons has an extra special treat in store on Sunday, March 5.

The Bow Tides, featuring local two-time Grammy nominees, Eric Thorin and fiddler Jessie Burns will be performing a family matinee show complete with Irish step dancing by the McTeggart Irish Dancers. The show is at the Lyons High School auditorium with doors at 2:15 and the show from 3 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $10 for kids/students, $20 for adults, and are available at the band’s website thebowtides.com.

The Bow Tides is a powerhouse Celtic ensemble led by three Irish fiddlers: Ellery Klein, Jessie Burns and Katie Grennan. These dynamic women are veterans of the stage and studio, with a collective 15 years as the fiddlers with the Irish-American supergroup Gaelic Storm. Double bassist Eric Thorin and guitarist Jeff Lindblade round out the group with low end that fosters exciting arrangements and driving rhythms.

The band’s formation wasn’t a typical one. Jessie, Katie, and Ellery knew each other from inheriting the role of fiddler for Gaelic Storm from each other, but being spread across three different states, didn’t see each other regularly. Their shared experience of having toured for years with the same band at different times, gave them a strong connection and musical understanding both of where they’d been and where they’d like to go with their music and creative energy.

In the summer of 2020, the entire world was deep in the pandemic and most of us were feeling lost and in much need of connection, inspiration and community. Musicians were feeling especially adrift, and in this strange new world The Fiddlers re-