Ed and James playing a duet at Silver Lake College.
Atlantic Wave is a Milwaukee Irish band playing the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Their "contemporary trad" style features a pair of fiddlers, a lead singer on guitar, and a bodhran player, along with occasional accordion, hurdy gurdy and banjo, and they're known for their lively, high-energy live shows that combine jigs, reels, strathspeys, and the like, with songs and ballads both old and modern.
Atlantic Wave formed in 2004 from the pubs and sessions around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, taking the band's name from an Irish reel and because they play music from countries touching the Atlantic Ocean. Over the years they have developed their own style with a unique mix of their Irish, Scottish, Canadian and American influences. They have built up a large repertoire of songs and tunes, but often throw caution to the wind during live performances, and "wing it" with long impromptu sets of tunes.