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Long time Madison, WI based Celtic-rockers The Kissers are calling it quits after 10 hard years touring the highways and toilets of the USA. A farwell show is planned for June 9th at the High Noon Saloon in Madison.
A full explanation of the split was recently published in local Madison rag The Daily Page via an open letter from band founder Ken Fitzsimmons. It's intresting reading on the work and difficulty involved in trying to ""make it"" as a touring band.
Follow this link to read.
All at Shite'n'Onions wish the member of The Kissers the best in future endevers. They were a fine band and great people.
The Pogues long awaited 5CD box set will be released May 27th in the UK through Rhino.
Press Release - Rhino UK is pleased to announce a remarkable 5CD Box Set by The Pogues, at least three quarters of which comprises previously
unreleased material while the remainder is made up of decidedly hard-to-find Pogues' rarities. Compiled by The Pogues with
track by track annotations from Phil Chevron, there are a bountiful 111 tracks from 1983 demos (pre-dating their first recordings
for Stiff Records) through to live recordings from 2001 Just Look Them Straight In The Eye is an absolute treasure trove of
unreleased recordings for all Pogues' fans, spanning their entire career and featuring rehearsal recordings, b-sides, out-takes,
rare mixes, BBC sessions plus recordings with Steve Earle, Joe Strummer and, of course, Kirsty MacColl. Alongside these are
unreleased soundtrack recordings from Sid and Nancy, Garbo and Straight To Hell, alternate versions of Pogues' classics like
"Fairy Tale Of New York" and "Rainy Night In Soho" and a generous selection of live recordings The box set rounds off with
live tracks from The Pogues' triumphant reunion shows at Brixton running up to Christmas 2001. The Pogues are already scheduled
to play a number of major festivals this summer including Ireland's Oxygen Festival and T In the Park in July and the V Festivals in August.
The CD is availiable in the States at heafty import prices from Amazon (Phil how about shipping a copy to s'n'o for review?)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001713CLA/shitenonions-20
Track listing (thanks to NJPADDY) is:
DISC 1
1 Repeal Of The Licensing Laws (demo)
1 Aria
1 Sally MacLennane (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
1 Johnny Was (Sexy Bongo)
from Philip Chevron
to the many anonymous members of the Church of the Blind Carbon Copy
Friends -
Many of you - most of you - will have received the whingeing mass mailouts I sent out twice last year to y'all,
when I was struck down with Cancer of the Throat and Neck and in no position to keep in touch with you all
individually. As I made no bones about the fact then that the treatment - 7 doses of Chemotherapy and 35 of
Radiotherapy - was a living hell of sorts, I will not attempt to disguise my joy that I have recently been
declared "disease-free". There are follow-up biopsies in progress to assess risks in other parts of my body,
and I have yet to fully reclaim the art of swallowing and eating, and I do still get tired easily but, in
the overall context, this has to be considered very good news.
I never did actually make it to the full Seven Chemos. After the Sixth, I lost 90% of hearing in my left ear
(the right ear is already, of course, deaf, as most of you know), at which point, the Chemo was abruptly withdrawn.
"New thinking in the USA", my oncologist's registrar explained, " indicates that Five Chemo sessions are sufficient
for your condition." Gee, thanks, Doc! Deafen me first, why dontcha? About the worst thing that can happen to a
Musician is to lose his or her hearing and this development was devastating. Nobody offered me any hope whatsoever
that my hearing would return, least of all the Oncology Team and its attendant Eye Nose Ear Throat specialists.
I underwent intensive audiology tests in both Dublin and Nottingham and in both cases was told to put recovery
out of my mind. And so it was, after a month of exceptional unhappiness, I spent 4000 Euros (£3000/$6000) on a
state-of-the-art Digital Hearing Aid and embarked upon a period in which I struggled to lead as regular a life
as the twin handicaps of deafness and the after-effects of Chemo and Radio therapies allowed.
But one day, about three months in, just as I was beginning to accept that the rest of my life as a musician,
as a man, would be compromised by this, and started in on the inspirational Evelyn Glennie autobiography, the
hearing just returned. Gradually at first, and then almost fully, which is where it has stayed ever since.
None of my doctors sought the reason for this reversal and neither, to be honest, did I. We were all so relieved
that we just didn't bother looking the gift horse in the mouth.
And so, thanks in great part to the TLC ministrations of my dear mother, who is still supervising my convalescence
back home in Dublin, I have been slowly but certainly coming out of the fog. Although I have not worked with either
The Pogues or The Radiators From Space since March 2007, I did actually manage to put together a 5-CD Pogues box set
(rarities, demos, outtakes, that kinda thing) which will be released in April and which, I am convinced, is the
hardest work I ever did with The Pogues; and I also oversaw the release in Europe/UK of the Radiators' third
album Trouble Pilgrim which, I now realise, I had somehow managed to make (in 2006) when I was already sick.
Now, as 2008 kicks off, I am determined to work again with both bands this year. In addition, I have had at
least two serious theatrical/musical commissions which I am very much looking forward to.
You folks have been universally kind and helpful and understanding all this time and I love you for it.
I will always remember the support, moral and practical, I received from so many of you.
Thanks
Lots of love
Philip C
Black 47's new CD, IRAQ, will be released nationally March 4th on United for Opportunity Music.
Premier Irish-American rock group campaigns for Iraq on latest album.
IRAQ is Black 47’s twelfth CD release and first for United For Opportunity Music. The band has been steadfast in its opposition to the war, singing about and speaking out on the issue at every gig since before the invasion.
IRAQ includes a batch of new songs written and recorded in the summer of ’07 along with several composed by leader, Larry Kirwan, over the course of the war. Inspiration for the characters often came from the point-of-view of fans that served in Iraq and shared their experiences. Earlier versions of “Downtown Baghdad Blues” and “Southside Chicago Waltz” have already made their way to Iraq and Afghanistan and are firm favorites with the troops in those theaters.
The band employs an ever-broadening mélange of New York styles: rock, reggae, hip-hop, folk, Irish traditional, downtown noise and jazz and blues. The new songs range from the driving rock and pop of “Stars and Stripes” and “Sunrise Over Brooklyn” through the black humored blues of “Sadr City” to the gentler and folksier “Ballad of Cindy Sheehan” and “Ramadi.”
Set for release March 4, 2008, Larry Kirwan explains the mission statement of IRAQ:
One of the saddest periods of my life was between 2003 and 2005 while Black 47 was opposing the war in Iraq. Oddly enough, the invasion was set in motion on St. Patrick’s Day 2003. And on that night at the Knitting Factory in NYC, we became a lightning rod in the resistance to the war: scuffles erupted, people walked out, CDs were smashed. Forget about green beer, what a way to celebrate St. Patrick!
However, one could argue that we had the pedigree for the occasion. Since November 1989, Black 47 has worked to change the political and economic system in the North of Ireland and we’re well used to controversy. Indeed, it wasn’t the vilification from barstool patriots that was troubling; rather, it was the number of grateful emails that we received from people who felt that they themselves could not speak out publicly for fear of losing jobs or prestige in their communities. What kind of republic had we become when our citizens were afraid to voice their views?
Black 47 rarely plays to the converted. Because of our background, we’ve always had as strong a right wing of cops, firemen and conservatives as a left of students, radicals, and the working disaffected - with neither side afraid to vent its views. We also take pride in keeping in touch with our fans, many of whom traditionally join the Service as a way to fund their college education or mortgage. Add to those the many who enlisted in response to 9/11 and it’s easy to see why we have had no shortage of information from those actually doing the fighting in Iraq.
Hence our latest CD, IRAQ – an attempt to portray in song what’s actually going on over there. A warped ideology caused this war and, even though we’re against it, the last thing the country needs right now is more didactic posturing.
However, there is a special tribute to a special American in the “Ballad of Cindy Sheehan;” for her protest in September 2005 over the death of her son, I feel, led to a turning in the tide of public opinion. Coincidence or not, from that month on the level of hostility at our shows lessened. After almost five years, I have been warned that the public is “numb” from this war. Numb my arse! As a young marine states in the “Battle of Fallujah,” “and if there’s a draft you know damn well yourself this war would be over by dawn…” Likewise, if the “numb” had a relative or loved one serving in Baghdad they might feel a little less disassociated from a conflict that is bleeding us morally, financially and physically.
IRAQ is Black 47’s small contribution to raising the consciousness of this country so that we bring our people home in an orderly manner, treat them with care and dignity when they get here, and never again have them fight an unnecessary war.
Larry Kirwan
Black 47
The Tossers are putting a live CD/DVD out on March 4th, '08. The CD will feature their set from St. Patrick's Day 2006 and the DVD
will feature the same show with extras. The band are still working the details out but it looks and sounds great.
Shamrock Fest '07 will be held on March 15th at RFK Stadium, Washington DC this year. The fest can quite easily claim
to be the biggest Celtic Rock/Punk event in the world with 15,000 attending last year.
This years line up includes:
02/28 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/
NYCs The Ruffians are hard at work on their new CD with their new bass player/producer Andrew Goodsight
(Black47,Jeff Buckley,Love spit love).
