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Spend St. Patrick's Day with Chambless and Muse at the historic Ritz Theatre in our Ritz Studio. Buy your tickets quickly because seating is limited!CHAMBLESS and MUSE BIO:
For more than 25 years, Alabama natives Jil Chambless and Scooter Muse have been performing the music of Scotland, Ireland and early America with various ensembles in a wide variety of venues, from simple house concerts to festivals and concert halls. Jil and Scooter have been fortunate to work along side many of the finest artists in Celtic music, resulting in many spontaneous collaborations. They have performed across the US as well as in Canada, Scotland, and Israel.
As a member of Henri’s Notions, the South’s longest running Celtic band for over 40 years, Jil is considered one of the finest vocalists and flute players in Celtic music and also in demand as a member of various other ensembles at festivals and venues.
After numerous recording projects over the years with the Notions, she released her first solo CD in 2009, The Ladies Go Dancing, produced by the legendary Brian McNeill. Jil brings to any audience a wonderful listening experience from haunting ballads to upbeat songs with a smooth delivery that never fails to bring both smiles and tears in each and every performance.
Although Scooter Muse has his roots in Bluegrass and is an award-winning 5-string banjo player, in the early 80’s he moved into the world of Celtic guitar and then founded the band The Full Moon Ensemble, performing for 8 years across the US and in Scotland before joining forces with Jil and the Tuscaloosa based band, Henri’s Notions, in 2003.
Scooter’s first solo recording of original guitar instrumentals, Saddell Abbey (2005), was purchased by the Scottish Tourist Board in Kintyre. The Saddell Abbey Trust of Scotland calls the recording, “...a haunting and beautiful piece of music.” In 2020 he released his second solo guitar CD, The Road To Kintyre.
In 2010, Jil and Scooter began performing as a duo to promote their individual solo projects, playing a variety of venues from small house concerts to major Celtic festivals. Since then they have released three CDs as a duo, The Laverock Sang (2011), Passing Tales & Glories (2014), and The Lang Awa’Ships (2017). They also released a CD with Scottish fiddler John Taylor, Live at the North Texas Irish Festival (2016) and a Christmas CD with Scottish singer Ed Miller, Nollaig Chridheil (2018).
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