Come celebrate Celtic New Year amidst the haunting ballads, beautiful airs, and lively songs of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany, with Bay Area trio Golden Bough. Tonight, Paul Espinoza, Margie Butler, and Kathy Sierra will also premiere pieces added to their repertoire as a result of an intense period spent in Galicia, Spain researching the Celtic music of that province, one of the few areas in continental Europe that has been able to maintain its Celtic culture. Galician music incorporates the rhythms of Spain into melodies similar to traditional Irish and Scottish tunes, giving it an exceptional flavor of its own. Golden Bough have made a name for themselves with their pristine harmonies backed by Celtic harp, pennywhistle, violin, guitar, accordion, mandolin, and bodhrán (Celtic hand drum); they perform throughout the world and have released 11 albums, most recently Songs of the Celts.