The band will be shooting a few videos to help promote the record. Anyone
interested in being in any of the live show scenes should email the band at ruff_pirate@yahoo.com for more detail.
http://www.theruffians.com/
The Shaneless Popes plan to release their new CD "OUTLAW HEAVEN" in Spring '08. Chris Brown of Radiohead production fame is mixing.
Flogging Mollys new CD, Float is due out March 4, 2008, through SideOneDummy. Float was recorded at Grouse Lodge Studios in Westmeath, Ireland. FM
worked with co-producer/engineer/mixer extraordinaire Ryan Hewitt, whose credits include Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante, Alkaline Trio, Cat Power and RHCP.
Interpunk has posted a full track listing for Float:
1 Requiem For A Dying Song
FM have also announced their annual Green 17, St. Patricks tour
February 2008
March 2008
The Pogues have announced East Coast shows in March 2008.
March 5 & 6: Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
According to THe Daily Star, Pogues front man, Shane MacGowan and front page drunk chick, Amy Winehouse are working on a duet that’s been dubbed “the new Fairytale Of New York”.
Black 47's Larry Kirwan has a new play opening off-off-Broadway this coming Wednesday (Sept. 12th)
Lieutenant Brian Murphy, NYPD, died when the Towers fell that morning. Three years later truth and memory blur
as his family continues to struggle with their grief and rage. Though their hero's shadow still looms large, it
cannot obscure certain inconsistencies that force the family to come to terms with the enigma of Brian.
If your in NYC and want to pretend your just a little cultured then go down to:
September 2007
Our friends over a paddyrock.com release Paddy Rock Vol. 3 on September 15th.
Artists include:
Cherry Red Records have released a new The Men They Couldn’t Hang DVD ‘Never Born to Follow’ – A gig filmed at the Newcastle Live Theatre in1998. The Men They Couldn’t Hang had been evading the noose for 14
years when they played this show on 16th May 1998. At that time this venue was one of the
guys' favourites and, this night, Johnny Parker (buddy, van driver and general all rounder)
had brought along a couple of video cameras and with the help of his sister and some friends
put together what was to become the main feature of this DVD. The set is a perfect snapshot
of the band at that time. The core is made up of ‘classic’ TMTCH songs combined with ‘The
Eye’, ‘Our Day’ and ‘Never Born To Follow’ from the album of the same name released 1 ½
years previously on Demon Records. 1997 was to see Demon release TMTCH’s ‘Six Pack’
EP and from that ‘Nightbird’ and an exceptionally rare performance of ‘The Wonder of
it All’ make an appearance
With Proclaimers, Travis, Eddi Reader, John Mayall, Oysterband, Tunng, Bruce Cockburn, Po' Girl, Steve Ashley, Michael Weston King, Damien Barber, Folk Rock In The Theatre plus free cover mounted CD featuring tracks from Runrig, Ron Sexsmith, Brian Houston,Homespun (featuring Mary Coughlan),The Waterboys, Helen J. Hicks, Winter, Hummingbird,Big Country, Joe Brown, Rob McCulloch, Blair Harvey, Showstar and Pete Shelley.
The Pogues Roll Into Town For The First Randall Rootz Festival
ORGANISERS of the inaugural Randall Rootz Festival have revealed that members of world famous punk-folk band, The Pogues, will take centre stage at the three day event.
Philip Chevron takes medical leave from The Pogues For the first time since they
reunited in December 2001, the Pogues are one man down. Guitarist Philip
Chevron, who wrote the band’s emigration classic “Thousands Are Sailing”, will
not be present for the band’s shows in summer and fall, 2007. At the beginning
of June Philip was unexpectedly diagnosed with a strand of “locally advanced”
throat cancer which requires immediate medical attention. This decision to
suspend his live work has the complete support of the other Pogues who wish him
a good and complete recovery. Though it is not yet known when Chevron will
return to live work, it is hoped that he will again be available towards the end
of this year.
JOIN BLACK 47 ON TOUR IN IRELAND
The band returns to Ireland in November 2007 and once again they're looking for new recruits to join the tour.
Hammond Tours is providing the travel package that gets you on the road with Black 47. Check out the tour
itinerary to see the many destinations. Read the forum to talk to veterans of our past Ireland tours.
It's the only way to see Ireland, so call 866-486-8772 to book your trip now.
The Pogues have announced that there are likely to be 11 shows on the West Coast of the USA between October 17 and November 2
. The shows are most likely going to be in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Diego.
Other Pogues shows announced
Look for a new Zydepunks album in mid-July. We will have an official release on August 25th in New Orleans at a
venue to be announed, along with a CD release in Lafayette on August 31st.
The Mahones from Toronto are planning to release a complete career retrospective for all the new
Paddy Punk Fans that are trying to find out about their music.
The Mahones are the longest running Celtic Punk band in North America going back as far as 1990.
1. Queen and Tequila
Megaloud London-Irish Celtic Rockers have signed to Golf Records in the UK.
Golf will be re-releasing both previousl full lenght releases'Here's mud in yer eye!' and 'Sod 'em & begorrah!'
and the new album, 'Plastic 'n' Proud'
You luck sods in the UK can check the band out at various UK festivals this summer:
June 15th: Glastonwick Festival, Coobes, West Sussex
+ more to be announced, & we'll also have a UK Tour in September & a European one later in the year....
Updated NECK bio:
"A riproaring, irrepressible ‘PsychoCeilídh’ sound matured
over six years of furious global gigging!"
Known as 'The Heavy Artillery of Irish Music', the LondonIrish
band juxtaposes, perfectly, the swirling, spiritual abandon
of authentic Traditional Irish music: (fiddle, tinwhistle,
banjo and Uilleann bagpipes)
; with the riproaring,
electric
energy of a fullon
Punk band! This is all toppedoff
with the raucous, passionate vocals of songsmith Leeson O'Keeffe…
a man with the undeniable pedigree of having stood beside Shane MacGowan in his band The Popes, as well as
having guested on banjo with The Alabama 3, of TV’s “The Soprano’s” fame.
Their rowdy, uplifting live show's now established them as International Festival favourites from Moscow (in front of
7,000) to Texas: they had an antiracist
single 'Everybody's welcome to The Hooley!' in the UK Top 100 & Indie charts in
March 2006 while the band were at SXSW in Austin. They've done six U.S. Tours & countless European, UK & Irish ones
hitting
audiences square between the ears and raising new fans with every gig they've played; including with their U.S.
contemporaries (& mates) The Dropkick Murphys & Flogging Molly. They headline small festivals in Europe & 2nd
stages of larger ones (i.e. Paas Pop, Holland). And, amongst others, it's their fifth year at Glasonbury & Rebellion /
Wasted in the UK this year. + They got encores at The Levellers' Beautiful Days & Solfest Festivals last year.
Added to that, Boston’s 'Irish Punk' radio station/ webzine/
compilation album that revels in all things Emerald and Loud
is named for the Neck tune, ‘Shite & Onions’ and their "PsychoCeilídh"
e.p. featured strongly in a New York's Irish
Voice Top Ten releases chart, which included U2 and Sinéad O'Connor!
Goodbye To The Madhouse by McDermott’s 2 Hours is the first non-Levellers
release from Otf recordings. It sees the band return to the form of their
highly acclaimed first studio album, The Enemy Within, combining the
song-writing genius of Nick Burbridge with traditional-type tune
arrangements, augmented by bass and kit drums. Core members, singer and
guitarist Burbridge, fiddler Ben Paley, and bass player Matt Goorney, are
joined by multi-instrumentalist Tim Cotterell, and many others, including
The Levellers’ Charlie Heather, to produce a record set to be a milestone in
contemporary folk-rock. Produced by Tim Cotterell and Jeremy Cunningham, and
mastered by Jon Sevink, the album continues their close association with The
Levellers while restoring McDermotts to their own unique place in the scheme
of things.
Celtic Lounge is a new social networking site - a sort of myspace for Paddys, Jocks and other assorted Celts.
