Vol XI - ENGLAND

01 THE ROUGHNECK RIOT - Passing of a Hero 4.11
02 THE ROUGHNECK RIOT - Sinners and Saints 3:46
03 THE ROUGHNECK RIOT - Callaghan Street 4:44
04 THE ROUGHNECK RIOT - A Night in McCarthy's (Acoustic) 2:27
05 THE ROUGHNECK RIOT - Banished 3:22
06 THE ROUGHNECK RIOT - Gamblin' Days 2:45
07 THE ROUGHNECK RIOT - Mutiny 2:53
08 SMOKEY BASTARD - Boys Who Left the Band 2:31
09 SMOKEY BASTARD - Weigh Anchor 3:08
10 SMOKEY BASTARD - Curse the London City Gent 3:43
11 SMOKEY BASTARD - Steve the Twat 2:47
12 SMOKEY BASTARD - Sideways Up the Rubber Sprocket 3:25
13 SMOKEY BASTARD - Old Jack (Live) 6:36
14 SMOKEY BASTARD - Mrs. McGrath (Live) 3:32
15 TOMMY'S HEROES - Ali Ali 2:31
16 TOMMY'S HEROES - Only a Tavern 3:03
17 TOMMY'S HEROES - Tommy Was a Fighter 3:47
18 TOMMY'S HEROES - Pirates Life 1:43
19 TOMMY'S HEROES - To Sea My Love 4:31
20 3 SHEETS T'WIND - Johnny's Army 2:36
21 3 SHEETS T'WIND - Last of the Sun 2:09
22 3 SHEETS T'WIND - Bastardo de Toledo 2:33
23 3 SHEETS T'WIND - I'll Tell me Ma 2:11

The vol XI includes 4 English bands.

1) The first band is The Roughneck Riot, a 5 piece band from Warrington that has toured with The Mahones.

www.myspace.com/theroughneckriot

Apparently, the band will release an album called "Drain the Bar" in the following months.

2) The next band comes from Reading, Smokey Bastard, and has 7 members.

www.myspace.com/smokeybastard

The debut album will also be released in a few months.

3) The third band has four members and is from Leicester, Tommy's Heroes.

www.myspace.com/tommysheroes

Till now they have only released a couple of demos.

4) And finally, a band from Pontefract, 3 Sheets t'Wind.

www.myspace.com/sheetstothewind

This 4 piece band has already released a demo and an album:

"Songs From The Dole Queue" (5 tracks EP, 2007)
"Tales From The West Riding" (11 tracks CD, 2008)

DOWNLOAD:

www.mediafire.com/?e2zznij2njc

NEWS - THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG NEW ALBUM

"Devil On The Wind" is TMTCH brand new album. The track listing is as follows:

• The Ragged Shoreline
  
• Beast of Brechfa
  
• Mrs Avery
  
• Reservoir
  
• Overseas
  
• Heartbreak Park
  
• Aquamarine
  
• Real Rain
  
• Hard To Find
  
• The Lost World
  

The Album is released to UK retailers on June 1st on Irregular Records and distributed by Proper Music Distribution .

VIDEOS - THE WHISKY PRIESTS

This post has no downloads of mp3, but links to videos, and is a tribute to one of the essential bands of the Folk-Punk scene of the 80-90´s, The Whisky Priests.

The Whisky Priests were founded in Durham (North East of England) in 1985 by the Miller twins, Glenn (accordion) and Gary (Lead vocals and guitar) plus some friends. The band was active till 2000 and although there were a lot of changes of personnel, they were able to release several EPs, six studio albums and 2 live albums. At the bottom you will find the link to mediafire where I have put the biography of the band, the links to the reviews of several albums, all the Newsletters from 1994 to 2000, some promotional photos and the links to some stores where some of their albums are available.

Recently, Gary has posted some videos to YouTube, one from the first album "Nee Gud Luck", (1989), a couple of songs from "Think Positive!" at a German TV show and 11 tracks from the "Here Come the Ranting Lads-Live!" video (1999)

The first video is a promo video for "Street Paved with Gold" taken from "Nee Gud Luck" recorded at Beamish Open Air Museum in County Durham, broadcast on "On the Edge" Tyne Tees TV on 1990:

"Streets Paved with Gold"

The Whisky Priests promo video for 'Streets Paved With Gold' (taken from the album 'Nee Gud Luck' on Whippet Records WPTCD4 1989 / WPTCD20 1994). Video recorded at Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham, England - broadcast on 'On The Edge' Tyne Tees TV 1990

Gary Miller - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Glenn Miller - Accordion, Backing Vocals
Mick Tyas - Bass, Backing Vocals
Pete French - Fiddle
Steve Green - Drums
Gary Price - Mandola




The last studio album, "Think Positive!", was released in 1998 and, apart from the five members of the band at that time (Glenn, Gary, Hugh Bradley, Andy Tong and Cozy Dixon), there was an important guest or part-time Priest, Chuck Flemming, who played in the seminal Scottish Folk Rock outfit The JSD Band.

