A rowdy set of Irish Polkas Live in Buffalo, NY!
We learned these four tunes from our dear friends John and Joe Dady and they are called…
Bill Sullivan’s/John Ryan’s/Eagen’s/The Hey Polka!….

The Dady Polkas

Here’s a classic traditional ballad we picked up from the singing of Planxty and The Clancy Brothers…

Yarmouth Town

Irish American traditional folk music at its finest!  Fiery fiddle tunes, rowdy pub sing-a-longs, elegant ballads and original songs from Buffalo, NY's Crikwater!

Dicey Reilly

Drowsy Maggie / Maid Behind The Bar / Coughlin's First

Bruach Na Carraige Báine

Working class Irish American traditional folk from South Buffalo,NY!  New Live album due late Summer 2024!

Conceived in a late-night, Guinness-fueled campfire song session, Crikwater was born in the rustbelt working-class neighborhood of South Buffalo, NY in 2010, and has grown into the premier Irish-American Traditional Folk Band in Western New York. With numerous festival appearances, including: the Buffalo Irish Festival, South Buffalo
Irish Festival, Niagara Celtic Festival, Hornell Irish Festival, Southern Maryland CelticFest…and more!..  

Boasting four multi-instrumentalists and an energetic live show,Crikwater stays true to the venerable Irish and American folk traditions,with arrangements that include multi-part vocal harmonies and intricate musicianship,
while filtering the music through a contemporary lens, making centuries-old music feel fresh and alive! Equally at home in pubs and on festival stages as they are in theaters
and listening rooms, these veteran performers offer up a mix of fiery fiddle tunes, rowdy pub sing-a-longs, haunting airs, elegant ballads & original songs, and their
music conjures scenes of gritty smoke filled Irish pubs, whiskey, pints of stout, and good craic!

Crikwater has just completed post-production on their third album, “Live in Buffalo,” which was recorded by David Pruski of Advanced Audio Productions at numerous venues in Western New York and is set for release in the Summer of 2024…With a busy gigging schedule, they eagerly look forward to spreading their Irish folk
gospel throughout the land to support the album over the coming year!

Consisting of Liam Caulfield (Irish bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, bodhran/percussion, & voice), Peter Zalocha (banjos, mandolin, & voice), Matthew Sperber
(guitar, mandolin, harmonica, whistle, & voice), and Charlie Coughlin (fiddle,mandolin, button box, bodhran, & voice), Crikwater has played to audiences of all sizes throughout New York State and beyond! They’ve shared the stage with loads of phenomenal performers, including; Larry Kirwan/Black47, Town Pants, The Drowsy Lads, The Walker Roaders, Rory Makem, The Prodigals, The Spain Brothers, The Dady Brothers, and many more! Crikwater is on a mission to have fun and to preserve the ages-old folk tradition that they so thoroughly enjoy...so that people remember where this tradition comes from in the hopes they make audiences young and old love the music as they do!

www.crikwater.com
Bookings: caz.crikwater@gmail.com

Crikwater

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