The site is being run by friends of Shite'n'Onions - Mike Farragher and Larry Kirwin (Black 47 fame). As to
be expected with these two guys involved there is a strong Celtic Rock component - with a really great online station
streaming Celtic Rock 7/24. Check it out, give 'em your support and add me as a friend.
http://www.myspace.com/thekissers
http://www.thekissers.com/
Just Look Them Straight in the Eye & Say...Pogue Mahone
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1 Kerry Polka
2 Rocky Road To Dublin
3 Boys From The County Hell (radio edit)
4 NW3
5 Donegal Express/The Hen And The Cock Go To Carrickmacross (rehearsal)
6 Do You Believe In Magic (outtake/rough mix)
7 Hot Asphalt
8 Danny Boy (Peel session 4 Dec 1984)
9 Maggie May
10 Haunted (Sid And Nancy)
11 Travelling People (rehearsal)
12 Eve Of Destruction (outtake)
13 My Baby's Gone (demo)
14 North Sea Holes
15 Garbo (aka In And Out)
16 Last Of McGee (outtake)
17 Afro Cuban Bebop (alt. mix/I Hired A Contract Killer) - Strummer, Joe & The Astro-Physicians
18 Young Ned Of The Hill (dub)
19 Pinned Down/I'm Alone In The Wilderness (outtake)
20 When The Ship Comes In (demo)
21 Waxie's Dargle (live in Sweden 1985)
DISC 2
2 Dark Streets Of London (demo)
3 Greenland Whale Fisheries (demo)
4 Streams Of Whiskey (demo)
5 Auld Triangle (Peel session 10 Apr 1984)
6 Poor Paddy On The Railway (Kid Jensen session 21 Jun 1984)
7 Sea Shanty (demo)
8 Transmetropolitan (demo)
9 Kitty (demo)
10 Boys From The County Hell (Kid Jensen session 21 Jun 1984)
11 Connemara Let's Go (aka Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go/demo)
12 Billy's Bones (Janice Long session 3 Jul 1985)
13 Old Main Drag (Janice Long session 3 Jul 1985)
14 Sally MacLennane (Peel session 4 Dec 1984)
15 Town That Never Sleeps
16 Something Wild
17 Driving Through The City
18 Rainy Night In Soho (oboe version)
19 Fairytale Of New York (extract from 1st demo)
20 Fairytale Of New York (extract from 2nd demo)
21 Fairytale Of New York (extract from 3rd demo)
22 Navigator (live in Sweden 1985)
DISC 3
2 Good The Bad And The Ugly (Straight To Hell)
3 Haunted (demo)
4 Love Theme (outtake/Sid And Nancy)
5 Junk Theme (Sid And Nancy)
6 Glued Up And Speeding (Sid And Nancy)
7 Paris (Sid And Nancy)
8 Needle For Paddy Garcia (Sid And Nancy)
9 JB 57 (outtake/Sid And Nancy)
10 Bowery Snax/Spiked (Sid And Nancy)
11 Hot Dogs With Everything (Sid And Nancy)
12 Rince Del Emplacada
13 Rake At The Gates Of Hell (Janice Long session 10 Oct 1986)
14 Turkish Song Of The Damned (Janice Long session 10 Oct 1986)
15 If I Should Fall From Grace With God (Janice Long session 10 Oct 1986)
16 Battle March (demo)
17 Lullaby Of London (demo)
18 Shanne Bradley (demo)
19 Streets Of Sorrow (demo)
20 Thousands Are Sailing (backing track with guide vocal/extract)
21 Balinalee (outtake)
22 Nicaragua Libre (outtake)
23 Japan (live in Tokyo 1988)
DISC 4
2 Pair Of Brown Eyes (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
3 Kitty (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
4 Maggie May (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
5 Dirty Old Town (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
6 Sickbed Of Cuchulainn (live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow 17 or 19 Dec 1987)
7 Fiesta (7" remix)
8 If I Should Fall From Grace With God (12" remix)
9 Johnny Come Lately Steve Earle
10 Boat Train (demo)
11 Night Train To Lorca (demo)
12 Mistle Thrush (outtake)
13 Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do
14 Victoria
15 Murder (version 1)
16 Lust For Vomit
17 Wake Of The Medusa (demo)
18 Black Dogs Ditch (outtake)
19 Aisling (outtake)
20 Murder (version 2/outtake)
21 Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (12" remix)
22 Maidrin Rua (outtake)
23 Johnny Come Lately (live 1989)
DISC 5
2 Miss Otis Regrets/Just One Of Those Things - Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
3 All The Tears That I Cried - MacColl, Kirsty
4 One And Only - MacColl, Kirsty
5 Biddy Mulligan The Pride Of The Coombe (live at Brixton Academy 15 Jul 1991) - Pogues & Chieftains
6 Lillibulero/The White Cockade (live at Brixton Academy 15 Jul 1991) - Pogues & Chieftains
7 Afro Cuban Bebop (single version)
8 Turkish Song Of The Damned (live at The Forum, London 12 Dec 1991) - Pogues & Joe Strummer
9 London Calling (live at The Forum, London 12 Dec 1991) - Pogues & Joe Strummer
10 I Fought The Law (live at The Forum, London 12 Dec 1991) - Pogues & Joe Strummer
11 Girl From The Wadi Hammamat (demo)
12 Moving To Moldova (demo)
13 Call My Name (outtake)
14 Sun And The Moon (demo)
15 Living In A World Without Her (demo)
16 Who Said Romance Is Dead (demo)
17 Sound Of The City Night (demo)
18 Four O'Clock In The Morning (demo)
19 Star Of The County Down (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)
20 White City (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)
21 Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road To Dublin/The Galway Race (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)
22 Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter (live at Brixton Academy 21 or 22 Dec 2001)
http://www.pogues.com/
News from Phil Chevron - The Pogues
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http://www.pogues.com/
Black 47: Iraq
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http://www.myspace.com/black47band/
http://www.black47.com/
The Tossers - new CD/DVD
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http://www.myspace.com/thetossers/
http://www.thetossers.com/
ShamrockFest '08
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Scythian
Street Dogs
The Tossers
Carbon Leaf
Great Big Sea
Charm City Saints
The PubCrawlers
Icewagon Flu
Ceann
http://www.myspace.com/shamrockfestival/
http://www.shamrockfest.com/
Dropkick Murphys - St. Patricks Shows announced
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02/29 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
03/01 Reno, NV New Oasis
03/02 Anaheim, CA The Grove
03/03 Phoenix, AZ Marquee Theatre
03/04 Albuquerque, NM Midnight Rodeo/Gotham
03/05 Denver, CO Filllmore Auditorium
03/06 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
03/07 Austin, TX Stubb's
03/08 Dallas, TX House of Blues
03/10 St Louis, MO Pageant Theater
03/11 Indianapolis, IN Murat Egyptian Room
03/12 Chicago, IL Congress Theatre
03/14 Dorchester, MA Local 103 IBEW Hall Doors 1 PM
03/15 Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena Doors 1 PM
03/16 Boston, MA The Paradise 18+ show - tickets on sale January 12th
03/17 Boston, MA The Paradise 18+ show - tickets on sale January 12th
http://www.myspace.com/dropkickmurphys/
The Ruffians - New CD in the works
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http://www.myspace.com/ruffiansband
The Popes - OUTLAW HEAVEN - New CD
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Tracks include Outlaw Heaven, Back In Your Heart, Shine, Slip Away (One Grain At The Time), Crucifed, Raw, Angels, Boys Don't Cry, Don't Let The Bastards Gring You Down amongst others.
http://www.myspace.com/maddogrising
Flogging Molly - Float & Green 17
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2 Paddy's Lament
3 Float
4 You Won't Make A Fool Out Of Me
5 Lightning Storm
6 Punk Drunk Grinning Soul
7 Us Of Lesser Gods
8 Between A Man And A Woman
9 On The Back Of A Broken Dream
10 Man With No Country
11 The Story So Far
1 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q
2 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
3 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
5 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
6 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
8 - Columbus, OH - Lifestyles Community Pavilion
9 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore
10 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
12-13 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
14 - Covington, KY - Madison Theatre
15-16 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
18 - Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
19 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
20 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
21 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
22 - Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
23 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
27-28 - New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
29 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
1 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
2 - Richmond, VA - The National
3 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa
5 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
6 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
7 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
8 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
9 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
14-15 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
17 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
http://www.floggingmolly.com/
Pogues US Tour 2008
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March 9: Washington, DC 9:30 Club
March 12: Baltimore, MD Rams Head
March 15 & 16: New York NY Roseland Ballroom
March 19: Boston, MA Orpheum
http://www.pogues.com/
MacGowan/Winehouse Duet?
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A sorce close to shane was quoted as saying “It’s called Love Hurts and is a reply song to the Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons
classic.”. Here to hoping Amy doesn't OD before the song is done.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/goss/view/25046/Pretty-in-clink/
Larry Kirwan - The Heart has a Mind of Its Own
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CenterStage/NY
48 W 21st Street, 4th floor NYC
212-501-4069 for reservations/information
all shows at 8PM unless noted
12th (Wednesday)
13th (Thursday)
14th (Friday)
16th (Sunday)
22nd (Saturday)
23rd (Sunday) at 2:30pm
25th (Tuesday)
28th (Friday)
29th (Saturday)
30th (Sunday) at 2:30pm
http://boomerangtheatre.org/productions/07heart.htm
http://www.myspace.com/larrykirwan/
Paddy Rock Vol. 3 - Out on September 15, 2007
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The Elders
The Sandcarvers
Fiddle's Green
Brendan Loughrey
Mr. Irish Bastard
Catgut Mary
The American Wake
Wild Colonial Bhoys
Finn's Fury
The Pubcrawlers
Ceann
The Ceili Family
http://www.paddyrock.com/
http://www.myspace.com/paddyrockandpunk/
THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG: New/Old DVD
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http://www.tmtch.net/
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ROCK'N'REEL ISSUE 4 OUT NOW
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Plus over 150 reviews, letters, news etc.
