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Scythian performs in Ann Arbor, MI

Scythian

Roots dance party

by James M. Manheim

posted 3/5/2010

Scythian emerged several years ago in Washington, DC, got audiences stomping and waving up and down the I-95 corridor, and then started appearing at the big outdoor roots music festivals like North Carolina's MerleFest. They play Celtic music, but two of the members are Ukrainian enough to speak Ukrainian, and all four have diverse backgrounds that include

 
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