Author Archives: Jeremy King


About Jeremy King

Jeremy King sings and plays bodhran in the award-winning Celtic band Poitín http://www.reverbnation.com/poitin. He is also a member of the country and bluegrass band Lignit http://bandzone.cz/lignit and writes songs for doom-death-heavy-speed-gothic-celtic-pagan-metal band Mortal Destiny http://www.soundclick.com/bands/mortaldestiny . Jeremy lectures at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Keep up to date with news from Jeremy and Poitín on Twitter http://twitter.com/Poitincz, FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/Poitin and ReverbNation http://www.reverbnation.com/poitin .

Robots, bagpipes and Celtic music

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Here’s a little quiz for you. What do the following have in common? Skoda cars, robots, pistols, and Vaclav Havel. Got it? They’re all Czech. Really? Mr.Havel and Skoda cars, sure, but robots and pistols? Both are Czech words which have been completely assimilated into the English language.  Now, if I were to add to this list of things Czech ‘bagpipes’ and ‘Celtic music’ you might start to question my state of mind. Too much strong Czech beer, perhaps. Nope, … Continue reading →

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