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The Seamus Egan Project performs at Western<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Camille Lenning<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2022\/04\/Courtesy-of-SFAS.png” title_text=”Courtesy of SFAS” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_divider color=”#8c8c8c” divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”8px” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Contact the author at howlentertainment@wou.edu\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Smith Fine Arts Series hosted the Seamus Egan Project on March 12, bringing Irish folk-style music to campus just in time for St. Patrick\u2019s Day. This group of four talented musicians wowed audiences with their lively music.<\/span><\/p>\n Egan exhibited his skills on many instruments throughout the performance, such as guitar, banjo and flute. In some songs, like his original \u201cWelcome to Orwell,\u201d Egan demonstrated an impressive mastery of the tin whistle, which is similar to a recorder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Among those performing with Egan was Jenna Moynihan, who played the fiddle and provided vocals for certain songs, like in their rendition of \u201cThe Blackest Crow.\u201d Her voice was a hauntingly beautiful departure from the jaunty tunes before it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Also on stage was Kyle Sanna, an incredibly talented guitarist, who provided back up vocals to Moynihan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Owen Marshall played mandolin with the group, and provided added humor to the various introductions that preceded songs. His banter with Egan loosened the performers on stage while also creating a sense of familiarity between the musicians and the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One song in particular stood out as Egan introduced it. \u201cMr. and Mrs. Walsh,\u201d Egan explained, was written after his sister eloped with her then-fiance. The eventual reconciliation with their mother inspired the tune.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was a situation that called for a banjo,\u201d Egan said of the song \u2014 drawing laughs from the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Each musician played completely in sync with one another, and when the set list had finished, the audience\u2019s applause brought the group back to the stage for an encore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Seamus Egan Project performs at Western Camille…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1094,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25447,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18650\/revisions\/25447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}