You can still claim 5 free CDs by subscribing or it's still only £4.25 from any WH Smiths, Borders, HMV, Virgin, Fopp or independent newsagents and book and record stores. If you don't see it they can order it. We're distributed by Comag. We’re also available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and many other shops in the States.
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SPIDER STACEY & ANDREW RANKIN PLAY WITH THE DEAD RABBITS
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Drummer Andrew Ranken and whistle player Spider Stacy have confirmed that they will play on the opening night of the festival at The Brewery Tap, in Westgate, Peterborough, on Friday, August 17.
The two will play with Pogues tribute band, The Dead Rabbits, who are headlining on the night.
The Randall Rootz Festival has been organised in memory of talented city percussionist Mark Randall, who sadly died from cancer in February. Mark (34) played drums with The Dead Rabbits, which inspired the festival committee to ask Andrew Ranken to play the festival in tribute to Mark.
Mr Ranken said: "“We would love to be Dead Rabbits for the day and can’t wait to play Peterborough for the first time.”
Spider Stacy's decision to join in the festivities was an added boost for organisers.
Mark’s partner, Pat Murphy, said, “This is a great coup for the Randall Rootz Festival and gives us enormous credibility to be able to bring such big names to the city at our first attempt at putting on a festival in Mark’s memory. He would be so proud.”
The Dead Rabbits will be supported by Angry Man on the Friday, and proceeds from the festival will go to Sue Ryder Care at Thorpe Hall, where Mark was cared for in his final weeks.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, August 18, the festival continues in the Charters' beer garden, next to Town Bridge, with music starting at midday and running until the early hours.
The family-friendly day is free and open to all, with face-painting and story-telling for the kids, and live music from many of the acts that Mark was involved with.
The acts confirmed to play include Groove Cartel (soul/funk), King Kool (garage/rock), Flaming June (folk), Chris Watson (jazz/rock), One Eyed Cats (rock ‘n roll), Pooks Hill (alternative folk), The Surgens (twisted country blues), Holyman Jones (soulful blues) and The Gansters (ska & reggae).
The festival will wind down on Sunday, August 19, with an Irish folk jam held at Charters throughout the afternoon.
Festival committee chairman Andrew Whittaker said a special Randall Rootz Beer will be provided by Oakham Ales especially for the festival, which will also feature a mini beer festival at Charters.
He added: "We wanted to create an event that everyone will remember. We aim to start this new festival for Peterborough as we mean to go on, with lots of talent on offer and money raised for a very good cause."
Tickets for the Friday night entertainment will go on sale in July and cost £10 - all of which will go to Thorpe Hall Hospice.
All acts taking part in the festival are performing free of charge. For more details about the festival, visit www.randallrootz.org on line. To buy tickets, call into The Brewery Tap, Charters, Hereward Radio or call Andrew Whittaker on 07860 770005.
http://www.randallrootz.org/
Philip Chevron takes medical leave from The Pogues
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Taken from........http://www.pogues.com/
BLACK 47: TOUR OF IRELAND
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THE POGUES: WEST COAST FALL 2007
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August 10 - Way Out West festival in Gothenburg, Sweden
August 12 - Lokersen Festival 2007, Belgium
SEPTMBER 9 - Celtic Roots 2007 Festival , Beacon Park, Lichfield, UK
http://www.pogues.com/
Zydepunks: New Album
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http://www.myspace.com/zydepunks/
THE MAHONES: The Irish Punk Collection 2007
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2. Drunken Lazy Bastard
3. Paint The Town Red
4. Whiskey Devils
5. Drunken Night In Dublin
6. Streets Of New York
7. Across The USA
8. Shake Hands For The Devil
9. Amsterdam Song
10. Celtic Pride
11. Irish Rover
12. Going Back To Dublin
13. Down The Boozer
14. London
15. Whiskey In The Jar
16. Is This Bar Open Til’ Tomorrow
17. Drunken Lazy Bastard (Live)
http://www.themahones.net/
http://www.myspace.com/themahones/
NECK: Sign with GOLF Records in the UK
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June 16th: Thimbleferry Music Festival, Stanhope, County Durham
June 21st & 24th: Glastonbury Festival, (our fifth year) , Left Field Stage (+ more TBA) Pilton, Somerset
June 29th: Anarchist Undertones, Punx of the Jungle Stage @ Javez Clegg, Manchester
July 7th: Caistor Celtic Festival, Caistor, Lincolnshire
July 12th: Guildford City Social Club, Guildford
July 20th: Wickerman Festival, East Kirkcarswell, Scotland
July 21st: Cockermouth Rock Festival, Cockermouth, Cumbria
July 22nd: The Underworld, Camden, London
July 27th: Maker Sunshine Festival, Mt. Edgecumbe, Cornwall
July 28th: Music on the Hill Festival, Watlington, Oxfordshire
July 29th: The Acoustic Festival of Britain, Nantwich, Cheshire
August 5th: Wickham Festival, Wickham, Hampshire
August 9th: Rebellion Festival (also our fifth year), Blackpool, Lancashire
August 10th: Endorse-it-in-Dorset Festival, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset
August 25th: Solfest Festival, Silloth, Cumbria
August 31st: Trillians, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
September 2nd: Kilburn Irish Festival, Roundwood Park, London
Make no mistake with
their roots, understanding & command of the music, NECK are most certainly the real deal
when it comes to proper Irish Folkfuelled
Punk! Bring
The Hooley!
http://www.myspace.com/neckireland/
McDermott’s 2 Hours go "Back
to the Mad House
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Join the Celtic Lounge
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CelticLounge.com an online community/webzine that will serve a worldwide audience of 80 million Celts
Black 47’s Larry Kirwan and Irish Voice columnist Mike Farragher are launching CelticLounge.com a unique international online community for all Celts and those who admire Celtic Culture. CelticLounge.com will also offer a webzine devoted to the music, art and literature of the Celtic people. In a very user-friendly site members will build their own profiles, share ideas, pictures, favorite songs and writings, all the while making friends as they listen to Celtic Lounge Radio play the music of member artists. CelticLounge.com will be a place to relax, create, see and be seen.
“In my ten years writing for the Irish Voice, I have seen Celtic musicians reach across the globe and collaborate with players from other civilizations to create thrilling sounds that redefine our culture,” says Farragher. “That vibrant spirit has little to do with green beer, shamrocks and drunken leprechauns. CelticLounge.com will be an online community for original thinkers and those who would like to interact with them.”
The need for such a site struck co-founder Larry Kirwan while on the road promoting his autobiography, Green Suede Shoes. “I was driving back to Manhattan from Cleveland and dozing off at the wheel with still over 400 miles to go. I knew there had to be an easier way to reach an audience.” As the leader of one of the most influential bands in Irish Americana, Kirwan, like many others, has experienced first hand the difficulty in breaking through tight radio formats. “There is a massive international audience for Celtic music, very little of which gets on radio or TV. CelticLounge.com intends to provide such a forum for artists as diverse as Flogging Molly and Enya, Alan Stivell and The Peatbog Fairies. We wish to create a social space where people who love things Celtic can gather, hear the music, read the books, create their own individual pages and meet other people of like minds.”
CelticLounge.com will be a space where all Celtic artists can share their craft with over 60 million people claiming Celtic ancestry in the United States and millions more living in the nations of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, The Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany, Asturias, Galicia, and other Celtic oriented countries such as Australia and Canada. “Musicians and writers are not our only interest,” says Farragher. “If you have an organization, are a travel agent, pub owner or businessperson who in some way caters to things Celtic, CelticLounge.com will help you expand your community.”
“Our goal in launching this space is nothing short of redefining what it is to be a Celt by changing the way Celtic artists deliver their work to a people deeply in love with their roots,” says Kirwan.
http://www.celticlounge.com/
The Pogues will be performing shows in March, 2007 in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
Dates and venues are:
March 5 & 6 - Congress Theatre / Chicago, IL
March 10 - Avalon / Boston, MA
March 11 - Orpheum / Boston, MA
March 14 - Roseland Ballroom / New York, NY
March 16 - Electric Factory / Philadelphia, PA
General availability of tickets through the usual outlets will begin on Jan 20.
http://www.pogues.com/
Flogging Molly press release
Hello FM Faithful.
We are saddened to announce that Matt Hensley will no longer be touring with Flogging Molly. We fully support Matt and his decision and wish him nothing but the best in all of his future endeavors. Matt has written a letter to you, the fans, as he wanted to share his very personal reasons for his departure and to let you know how grateful he is for your years of support.
First let me say that it has been an honor to play with Flogging Molly for the last 10 years. I would have never thought that playing the accordion, an instrument that almost got me shot when I first was learning, would have led me down a road to Molly Malone's, Dave King, and an extended family called Flogging Molly. I have been blessed to be so lucky. I am writing this to tell you that I am leaving the band. This decision was not easy for me. I have an eight year old son Oliver who is becoming a little man, and the feeling that he needs his old man around is becoming too strong for me to ignore. The older my son gets the harder it is for me to leave him behind to go out on tour. Flogging Molly, as you know, is a hard working band that tours most of the year; I would never try to change that. I must follow my guts and step down. I'm departing the band but I will never leave what Flogging Molly has meant to the fans and myself. I look forward to playing on some songs when the band is in San Diego.
