Coyote Runs releases sixth CD with accompanying DVD

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The explosive Celtic band, Coyote Run, has announced the release of their sixth CD, Places, which is a live concert recording. An accompanying DVD contains over an hour of interviews, concert footage and their new music video, But For Blood.
Within the frame work of Places there are compelling stories set to music that weave the listener into the mix. LaPucelle tells the story of Joan of Arc, Finnean's Dance is about a drunken man who stumbles onto a fairy mound and is forced to dance for seven years. Fool explores the mythic archetype of the fool and his encouragement for all to leap before you look. Glory's Call is from a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Ballad of Grace Sherwood tells the compelling story of the Witch of Pungo who was tried for witchcraft in Virginia in 1706. Wise Men is a passionate anti-war song, and there is much more to stimulate the senses.
The DVD, But for Blood, is an outstanding video that is a period narrative of a man who is challenged to a duel, and the accompanying anguish and worry that comes with the situation. The video was filmed on location at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Festival and plays like a mini-film, complete with an early morning duel.
Coyote Run is a band with an eight year history, growing from the "an up and coming band" state, to one that is gaining national notoriety and regularly shares the stage with the giants of Celtic music. And they have done it their way. They don't play traditional music in a traditional style, rather they are a part of the musical movement that breaks apart from the ordinary. Coyote Run is highly satisfying and dramatic, coupled with their strong suit of pulling in audiences hungry for something new.
David Doersch is the founder of Coyote Run, which is the result of his going through something of a mid-life crisis. David spent over 20 years as a college professor of theatre. In 1999, he was overtaken by a driving passion to write music, a passion that persists to this day, and he began writing a great deal of composition. When he decided to record some of his music, he brought together a carefully selected group of musicians to help out with the recordings. This group eventually became Coyote Run and the Celtic music world embraced them.
Coyote Run consists of David, Catherine Hauke, Doug Bischoff, Michael Kazalski and Mick Mikula. All of the group are proud Celts, with the exception of Mick who is 100 percent Italian. Catherine was percussion major and serves as the band's drummer, in addition to playing the timpani and vibraphone. She played with the Virginia Symphony previously. It should also be noted that Bruce Harris played bass on the album before his departure from the group. Michael is the new bass player and is touring with the band.
David soon realized that teaching and touring are not compatible, and one vocation had to go. Taking a wild leap of faith, he quit his teaching job and headed for the road with Coyote Run.
They joined the new generation of Celtic musicians that are creating powerful new music; music that honors the old traditions of storytelling, of melody, of hearth and home, and doing it in their own upbeat rendition
. The band has headlined and been featured performers at many Celtic Festivals in the U.S. They have toured Ireland and Scotland. In both countries they were welcomed with standing ovations and crowds dancing to the music. At the famous music venue, Hootenany's, they drew such a crowd that patrons had to be turned away. At the conclusion of their set, the audience mobbed the stage and wouldn't let the band leave, demanded not just an encore, but an entire additional 45 minute set.
Their music has been described as New Celtic Alternative. The release of the CD Places confirms that description, but the album is taking Celtic music to a new plane. David probably defined it best when he said, "We don't play traditional music. Instead, we are part of the new tradition that is breathing new life into Celtic music and keeping it vital and alive."