Founded at the turn of the century, Keltic Kudzu performs the world of Celtic music, and Celtic music of the world. From early madrigals to Elvis, from Dougie MacLean to Dolly Parton, from Loch Lomond to Louisiana to Led Zeppelin, we dig for the Celtic roots.
In the early days of the southern US, settlers from Scotland, Ireland and England brought their music with them to the hills of Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. Their jigs, reels and airs became the basis of early American fiddle tunes, eventually laying the foundations of bluegrass and contemporary country music.
Rock solid vocal harmonies form the foundation of our sound. The instrumental lineup is constantly changing. You never know what’s coming next, but you know it'll be fun.
Atlanta native Maggie Anderson is the founding member of Keltic Kudzu and all around ‘Band Mom’. A graduate of the music program from Rhodes College in Memphis, Maggie possesses a terminal case of musical ADD (and an impressive collection of instruments she can't play).
She's an accomplished vocalist and keyboard player who has studied and performed many styles over the years including opera, pop, and musical theater. Lucky for us, Maggie has found her true calling in performing quasi-traditional Celtic music.
Maggie is a medical transcriptionist by day. She has one adult daughter, Teresa, and is always happy to point out her grandson Sage on the cover of our CD “In Our Own Country”.
- Yamaha MM6 synthesizer
- Michael Vignole handmade bodhran
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Born in New Jersey, Tom spent his teens soaking up musical influences in 1960s Greenwich Village. Rock and roll and rhythm & blues; punk and bluegrass; Indian and Irish; classical and country. He’s never heard an instrument that he didn’t want to try.
Tom provides bagpiping services throughout Georgia as www.OccasionalMusic.com. Oh, he is also managing partner at PVI Productions, a Web site developer that focuses on the needs of small businesses and nonprofits. If you need a Web site, drop him a line! Tom has two adult children, Emily and James.
- Trinity College octave mandolin
- Fender Bouzouki
- Takamine 12-string (DADGAD tuning)
- 1974 Martin D-18 guitar
- Steinberger Spirit 5-string bass
- 2000 Naill DN2 Great Highland bagpipes
- 2006 Walsh A2000 and D2000 smallpipes
- Sausuto and other Whistles
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Lori Gomez was born in the beautiful wine country of Upstate New York. Originally a violist, she has performed extensively throughout the United States, South America and Europe, and is currently the principal violist with the Rome Symphony, here in Georgia.
Her illicit love affair with the violin began one fateful evening in the mountains of Colorado, where she unwittingly joked with one of her professors that the violin was merely a child's toy, compared to the viola. He challenged her to an evening of celtic fiddling, and thus it began.
She has been humming Irish airs and Scottish jigs ever since then, and frequently subjects her loyal husband, Rick, and two sweet daughters, Sophia and Summer, to long evenings of celtic music. She is currently the orchestra director at Kell High School, in Cobb County, where she shares her passion for all things musical.
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Tim spent several years playing in various acoustic combos in New England before moving to Atlanta in 1998, where he joined the Pat Walsh group as principal guitarist and co-arranger for Pat's 2000 CD release, Egghead. Tim has also
performed as a musician in theatre, enjoying two runs of Marietta Theatre-In-The-Square's award-winning original production of Turned Funny. Tim enjoys playing many different styles of music but has a strong affinity to all things celtic, bluegrass and Beatle-pop.
When not performing with Keltic Kudzu, Tim pays the mortgage as a Marketing Manager for an Alpharetta software company, participates in the Atlanta Kitchen Party (music of Newfoundland) and travels with wife Lisa and daughter Kate.
- Bourgeois Ricky Skaggs Dreadnaught 6-string guitar
- 1933 National Duolian resonator guitar
- Olympia walkabout dulcimer
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