I would like to thank all the loyal Flogging Molly fans for the support that you have given throughout the years. It has been a privilege to play music for you. I would also like to thank all the service men and women who have supported the band, may you keep out of harms way. I would like to thank all the bands that let Flogging Molly open for them and all the bands that opened for Flogging Molly. I'd like to thank all the friends and families who have lost someone and feel a little closer to them during IF I EVER LEAVE THIS WORLD ALIVE - I know how you feel, my mom would get nearer every time I played it.
Keep the faith
Matt Hensley
http://www.floggingmolly.com/
On December 15, 2006 Tom McManamon passed away after a long battle with illness.
Tom played in Shane MacGowan's band The Popes, with James McNally as half of Storm,
and has guested with The Pogues, Depeche Mode, Joe Strummer, U2, Sinead O'Connor,
and many more. He had his banjo in his hands and was surrounded by friends when he died.
http://www.pogues.com/
Carol Clerk, former News Editor of Melody Maker, has turned her attention to The Pogues. She’s interviewed Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, Jem Finer, Philip Chevron, Darryl Hunt, Andrew Ranken, James Fearnley, Terry Woods, and various colleagues, friends and fans.
This intimate look behind the music describes their arguments, drunken spats, love affairs, the marriage of Cait and Elvis Costello, the death of Kirsty MacColl, the illnesses, the drugs, the sackings, the legal actions and through it all their passion for music.
http://www.pogues.com/
According to the Flogging Molly Wikipedia entry and messages on the Flogging Molly yahoo group, Matt Hensley has left the group. Not official though on the FM webpage.
http://www.floggingmolly.com/
Rock'n'Reel magazine has been relaunched in the UK.
Press release
Rock’n’Reel….a music magazine covering the very best in roots, rock, blues and beyond.
The new publisher of Rock’n’Reel is Richard Ellin who was the commercial publisher of ‘CD Review’ and advertisement director…’Forte’ (Trust House Fortes magazine).
Ellin was consultant to Mercedes on the re-launch of their consumer publication. He was involved in the launch of the Today newspaper and has also worked for the
BBC on ‘The Radio Times’.
A fan and subscriber to the original Rock’n’Reel first published in 1998, Richard Ellin is committed to the magazine’s long term future as a serious music journal.
Rock’n’Reel started life as a fanzine with modest ambitions and grew into a fully fledged magazine; this development will now continue with the relaunch
in December 2006. The new version of Rock’n’Reel will appear nationally as a one hundred and forty page glossy bi monthly with its own distinctive cover mount
CD entitled ‘UN-HERD’
Un-Herd Volume 1 includes music by Canned Heat, Ani DiFranco, Steve Hackett, Eleanor McEvoy, Paul Lamb and The King Snakes, Colin Scot, Heartless Bastards, Die Hunns, Luke Doucet, Denison Witmer and more. There will be a further free CD in the Un-herd series affixed to the cover of each subsequent issue of Rock’n’Reel.
Never a magazine to cow-tow to the vagaries of musical fashion, Rock’n’Reel has attracted some of the best music writers in the British Isles.
Editor Sean McGhee returns with most of the original writing team who are equally delighted and excited to be working again on the magazine promising lots of exclusive interviews and interesting music features and off the wall photography.
Rock’n’Reel has been completely redesigned in full colour with reader friendly layouts. The review section will be divided into categories of styles allowing readers to locate their favourite music in a more satisfying and absorbing way.
The first issue of the relaunched Rock’n’Reel includes interviews with Shane MacGowan, Donovan, Paul Rodgers, Flogging Molly, Christy Moore, Jacqui McShee, Arlo Guthrie, Andy Roberts, Dick Gaughan, Legendary Shack Shakers, James Yorkston, Spiers & Boden, Joe Brown, and features on Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan, Nick Drake, Arthur Lee and Syd Barrett … plus all the usual CD, live, DVD, book reviews and news.
A one year subscription to the magazine includes a five CD offer. The collection courtesy of Terra Nova and Osmosys Records gives the listener almost five hours of hard core folk, world music and comedy as well as left field contemporary sounds. The offer earns the subscriber seventy one tracks which include some very rare pieces by well known performers as well as gems from up and coming artists. Potential subscribers can take up the offer by either visiting the web-site www.rock-n-reel.co.uk
or by purchasing the first edition which includes full subscription details and an application form.
Alternatively Rock’n’Reel is available nationally from WH Smiths and all good newsagents plus Virgin, HMV, Our Price and Borders stores. Distribution nationally is by Comag.
Established, Maine- and NH-based Celtic punk band The Pubcrawlers are
looking to replace
exiting members and possibly add one or two more. If you fit any of the
following bills,
we might just be looking for you:
-vocals**
...or any combination of the above. Potential members will ideally be
well-versed in both traditional
and modern celtic music as well as punk styles, but energy, enthusiasm and
stage presence are most
important. Additionally, potentials must be willing to travel occasionally
(possibly internationally, as well as around the US, although we mostly play
in the New England area)
and devote the required time and effort to the band. Tryouts will be held at
our practice space in
Biddeford, Maine. Feel free to check us out on MySpace
(www.myspace.com/thepubcrawlers), our
site (www.the-pubcrawlers.com) or our EPK
(www.sonicbids.com/thepubcrawlers).
If interested, please contact Andy (andrew@the-pubcrawlers.com, cell ..
available upon request)
or Seth (seth@the-pubcrawlers.com).
-mandolin**
-accoustic guitar**
-possibly bass
-fiddle
-tin whistle
Rhino Press Release
THE POGUES FROM RED ROSES TO HELL’S DITCH
Rhino Remasters All Five Studio Albums by Celtic Punk Collective Featuring
Shane MacGowan and Expands Each with Bonus Tracks
All Five Reissues Available September 19 From Rhino
Soulful and soused, usually in equal parts, The Pogues’ music combined the
youthful spirit of
punk with ancient Celtic melodies to create a sublime racket that’s been
described as the Sex
Pistols setting fire to The Chieftains. Rhino Records raises a pint in one
hand and a fistful of
Pogues in the other with remastered and expanded versions of the band’s
first five studio albums —
RED ROSES FOR ME, RUM, SODOMY & THE LASH, IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH
GOD, PEACE & LOVE, and
HELL’S DITCH.
The Pogues — vocalist Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy on tin whistle, accordion
player
James Fearnley, Jeremy Jem Finer on banjo, drummer Andrew David Ranken,
and bassist
Cait O’Riordan — made their debut in 1984 with RED ROSES FOR ME. The album’s
13 songs
established the band’s unique sound as it mixed MacGowan originals —
Transmetropolitan
and Dark Streets Of London — with traditional Irish tunes — The Auld
Triangle and Poor Paddy.
The expanded edition’s six bonus tracks include Whiskey You’re The Devil,
Muirshin Duirkin’ and
a foot-stomping version of the traditional Irish song Wild Rover.
Produced by Elvis Costello, The Pogues’ sophomore release, 1985’s RUM,
SODOMY & THE LASH, brought the band’s talents into sharp relief with 12
tracks. Featuring new guitarist Philip Chevron, the album included some of
the band’s best work — A Pair Of Brown Eyes, Navigator, and the
righteous anger of The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn. The expanded edition
includes four bonus songs from the 1986 EP, Poguetry In Motion — London
Girl, Rainy Night In Soho, Body Of An American, and the traditional
Planxty Noel Hill — along with A Pistol For Paddy Garcia and The
Parting Glass.
Steve Lillywhite produced back-to-back classics for The Pogues, starting
with 1988’s IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD. The album peaked at #3 in
the U.K. and featuring three new members — multi-instrumentalist Terry
Woods, bassist Darryl Hunt, who replaced O’Riordan (who married Costello),
and guitarist Philip Chevron. The album’s 13 songs represent a high water
mark in the band’s career and capture The Pogues at the peak of their powers
on Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six, a withering political track that got
the band blacklisted by the British Independent Broadcasting Authority,
along with MacGowan’s duet with Kirsty MacColl on Fairytale Of New York, a
massive hit in the U.K. and U.S. The expanded edition’s six bonus tracks
include the traditional Irish song Mountain Dew, arranged by The Pogues
and The Dubliners, The Battle March (Medley), penned by Woods, and
MacGowan’s own Shanne Bradley.
The second Lillywhite production — PEACE & LOVE — was released in 1989 and
reached #5 on the U.K. Album chart. Its 14 tracks include MacGowan originals
— White City and London You’re A Lady — augmented with remarkable
contributions by other members including Finer’s Misty Morning, Albert
Bridge, Chevron’s Lorelei, and Woods’ Gartloney Rats. The expanded
edition features six bonus tracks, including the title track from 1990’s EP,
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, a Top 20 Modern Rock hit in the U.S., Star Of The
County Down, and a cover of the Rolling Stones’ Honky Tonk Women.
