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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Some Of The Musicians Behind The Little Sea Folk Festival
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:51
	Publish Date:		2018-06-29 15:59:32
	Description:		https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TBiYGGAjx0&feature=youtu.be Portland's busy Celtic music scene is having a moment. This weekend launches the Little Sea Folk Festival. It's the culmination of an idea that brought a pair specialists in Irish music from the west coast to Atlantic shores. It's great when two people find passions that mesh. Hanz Araki, an Irish flutist and singer, and vocalist Colleen Raney, have certainly found that passion. After two decades in the West Coast Irish Music scene in Seattle and Portland, they both heeded the call of being situated in the original Portland's deep Irish music ecosystem. "There are instrument makers here, there are fiddle makers, there are flute makers, pipe makers, guitar makers,” says Araki. “It's pretty incredible for such, not small in square miles small state, but not the most populous state." Raney says economics and geography also played a part. "We were realizing as Portland, Oregon is changing, and it's growing and it's doing the
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