Muirsheen Durkin and Friends - Drink with The Irish
Release date: November 29, 2014
Running time: 18:41, 5 tracks
After a debut album full of covers, Muirsheen Durkin and Friends are back with a highly recommendable EP. “Drink with the Irish”. The “Big Band” from Arnsberg is moving forward and 3 out of 5 tracks are self-penned songs.
The first number is titled “Drink with the Irish”. Accordion, electric guitar and tin whistle can be heard on this song that merges influences by the early The Porters and Lady Godiva (Remember that singer and tin whistler Mac Rünker was a member of that seminal Celtic punk band).
The German Celtic punk school flavour can be felt on track number 3 too. “The Pogues and Whiskey” is an amazing tribute to the band we all love, The Pogues.
Muirsheen Durkin and Friends deliver a new sound on track number two thanks to the addition of a bagpiper (who also plays on the last two tracks). “Tavern Song” gets a Celtic rock treatment with some German rock influences. Even if the running time is almost 5 minutes, one feels that it’s an upbeat short song.
To finish up, Muirsheen Durkin and Friends cover a couple of standards. The performances and arrangements are good, but, IMHO, there are already a lot of renditions of “Loch Lomond” and “Danny Boy”. On their previous album, Muirsheen Durkin and Friends included some covers that were not overexposed. If they had followed that approach, the balance original songs/covers would have been better on “Drink With The Irish”
Apart from that detail, “Drink with the Irish” is an excellent EP. I’m looking forward to listening to their next album featuring more original songs.
Release date: November 29, 2014
Running time: 18:41, 5 tracks
After a debut album full of covers, Muirsheen Durkin and Friends are back with a highly recommendable EP. “Drink with the Irish”. The “Big Band” from Arnsberg is moving forward and 3 out of 5 tracks are self-penned songs.
The first number is titled “Drink with the Irish”. Accordion, electric guitar and tin whistle can be heard on this song that merges influences by the early The Porters and Lady Godiva (Remember that singer and tin whistler Mac Rünker was a member of that seminal Celtic punk band).
The German Celtic punk school flavour can be felt on track number 3 too. “The Pogues and Whiskey” is an amazing tribute to the band we all love, The Pogues.
Muirsheen Durkin and Friends deliver a new sound on track number two thanks to the addition of a bagpiper (who also plays on the last two tracks). “Tavern Song” gets a Celtic rock treatment with some German rock influences. Even if the running time is almost 5 minutes, one feels that it’s an upbeat short song.
To finish up, Muirsheen Durkin and Friends cover a couple of standards. The performances and arrangements are good, but, IMHO, there are already a lot of renditions of “Loch Lomond” and “Danny Boy”. On their previous album, Muirsheen Durkin and Friends included some covers that were not overexposed. If they had followed that approach, the balance original songs/covers would have been better on “Drink With The Irish”
Apart from that detail, “Drink with the Irish” is an excellent EP. I’m looking forward to listening to their next album featuring more original songs.
Tracklist:
01 - Drink with the Irish 3:21
02 - Tavern Song 4:49
03 - Pogues & Whiskey 4:04
04 - Danny Boy 3:01
05 - Loch Lomond 3:24
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01 - Drink with the Irish 3:21
02 - Tavern Song 4:49
03 - Pogues & Whiskey 4:04
04 - Danny Boy 3:01
05 - Loch Lomond 3:24
Website
Reverbnation
Click to buy
Band's Store
Review by Kinksmarkham
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