A Celtic Crowd Pleaser - Who are the 'Crooked Folk'

Crooked Folk is the product of an ever-evolving affiliation of Whitehorse musicians who share a love of Irish and Celtic music. Its various members over the years have largely come together at traditional Irish

music sessions or “kitchen parties.” Since Crooked Folk first began performing for audiences in 2016, it has blossomed into one of the perennial favourites of the Whitehorse music scene. Their repertoire

mainly covers traditional Irish and Scottish session tunes along with original compositions infused with a sprinkling of French Canadian and other folk traditions.

The members of Crooked Folk performing

at Fèis 2026 | The Yukon Gaelic Festival: Lee Covin: Irish whistles & small pipes, BJ MacLean: guitar & vocals, Jerome McIntyre: bodhran & cajon and Keitha Clark: fiddle.

A traditional Irish music session (or seisiún) is an informal, often impromptu, gathering of musicians in a pub or home playing Irish traditional music acoustically for enjoyment rather than a performance for an audience. Musicians often play together in a circle, sharing tunes like Irish jigs, reels, polkas and hornpipes. The instrumentation usually features the fiddle, flute, tin whistle, uilleann pipes, accordion, concertina, banjo, bouzouki, guitar, and the bodhrán (Irish drum).

Blog post by Jerome McIntyre