The Fells combine the raw energy of a vocal-based, pub band with the instrumental virtuosity displayed by the great Celtic bands that emerged in the 60's folk revival. While they are firmly rooted in this tradition, the band also brings a thoroughly modern sensibility to the jigs, reels, and airs of the British Isles. In the Fells' songwriting, the themes are both current and universal: good times, bad times, family, love, loss, and striving. This music is, in a word, fun.