Shades of Green
Shades of Green is an American musical group specializing in Irish and Americana music, fusing traditional Irish and Irish Rock music. Shades of Green has played everywhere, from large outdoor Irish Festivals to fun and friendly bar/restaurants (with and without stepdancers!) Shades of Green is a regular host band after the Irish parade in Philly each year as well! So grab a Guinness, do a jig and join us in the revelry!
Upcoming Performances
- Friday, September 15th 2023 at 5:00pm: Molly Maguire’s
- Sunday, September 17th 2023 at 1:00pm: Fitzwater Station
Shades of Green’s debut album, Conversations We Never Had, is on sale. Learn more about Conversations We Never Had.
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From our CD release concert, see Shades of Green perform some Irish classics as well as original music.
This is the new, improved Shades of Green website, now under construction. Until we can get everything moved over to this new site you may also want to take a look at our old site here: http://www.scotsilvermusic.com/shades-of-green/
Latest Shades of Green News
New Video: “Song to Shatter Stone”
Hot off the press, a lyric video for “Song to Shatter Stone”, from the album Conversations We Never Had. This song, written by Jim and Pat, features multi-layered vocals of all of the Shades, as well as guest vocalist Jordan Schreiber. The video features some recent...
Shades of Green on the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast
The 600th episode of Marc Gunn’s Irish and Celtic Music Podcast includes “I’m Irish" from our album Conversations We Never Had. This particular episode, falling as it does on April Fool’s Day, leans toward some more humorous and whimsical tunes but also features a...
Hometown Heroes
On March 12, we had the pleasure of visiting with Mark Rogers on his Hometown Heroes radio show. Mark’s show is a staple in the Philadelphia area for more than twenty years, and it continues to thrive in its new home at Delaware Public Media (broadcasting locally on...
Poems to Music
Just in time for Father’s Day, the story behind our album got widespread circulation in several regional papers, including the Delco Times. The Beaver County Times’ article was titled: Late father's poems transformed into Irish folk album 50 years later.
Shades of Green CD Launch
On March 12, 2022, Shades of Green headlined a CD Launch event at the Kelly Music Center. Friends of the band did a terrific job warming up the sold-out crowd, and the wonderful addition of authentic step dancers helped turn this event up to 11. Watch the CD release...