Produced by Joe Strummer of The Clash, The Pogues’ final studio album with
MacGowan — HELL’S DITCH — was released in 1990. The 13-song collection
includes the dreamy blues waltz of Summer In Siam, as well as a pair of
songs inspired by literary legends Jean Genet and Federico Garcia Lorca —
the title track and Lorca’s Novena, respectively. The expanded edition
includes seven bonus tracks, featuring Jack’s Heroes and Whiskey In The
Jar’ from the Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah EP, plus Bastard Landlord, an
alternate version of Rainy Night In Soho from RUM, SODOMY & THE LASH.
TRACK LISTINGS
Bonus Tracks
RUM, SODOMY & THE LASH
Bonus Tracks
IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD
Bonus Tracks
PEACE & LOVE
Bonus Tracks
HELL’S DITCH
Bonus Tracks
RED ROSES FOR ME
Transmetropolitan
The Battle Of Brisbane
The Auld Triangle
Waxie’s Dargle
Boys From The County Hell
Sea Shanty
Dark Streets Of London
Streams Of Whiskey
Poor Paddy
Dingle Regetta
Greenland Whale Fisheries
Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go
Kitty
The Leaving Of Liverpool
Muirshin Durkin
Repeal Of The Licensing Laws
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Whiskey You’re The Devil
The Wild Rover
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
The Old Main Drag
Wild Cats Of Kilkenny
I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Sally MacLennane
Dirty Old Town
Jesse James
Navigator
Billy’s Bones
The Gentleman Soldier
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
A Pistol For Paddy Garcia
London Girl
Rainy Night In Soho
Body Of An American
Planxty Noel Hill
The Parting Glass
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Turkish Song Of The Damned
Bottle Of Smoke
Fairytale Of New York
Metropolis
Thousands Are Sailing
Fiesta
Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road To Dublin/The Galway Races
Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six
Lullaby Of London
Sit Down By The Fire
The Broad Majestic Shannon
Worms
The Battle March (Medley)
The Irish Rover
Mountain Dew
Shanne Bradley
Sketches Of Spain
South Australia
Gridlock
White City
Young Ned Of The Hill
Misty Morning, Albert Bridge
Cotton Fields
Blue Heaven
Down All The Days
USA
Lorelei
Gartloney Rats
Boat Train
Tombstone
Night Train To Lorca
London You’re A Lady
Star Of The County Down
The Limerick Rake
Train Of Love
Everyman Is A King
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Honky Tonk Women
The Sunnyside Of The Street
Sayonara
The Ghost Of A Smile
Hell’s Ditch
Lorca’s Novena
Summer In Siam
Rain Street
Rainbow Man
The Wake Of The Mudusa
House Of The Gods
5 Green Queens & Jean
Maidrin Rua
Six To Go
Whiskey In The Jar
Bastard Landlord
Infinity
Curse Of Love
Squid Out Of Water
Jack’s Heroes
Rainy Night In Soho
'Irish Catholic Boy' the new CD from NYC Celtic Hip-Hop merchants Seanchai And The Unity Squad
is scheduled for a August release. A preview mp3 is available at http://www.seanchai.com/ and it's
definitely one of the most punky, guitar oriented, least hip-hip things they've done to date.
http://www.seanchai.com/
LABOR DAY WEEKEND - September 1st through September 3rd.
Spend Labor Day weekend with Black 47 and The Gobshites (and more lots more bands to be confirmed) at the
Blackthorne Resort in East Durham, NY.
The Gobshites are running a bus from Boston - email Pete (acousticelticore@gmail.com)
for more details.
http://www.gobshites.com/
London based Paddy Punk's NECK are hard at work recording their new CD "Plastic'n'Proud". The
band are also in the final stages of negotiations with a legendary music manager and finalizing
a US record deal - like I said hard at work. No release date is yet scheduled.
http://neck.ie/
From www.pogues.com 0
The Pogues will be performing in Japan, U.S.A. and U.K. & Ireland in late
2006.
Japan
U.S.A.
U.K. & Ireland
Monday, October 2, Osaka, Nanba Hatch
Tuesday, October 3, Nagoya, Diamond Hall
Thursday, October 5, Tokyo, Shibuya AX
Monday, October 9, San Francisco, The Fillmore
Tuesday, October 10, San Francisco, The Fillmore
Sunday, October 15, Las Vegas, The House of Blues
Tuesday, October 17, Los Angeles, The Wiltern
Wednesday, October 18, Los Angeles, The Wiltern
Thursday, October 19, Los Angeles, The Wiltern
Mid-December. Dates are not yet announced. Venues will be Glasgow,
Manchester, Birmingham, London, Dublin, and Nottingham.
Jake Burns' (of Stiff Little Fingers fame) first solo album "Drinkin' Again" was released in the UK on EMI. It is a combination of Burns originals, traditional Irish songs and a few modern covers, Jake describes the resulting album as a "Irish / Hillbilly / Country/ Punk hybrid."
From the liner notes:
"I've been playing some of these songs with 3 Men & Black, which is an acoustic project involving myself, Pauline Black (of The Selecter) and various other musicians at differing times. Mainly because the story of an album that had been written over ten years ago and never been released due to one mishap or another was a pretty funny tale. (If you like laughing at other people's misfortune, which I guess is the basis of a lot of comedy !) So; this marks the end of the funny story as, thanks to Alan Parker's commitment (No, it's a different Alan Parker !), the record has finally come squinting and blinking into daylight."
"It was originally conceived as an "Irish punk" album, but in the interim a million albums like that had come out, so that put the kibosh on that approach. So, I decided to take it a bit further down the acoustic path. All fine and dandy in itself. However, in the meantime I had re-located to Chicago and that meant recruiting local musicians. Some of these guys were veteran Irish (or Irish-style) musicians and some were not. And so, we ended up with this Irish /Hillbilly /Country/Punk hybrid. So much for: "File under: POP"!"
"I never thought I'd hear these tunes beyond the original demos I made all
those years ago, so I'm really excited to finally get the damn thing made. I
do know I had a great time working with all these great players and
certainly ended up laughing much more than I should have done for someone
who was supposedly "working" ! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did."
http://http://www.jakeburns.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jakeburnsslf
The Mahones finally locked in a release date for their new CD "Take No
Prisoners"! ...August 15th!, on Stumble Records
in Canada.
1. Take No Prisoners
The Mahones had lots of their friends join them on the recording sessions.
The CD was recorded in
Toronto (between tours) at Telejet Studio on Queen Street West by Gene
Hughes. It was produced by
Finny McConnell and Gene Hughes. Guests included Scruffy Wallace (Dropkick
Murphys), Ian D'Sa
(Billy Talent), Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies), Psycho Dave (Brass Knuckle
Therapy),
Kai (Universal Love Attack) and Kevin Quain (The Mad Bastards). The bonus
track is from the Mark
Gilligan solo CD, Bang The Drum which is only available in Europe.
As far as The Mahones go, they have past and present members of the band on
the
recording including Finny McConnell, Dominic "The Bomb" Whelan, Sean Winter,
Gene Hughes,
Miranda Mulholland, Jonathan Moorman and Andrew Brown.
The Mahones have the new single from Take No Prisoners ready for you to
sample over at their
page on myspace.com
The track listing is as follows:
2. The Amsterdam Song
3. Out Of Control
4. Nancy Whiskey
5. A Little Bit Of Love (featuring Dahnait Doyle)
6. Night Train To Paris
7. Whiskey In The Jar
8. The Weight Of The World
9. Market Song (Devil You Know)
10.Too Late To Turn Back Now
http://www.myspace.com/themahones
Flogging Molly release a double CD/DVD package on July 25th. The first disk will be a full-Length CD
with 10 new Flogging Molly Recordings (note 'recordings' as opposed to new songs). The 10 songs
includes
"5 fan favorites" recorded live, 4 acoustic songs, and a brand new(ish) studio track.
1. Laura
The DVD is 106 minute feature-length documentary DVD w/bonus footage. "Shot over two years and in seven countries,
the feature-length documentary Whiskey on a Sunday is an intimate portrait of Flogging Molly. The film tracks
the group of musicians from their bar-band roots to their current success, including footage of the band in the
studio, on tour, at home and at their sold-out homecoming performance at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles."
"Whiskey on a Sunday is an "in-the-pocket" experience with the candid and charismatic Flogging Molly family,
set to the driving beat of their thunderous live performances. Brought together through unlikely
happenstance and bound by an intense passion and heartfelt belief in what they do, the seven
members and their associates provide a good look at how things can be done against the grain.
Bucking tradition, industry naysayers and inflexible business models, front man Dave King and crew
illustrate their own formula for success: believing in oneself, refusing to be pigeonholed, and
rising from humble beginnings to fulfill a dream." (- Jeeze don't these record company marketing people
write some real flowery shite.)
Additional Bonus Features: Include a return to Molly Malone's, extended interviews, outtakes and live performances
Rumor has it the band will have a proper CD out by years-end.
