REVIEW - FIRKIN "Keep on Firkin-Live in Budapest DVD" (2012)

Firkin "Keep on Firkin (live in Budapest)" Pump Jump Records PJR201202 2012
Release date: 28 December 2012
Running Time: 59:51, 18 Tracks
 
There are bands that release amazing albums but are unable to create the same atmosphere at their live shows. Fortunately, there are bands that issue awesome albums and they are even better on stage. Hungarian band Firkin is one of those bands. Following the spirit of the best Flogging Molly era, the lads (and girl) from Budapest  have one of the best discographies on this side of the pond. Traditional songs, FM covers, self-penned songs … you always get what you want.

Unfortunately, some of us have never enjoyed the band live. Although they have played outside Hungary, they have never visited our town. But we can buy the live DVD!!! OK, we cannot smell the sweat and feel the heat, but “Keep on Firkin” is the second best to a Firkin gig experience.

Eighteen tracks in one hour. All their hits sung both in English and Hungarian. The DVD shows Firkin at their best: two great vocalists (Barni and Pali), a great female fiddler and a kick-ass flutist. Their friends Jamie Winchester and István Pál Szalonna guest on Keyboards and fiddle.

Why should you buy the DVD instead of the mp3 version? Because cameras have been put among the audience, on the bass and on the flute. Because one can see how Barni tears his shirt and his jeans and how he begs when they are going to play “Beggarman”. Because … they are Firkin, and their music has a theatrical end that have to be watched.


Tracklist:

01 - Intro 4:19
02 - Borfohász 2:45
03 - Rocky Road to Dublin 2:10
04 - Vezet Majd a Szél 3:38
05 - The Galway Races 3:40
07 - Belfast Child 2:44
08 - Beggarman 3:31
09 - Eileen Og 3:09
10 - Kék Volt Az Égbolt 2:53
11 - Lord of the Dance 3:22
12 - Drunken Sailor Song 2:58
13 - Hetedhét Székely 4:42
14 - Jó 3:20
15 - Whup Jamboree 2:27
16 - Drunken Lullabies 4:37
17 - Firkinful of Beer 3:32
18 - Igyunk Pálinkát 3:51

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Click to buy:

http://firkinband.com/en/store/ (DVD)

http://www.amazon.com/Keep-On-Firkin-Live/dp/B00B812NO6/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_3_W51W (digital version)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/keep-on-firkin-live/id596016736 (digital version, USA)
https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/keep-on-firkin-live/id596016736 (digital version, Germany)

Review by Kinksmarkham