Charlie Zahm is an American singer and player of Celtic

Celtic music

Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...

, maritime and traditional American music. Zahm sings baritone, and plays guitar, tin whistle

Tin whistle

The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and...

, and the bodhran

Bodhrán

The bodhrán is an Irish frame drum ranging from 25 to 65 cm in diameter, with most drums measuring 35 to 45 cm . The sides of the drum are 9 to 20 cm deep. A goatskin head is tacked to one side...

, among other instruments.

Personal Life

Zahm was born in 1965 in Florida. He attended Melbourne High School. He was married for 14 years and has one daughter, Julia Zahm. Currently, Zahm lives in Pennsylvania.

Music

For the most part, Charlie Zahm sings Scottish, Irish, and early American traditional music, but in 2009 he recorded a CD of hymns. He has also recorded several albums of self-written songs, composed in the traditional Celtic style. Many of Zahm's recent studio albums and concerts feature former Del McCoury Band fiddler Tad Marks

Tad Marks

Tad Marks is an American fiddler.He spent his youth in Ambler, Pennsylvania. He studied music composition and arts at Penn State University,won numerous awards for fiddling, and is currently a violin repairman and bluegrass /folk fiddler in the Baltimore/Washington DC area.Marks has performed and...

.

Albums

• Precious Memories and Other Special Songs of Faith (2009)
• Best of the Early Years (2009)
• Recent Journeys (2008)
• The Immortal Memory - A Tribute to Scottish Poet Robert Burns (2008)
• Lighthouse on the Shore: An Evening of Classic Melodies with Charlie Zahm(2007)
• Among the Heather! (2005)
• The American Scrapbook (2003)
• Scotland's Heroes
  Scotland's Heroes
  Scotland's Heroes is a 2003 album with Andrew Macmillan and Charlie Zahm. There are also several bagpipe songs by James B. Ruhf. Andrew Macmillan narrates the heroes and heroines of Scotland, and then Charlie Zahm sings about them...
  
   (2003)
• Songs for When The Sun Goes Down
  Songs for When the Sun Goes Down
  Songs for When the Sun Goes Down is a 2003 album by Charlie Zahm. It was recorded live in New Jersey.-Songs:* Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie*Eclipse* The Lasses Who Dance* They Called The Wind Maria* Arizona* My Grandfather's Clock* Home on the Range...
  
   (2003)
• Out of the Mist (2002)
• Americana (2002)
• The White Snows of Winter (2001)
• A Walk in the Irish Rain (2001)
• The Celtic Balladeer (1999)
• Festival Favorites II The Glory of the Isles (1998)
• Under the Great Northern Stars (1997)
• Stormy Winds Do Blow The Maritime Collection (1997)
• Festival Favorites (1997)
• A Summer's Morning Rare (1995)
• Charlie Zahm Live The Celtic Concert (1995)
• A Song in the Aire (1994)
• Ye'll Tak the High Road (1994)
• Songs of Ireland, Scotland and the Sea (1992)

DVDs

Charlie Zahm has produced two DVDs. Out of the Mist in 2002 and Charlie Zahm: An Evening of Classic Melodies in 2007.

He was also in the movie Gettysburg—Three Days of Destiny.

External links

• Charlie Zahm's Website