2. Drunken Lullabies (Acoustic)
3. The Wanderlust (Acoustic)
4. Another Bag of Bricks (Acoustic)
5. Tomorrow Comes a Day Too Soon (Acoustic)
6. The Likes of You Again (Live)
7. Swagger (Live)
8. Black Friday Rule (Live)
9. Within a Mile Of Home (Live)
10. What's Left of the Flag (Live)
After much demand (well one person asked) we now have black Shite'n'Onions T-Shirts for sale. The shirts are available through cafepress.com. http://www.cafepress.com/shitenonions
Joe Hurley has a new CD single on sale today "Bleeding Claret and Blue",
in celebration of West Ham reaching the FA Cup Final in England . There
will be a launch/listening party in London at Vic Naylor's this Thursday
evening, May 11th from 6:30-9pm. (Limited CDs available)
The single is also available through the band's website
www.roguesmarch.com in the MP3 format as of Wed, May 11th. Lyrics, UK
press Release, West Ham related Photos, are also available there. The MP3
version nets you both the single and the 'extended' version! (more
choruses, all the players names, and other great sounds-Listen closely and
you'll hear the crowd from the Play-off Final 2005 in there)
The single was written and recorded in the last few days. Musical backing
came from the NYC Hammers Association ... Steve Holley (Joe Cocker, Rod,
Wings-Also a life-long West Ham fan) on Drums, James Mastro (Ian Hunter)
on guitar, Dave DeCastro (Steve Wynn) on bass, Ken Margolis (NYC Hammers
Pint Control) on piano/accordion and Joe Hurley (Owner of West Ham's
Official 'Got loads of West Ham books here-you should really read them'
Centre of NYC-established 1923) on acoustic Gtr and vocals. Backing vocals
came from assorted NYC Hammers - Gentleman Jamie Noone, Duncan
'Disorderly' Davidson, Paul 'the original' Stanley, among many other
gentlemanly types.
My name is Sean McGhee you may remember me as editor and writer for the
internationally renowned eclectic music magazine Rock'n'Reel. (1988-2003)
These days I compile albums of 80s anarcho punk for Overground Records.
www.overgroundrecords.co.uk including the acclaimed Anarcho Punk cd series.
I also handle PR for venues and bands in the North West and am publicist for
the Norths West of England's leading eclectic music festival Solfest
www.solwayfestival.co.uk
The main reason I'm contacting you is to let you know that I am now
reviewing punk/hardcore stuff for the UK's most popular punk site
(250.000+hits a month-and growing!)
http://www.punkoiuk.co.uk/reviews/
(check out the review section! ) and I am also writing for national glossy punk/core magazine
Big Cheese. www.bigcheesemagazine.com
I sang for the band Psycho Faction from 1979-84, and throughout that period
and beyond have promoted gigs and worked with promoters on gigs by Crass,
Flux Of Pink Indians, Conflict, The System, Discharge, The Damned,
Chumbawamba, Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, Dead Kennedys, UK Subs etc.
I have a pretty extensive knowledge of punk/hardcore stuff from 76 to the
present and would love to get regular review material from you.
In return for receiving your CDs/ LPs or singles I will keep you informed of where and when
the reviews appear.
Any queries please give me a call 01946 812496 or drop me a mail.
Cheers
Sean McGhee
SEAN MCGHEE, 21 VICTORIA VILLAS, CLEATOR MOOR, CUMBRIA, CA25 5PW, ENGLAND.
sean.mcg1@btinternet.com
ps Check out my interview in MRR 275!
All Kinds Of Disorder (Waterloo Press) is Nick
Burbridge’s second collection of poetry, a
pamphlet edition funded by the Arts Council Of
England, complete with a five track sampler CD of
readings arranged with music and effects by The
Levellers’ Jon Sevink, for a commercial recording
to be released in Spring 2006.
Nick Burbridge is an Anglo-Irish writer, who lives
in Brighton. His first collection of poetry, On
Call, was published by Envoi Poets in 1994. As a
singer/songwriter he has made five albums with his
band McDermott’s Two Hours, three in collaboration
with The Levellers, who covered his song Dirty
Davey on their eponymous number one selling album.
He is currently at work on a new recording.
His plays include Dirty Tricks (Soho Theatre
Company), Vermin (Finborough), and Cock Robin
(Verity Bargate Award Runner-up). He runs his own
fringe theatre company, and his work is broadcast
regularly on BBC Radio 4.
Nick has had one novel, Operation Emerald (Pluto),
published under the pseudonym Dominic McCartan.
He collaborated with Captain Fred Holroyd on War
Without Honour (Medium), launched at the House of
Commons. His short stories appear often in
literary magazines, and Arts Council anthologies.
He also performs live as a musician at major
festivals and other venues.
All Kinds Of Disorder is a collection which probes
eccentric and distorted experience, full of dark
humour, but constantly illuminated by compassion
and attachment, and a profound aesthetic faith.
The writing is subtly measured, yet as one would
expect from a seasoned songwriter, driven by
internal rhythms and a deep musical sense.
‘Burbridge’s work allies imagistic skill with
important social subjects. A good modern poet not
afraid to be poetic.’ Alan Morrison
About On Call:
‘full of richness and variety - the poems are
life-affirming and unafraid' Ore
‘strong and clipped verse with a striking
undercurrent’ Weyfarers
‘frank and uncompromising’ Envoi
http://www.burbridgearts.org.com/
Press release from Gadfly Records (www.gadflyrecords.com):
Bittersweet Sixteen is packed with previously unavailable fan favorites including “Home of the Brave”
and “Patriot Game,” unreleased tracks from their first recording session. Two of the highlights are the
original mix of their hit “Funky Ceili” and a movie-commissioned version of Steven Stills’ “For What It’s Worth.”
Also featured are live versions of “Big Fellah” and “Bobby Sands MP,” classics of the biographical
song form that leader Larry Kirwan has pioneered, now used in hundreds of high school and college
political science courses nationally.
The centerpiece features a Vietnam/Iraq War trilogy, “My Love is in New York”/”Downtown Baghdad Blues”/”Southside Chicago Waltz”
dedicated to the band’s many fans serving in Iraq and Afghanistan while also highlighting Black
47’s ongoing resistance to the Bush Administration’s foreign and domestic policies.
Bittersweet Sixteen is capped by six songs from the band’s no-longer-available major label albums.
These were culled from a fabled, long lost live studio recording of the K-Rock’s Vin Scelsa Show much
bootlegged over the years, but now re-mastered and restored to pristine condition.
Bittersweet Sixteen, with a song for every year of their career, is an excellent introduction for
the newcomer but also a must-have for the avid Black 47 fan who has appreciated the band’s distinct
originality and uncompromising political stance down through the last sixteen years.
Black 47's "Bittersweet Sixteen" The disc is a 16-track retrospective of Black 47’s recording career from early
1990 to the present and contains two new songs, “Southside Chicago Waltz” and “Joe Hill’s Last Will.”
http://www.black47.com/
In a unique move, the trade union
movement, charities, campaigns and the music industry have joined forces to
release an Irish-themed single with a difference for this years St. Patrick's
Day. The anti-racist anthem Everybody's Welcome to the Hooley! is by
London-Irish Psycho-Ceilídh Rockers Neck and will be echoing around Austin Texas
over the St. Patrick's weekend as the band make up part of the UK & Irish
contingent at this year's SXSW music festival.
The single will be officially launched - both in the shops, and exclusively
on-line via Napster – from Monday 6 th March. In the meantime there will be
national publicity campaigns across the UK and Ireland, using trade union and
campaign networks, aimed at driving the song into the charts.
Everybody's Welcome to the Hooley! is the first release on the Militant
Entertainment label, which was set up by Geoff Martin, Director of the Left
Field stage at Glastonbury; and Alan Miles, a firefighter and union activist,
who was part of the first fire crew down the tunnels at Kings Cross after the
7/7 bombings.
Leeson O'Keeffe, lead singer & song-writer with Neck, said:
"I wrote Everybody's Welcome to the Hooley! in immediate response to Nazi
skinheads disrupting one of the European festivals we played at. They were
giving-out to one of the other bands about not bringing politics into a Punk gig
& attacking people: I wrote it on the spot, we ran thru' it, went on, told the
Nazis what was what (that they'd kinda missed the point about Punk , & , being
an Irish Punk band from London, politics is part of both our legacies & plays a
part in what we are) , & played it at them! AND I got the whole crowd shouting
"Joe Strummer" at the eejits: Being London-Irish, our legacy isn't just the
obvious one of Shane & The Pogues, but also Joe & The Clash. And that includes
carrying the Rock against Racism baton on.
It's fantastic that we've got all of this support for the release in the run-up
to this year's St Patrick's Day. The music industry, the Irish community, the
trade unions and campaign groups who are making this possible need to be
applauded for helping to get across our message that, although we're proud to be
defined by our nationality & culture, our music is not just for White, straight,
Christians (or nihilists!) ,& that nobody should be excluded just because of who
or what they are - particularly in the context that immigration from Ireland has
been so massive: let's face it - virtually anywhere you go, you'll find an
Irishman!
