Dan Veaner, Celtic Harper

I love Celtic harp. I combine a Celtic and Medieval repertoire with original and other fun songs. I perform live, on recordings, and lately I have been making harp videos, some from my serious repertoire, and many funny ones. Some of the video songs are on my newest albums .

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The traditional Celtic harp repertoire is wonderful and sometimes haunting...

but sometimes you just want to let it rip with a good old music hall song. Click for the live concert version. Or for the harp video music hall version .

Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese is on my album, “The Fun Stuff"

On Celtic harp: “The harp is very calming. When I think I’m boogying people think I’m dead!”

On learning the harp: "Sylvia Woods wrote a great book called ‘Teach Yourself To Play the Folk Harp.” So I did."

On How I Play: I am sometimes asked for arrangements, but, sadly, I don't have any because I play by ear. That's why I have callouses on my lobes...

On Performing: "Some musicians simply perform the music. Some make the music a performance. A performance is always more fun."

On Celtic harp technique: "While performing in the band Lughnasa we sometimes played in pubs. It became necessary to perfect a harp technique that involved deflecting flying bar stools while not missing a beat on the harp. It was a bit like flipping sharping levers in the middle of a tune, but bigger. And less predictable!"