Silent Planet is a five-piece Celtic/World band from Southern California with a truly distinctive sound, their rollicking instrumentals combining soul-lifting traditional Irish and Scottish dynamics with hefty swabs of folk, rock, jazz and classical, making for a joyful racket that'll have your heart a-pounding and your toes a-tapping.

Website: www.silentplanetmusic.com
Albums: Beggars Dance (2000), Tumbleweeds and Egg Nog (2001), Self Titled (2004)