Adrift Hotel hosts Celtic music Colleen Raney Band plays this weekend

Published 8:57 am Tuesday, September 2, 2014

LONG BEACH, Wash. — Portland-based Irish musician Colleen Raney is bringing her band to the Adrift Hotel, 409 Sid Snyder Drive. The group will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 and at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24.

A member of the Northwest’s thriving Irish music community, Raney has toured extensively at home and abroad and appeared alongside noted musicians such as Hanz Araki, Cary Novotny, Colm MacCarthaigh and more. She recently released her fourth album, “Here This is Home.”

Raney’s open-minded and -hearted approach to her repertoire was inherited from, and instilled by, her upbringing in Seattle’s celebrated Raney Family, steeped in step-dancing and song. She breathes new life into the old tunes, finding facets in the music that haven’t been heard before and performing in the company of gifted friends who illustrate both the most delicate and upbeat aspects of her winning style. It’s earned her a following both among longtime adherents of Celtic music and younger fans who are new to the genre.