We're also grateful to the Archive of The Irish in Britain, for being given the
use of the iconic image of the sign from a B&B window from London in the 50's
saying "No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs" - the likes of which my own family
encountered: It's a reminder to the Irish community, both here and back at home,
that we've been the victims of racism down the years and that we should,
therefore, be in the forefront of the on-going campaign against racism and
intolerance today."
The single will be released on Monday March 6th: in the shops through Plastic
Head distribution; exclusively on-line via Napster;& will also be available from
the Neck label, Hibernian Records, web-site from Monday 13th February:
http://www.hibernianrecords.com/
Message from the band - Just a note to you all to say that Alan Confrey, Blood or Whiskey tin whistle player, tragically died from a heart attack on Thursday the 23rd at the young age of 33.We had just returned that day from an English and Scottish tour with SLF and it is some consolation that he died at home. Messages of consolation can be left on the bands myspace site or at www.bloodorwhiskey.ie.
Cheers, Beano.
1. The Tossers: The Valley of the Shadow of Death
- The clear winner
2. Neck: Sod ‘em & Begorrah
- Celtic Punk masterpiece
3. The Kissers: Good Fight
- most improved band
4. The Wages of Sin: Custom Of The Sea
- readers fav.
5. The Electrics: Old, New, Borrowed and Green
- career best (and they mention me)
6. The Zydepunks: ...and the streets will flow with whiskey
- runbmg's top pick
7. Dropkick Murphys: Warrior's Code
- solid and workman like
8. Larkin: Reckoning
- taking up were BoW left off
9. McDermotts 2 Hours: Live at Ferneham Hall
- raw and powerful, 20 years later
10.(joint) Blaggards: Standards
- best new band (1)
10.(joint) Sharky Doyles: Back of the yards
- best new band (2)
The Go Set are proud to announce that their new album "The Hungry Mile" is now all recorded and mixed and ready to go!
The album was recorded at Birdland in Melbourne through November and according to the band; "this time around we took a lot longer to record and mix, so the end product is a lot more polished and contructed than Sing a Song of Revolution, yet we've tried once again to really capture the live essence of the band. It has a really varied mix of songs on it - from flat out punk stuff, to celtic and pirate influenced tracks, to acoustic songs. Its very eclectic, and will be interesting to have an album that represents elements of the band that we dont always show in a dirty sweaty punk rock show."
Pre-orders can be made via the bands web page in December - the CD is due out mid-March '06 - preorders will be mailed in February.
http://www.thegoset.com.au/
HAMELL ON TRIAL TAKES ON FATHERHOOD, “FAMILY VALUES” AND PUNDIT GENITALIA ON SONGS FOR PARENTS WHO ENJOY DRUGS.
*IN STORES FEB 7TH, 2005*
“This album is for all those liberal-minded people who can’t fathom raising a child in this
world of non-tolerance,” explains Ed Hamell, otherwise known as the string-punishing, acoustic punk minstrel
Hamell On Trial. “I mean, there’s so much fuckin’ going on in the right; they’re populating the world.
Us lefties gotta catch up.”
Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs, Hamell’s fifth LP and second on
Righteous Babe Records, just might inspire people with common sense to
multiply. Full of his patented rapid fire strumming and snarling topical humor, the record
also benefits from the warm, unobtrusive production talents of Ani DiFranco
(who also contributes backing vocals, synth bass, keys, drums and kazoo).
Newfound fatherhood is the inspiration here: Hamell’s 3-year-old son, Detroit,
is all over the album, as a character in his dad’s lyrics and as a guest vocalist.
But this isn’t a Harry Chapin kind of party. The opening track, “Inquiring Minds,”
finds Hamell pondering what he’ll say when his kid asks him if he ever did drugs
or had premarital sex, eventually deciding, “I’m gonna lie.” “Values” finds
Detroit using our unqualified president to get out of learning his ABCs. “Is there some
kinda presidential school?/Is there some kinda test or exam to show you’re the qualified man?”
Hamell sings over ironically playful acoustic plucking. “Dad, I’m gonna hold off on class/You
can stick the alphabet up your ass.”
While he’s no stranger to social issues, Songs For Parents… may be his
most scathing indictment of the powers that be – and his most hysterical.
“I’ve never been as topical or angry as I am now, and that is a direct result of the kid.
He’s going to grow up in a country that’s in need of a serious mend, and as always,
I cling to humor to get me through it.” This combination of outrage and comedy produced the
most rollicking track of the album, “Coulter’s Snatch.” It’s as wonderfully sophomoric as the title suggests,
depicting W. masturbating, Rush Limbaugh and Condoleezza Rice’s sexual preference,
and an anatomical lesson about Ann Coulter.
Hamell On Trial sees this album as an answer to the question, “How can an anarchist raise a
child?” And like every good children’s story, Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs has a moral.
The guitar is mightier than the sword. ~Righteous Babe Records
http://www.hamellontrial.com/
Stuff the Turkey.....
The Pogues will be
performing six shows in the United States of America in early March, 2006.
The Fairytale Of New York single will be re-released December 19th in the UK. The band is
donating royalties from this release to charities for the homeless. The single
will be available as 7", CD and DVD
Also according to HELLO magazine Shane is to re-record 'Fairytale Of New York' with Kate Moss helping out.
The collaboration is to raise money for Justice for Kirsty MacColl. Read More from HELLO.
http://www.shanemacgowan.com/
Boston's The Gobshites are looking for a Female Tin Whistle/Bodhran player who could also do some backing vocals.
If people want to check out The Gobshite, they should go to http://www.myspace.com/gobshites
The Gobshites take Irish Music and give it a firm twist!
In The "tradition" of The Pogues, Black 47 and Flogging Molly, The Gobshites might turn an old Irish
standard into a rock and roll rave up... but turnabout being fair play, The Gobshites turn the tables
and transform old punk rock songs like, Black Flag's "Six Pack" or the Ramones "Long Way Back" into
Irish Sing Alongs!
Contact Pete:
acousticelticore@gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/gobshites
The Tossers frontman stripped down and undone -- T. Duggins' first solo CD is
set for release on January 24th (Thick Records). The 13 song record Includes a handful of
originals, covers of Dylan, Leadbelly, MacGowen, and Christy Moore, plus a few
traditionals for good measure.
http://www.thickrecords.com/deconstruct/
Melbourne, Australia's MUTINY have finished recording a new, yet untitled EP. They claim it's their best recording todate.
An Aussie release is expected shortly and hopefully a US release through Fistolo Records
Also MUTINY now boast an new accordion player - friend of Shite'n'Onions, Mr. Will Swan - good luck mate
http://www.mutiny.com.au/
The Mahone's new cd "Take No Prisoners" is now done.
The track listing for the new cd is:
Lots of friends of The Mahones join them for the recording sessions. The cd was recorded in Toronto (between tours)
at Telejet Studio in Queen St. West by Gene Hughes. It was produce by Finny McConnell and Gene Hughes.
Guests included Sruffy Wallace (Dropkick Murphys), Ian D'Sa (Billy Talent), Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies),
Psycho Dave (Brass Knuckle Therapy), Kai (Universal Love Attack) and Kevin Quain (The Mad Bastards).
The bonus track is from the Mark Gilligan solo cd, Bang The Drum which is only available in Europe.
The band plan to have it in stores early 2006. The cd will have 10 new recordings plus and bonus track they recorded
in Holland 2 years ago!
1. The Amsterdam Song
2. Take No Prisoners
3. Nancy Whiskey
4. The Weight...
5. Nightrain To Paris
6. Out Of Control
7. Whiskey In The Jar
8. The Market Song (Devil You Know)
9. A Little Bit Of Love
10. Too Late To Turn Back Now
Bonus Track
11. Irish Rover (from Bang The Drum)
As far as The Mahones go, wethey have past and present members of the band on the recording
including Finny McConnell, Dominic "The Bomb" Whelan, Sean Winter, Gene Hughes, Miranda Mulland,
Jonathan Moorman and Andrew Brown. Look for a brand new MP3 on their site very soon.
http://www.themahones.net/
From the Siobhan web site.........
Oh, my, ladies and gentlemen, how time flies.
I don't know how many of you are stil reading this shambolic, god-forsaken
thing, but guess what: Siobhan is not dead. I repeat, Siobhan is not dead.
Now, we're not having a "reunion tour" or any bullshit like that. I mean, come
on, those are for wankos like AC/DC, Motley Crue and Mitch and Mickey.
But! Ol' Jimmy is swinging back through Ottawa next year, so we thought: what
the fuck? let's play a show! So, if you're not doing anything on February 17th,
come on out to Zaphod's and see us. Tickets will be, like, six bucks or
something like that. Stay tuned.
Stay tuned, indeed! We are all looking forward to this rare chance to get back
together without practising and attempting to play the songs we've almost
entirely forgotten. And the best part about you people, o loyal and
extraordinarily tiny fan-base, is that you don't care if we play them right, so
long as there's a thumping bass drum and we swear a lot. God bless you. God
bless you all.
http://www.siobhan.ca