Original Celtic-Hillbilly; Sabotabby has been described as the Carter family having a kitchen party with the Chieftains. Sweeping harmonies, original songs and creative traditional arrangements.

10 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Traditional Folk, COUNTRY: Country Folk



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SABOTABBY

Sabotabby is an acoustic music group from Canada who play a blend of traditional Celtic and Hillbilly music they like to call "Celtibilly". This is also the title of their second independently produced CD.

At festivals, in pubs or on the street corner, this creative and enthusiastic group of musicians is sure to entertain while performing instrumental Celtic tunes, blazing bluegrass breakdowns, swinging country, hurtin' old time
ballads or even accapella numbers.
Sabotabby combines a vast repertoire of musical skills with a âdown homeâ foot stompân appeal.

Sabotabby has been quite successful at home and abroad. Sabotabbyâs debut CD was consistently in the top 10 in 1997-98 on the Canadian College Music charts. Sabotabby have great success playing overseas from Greece to Portugal and from England to Austria, they have recently returned from their sixth European tour promoting their latest CD entitled Celtibilly. Sabotabby has sold over 4000 CDâs independently!

Select Appearances

Ottawa Tulip Festival 2001-Ottawa, Canada with:
The Bara-McNiels and Kilt

2000 Rudolstat Danz und Folk fest Rudolstat, Germany with: Tahj Mahal and Andy Irvine

The National Arts Centre Canada Day Celebrations 2000-Ottawa, Canada with: Deux Saison

CBC national radio show âHeartlandsâ
Live from the Black Sheep Inn. Wakefield, Quebec, Canada, 2000

Assemble Rooms 1999, Glastonbury, England
1998 Capital Music Conference-Ottawa, Canada with: Lynne Miles

NXNE 1998 Music Festival Toronto Canada

The Melkeweg 1998-Amsterdam Netherlands: with Hedningarna

Amok Festival 1997-Berlin Germany.with the Lemon Babies (ohhh!!-my manger is over there...) and The Butlers


Selected Reviews

âDriving slap-bass and wild banjo fuelled two sets of musical mayhem which made us dance, laugh and think a little too, Heres a band who trod the same musical landscape as the Bushburrysâ¦Sabotabby are about fun and you will have some like it or notâ
-Miles Flat, Glastonbury Music Review, England

âwe are pleased to find that a band that good live could step into the rarified atmosphere of a recording studio and still do business, making splendid music without losing the humour and kicking edge that makes them so thoroughly enjoyable on stage. Heartily recommendedâ
-The Free State, review, England

âSabotabby kicks the ass of most rock bands I knowâ
-Mathew Crozier, Program Director, CKCU FM93.1
and Host CBC Radio Canada

âPicture the Chieftains holding a ceilidh in the kitchen of the Carter family and you have a pretty good idea of what Sabotabby offersâ
-Jon Lyttle, The Ottawa Express, Canada

âeveryone had a fantasticaly cosy evening with sabotabby providing their own brand of wonderful âceltibillyâ musicâ¦an evening thoroughly enjoyed by allâ
- Groningen news, Entertainment, Netherlands