The two videos show the band performing "Car Boot Sale" and "Side by Side" on TV Berlin on October 9th, 1998:

"Car Boot Sale"

The Whisky Priests perform 'Car Boot Sale' from their 1998 CD 'Think Poisitive!' live on TV Berlin on 9th October 1998.




"Side by Side"

The Whisky Priests performing 'Side By Side' (from their 1998 CD 'Think Positive!') on Grosse Freiheit, TV Berlin on 9th October 1998 (part 2 of 2).

Gary Miller - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Glenn Miller - Accordion, Backing Vocals
Hugh Bradley - Mandola, Backing Vocals
Andy Tong - Bass, Backing Vocals
Cozy Dixon - Drums



The fourteen live videos are from the VHS version of "Here Come the Ranting Lads-Live" (1999), recorded at the Markthalle in Hamburg on October 10th, 1998. The track list of the video is as follows (Click on the link to see the video of every track)

1- Backstage Footage
2- Ranting Lads
3- Widows of Hartley
4- This Village
5- Alice in Wonderland
6- Side by Side
7- Song for Ewan
8- A Better man than You
9- Workhorse
10- When the Wind Blows Billy Boy
11- Success Express
12 - Mother Waiting - Part I
12 - Mother Waiting - Part II
13- Grandfathas Fatha

If you want to hear more tracks from this amazing band, go to

www.lastfm/music/The+Whisky+Priests

All the discography can be purchased from Bandcamp:

http://whiskypriests.bandcamp.com

And, finally, the link with all the information about the band:

DOWNLOAD

www.mediafire.com/?yyyeoznznm2

FREE DOWNLOADS - BLAGGARD

I don´t have too much information about this band. It is an Australian band that has released two albums and both of them are available for free.

Discography:

"Can't Write Can't Play Can't Sing" (8 tracks, 2006)
"Warm Stout" (10 tracks, 2007)

You can download both albums (tracks one by one) from their website. The lyrics are also available. Anyway, I have uploaded both albums to mediafire, including the lyrics.

DOWNLOAD:

http://web.aanet.com.au/blaggard/blaggard/(both albums, tracks have to be downloaded one by one)

http://www.mediafire.com/?w3jfjzm4mtu ("Can't Write Can't Play Can't Sing", including lyrics and artwork)

http://www.mediafire.com/?nzzdiytnnlk ("Warm Stout", including lyrics and artwork)

Vol. X HUNGARY

01 FIRKIN - The British Army 3:46
02 FIRKIN - Whiskey in the Jar 2:43
03 FIRKIN - Drunken Sailor Song 3:04
04 FIRKIN - Firnkinful of Beer 2:58
05 FIRKIN - Eileen Og 3:26
06 FIRKIN - No Nay Never 3:16
07 PADDY AND THE RATS - Hurry Home 3:21
08 PADDY AND THE RATS - Fuck You I'm Drunk 2:47
09 PADDY AND THE RATS - Ugly Drunken Woman 3:46
10 PADDY AND THE RATS - We Will Fight 1:55
11 PADDY AND THE RATS - Bang! 3:08
12 PADDY AND THE RATS - Freedom 3:42
13 PADDY AND THE RATS - Sailor Sally 2:45
14 PADDY AND THE RATS - Pub'n'Roll 3:42
15 PADDY AND THE RATS - Song of a Leprechaun 3:39
16 PADDY AND THE RATS - The Six Rats Rovers 3:01
17 BLACKRIDERS - Star of the County Down 3:15
18 BLACKRIDERS - Weile Weile Waile 2:55
19 BLACKRIDERS - Begggermann Song 3:55
20 BLACKRIDERS - Dublin Jack 2:34
21 BLACKRIDERS - Here We Go 3:10
22 RAT BOYS - Step it Out Mary 2:59
23 RAT BOYS - Tarry Trousers 5:16
24 RAT BOYS - Drunken Sailor 2:41

This sampler, no. 10, includes four bands from Hungary. Two are Celtic punk bands (Firkin and Paddy and the Rats) and two are folk-rock bands (BlackRiders, Rat Boys). The first two bands show clearly that excellent Celtic punk bands can be found elsewhere.


Firkin comes from Budapest. The band was founded by an old member of MEZ, the main Hungarian Celtic folk band. This 7 piece outfit has released a 5 tracks promotional single in 2008 (with some Flogging Molly covers) and intend to release its first album during 2009.

www.firkinband.com

Paddy and the Rats are from Miskolc. The band has six members and they are sharing their songs for free.

http://paddyrats.com


BlackRiders play American Folk Music and Irish Folk Music. They are not as interesting as the previous bands, but you can enjoy them. Till now they have released a demo tape and a couple of albums.


www.blackriders.hu

Finally, Rat Boys. This band has a classic folk rock approach, with a female singer. They have also released a demo tape and two CDs.

http://irmus.bke.hu/main/angol/bandainfo/stm?Rat_Boys

DOWNLOAD

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmlyezeegqk

FREE DOWNLOADS - WHITE OWL

This comes from the band's own website: "White Owl is a Russian folk-core group, created in Moscow, who plays music from different nations adapted in various styles. Since the tastes of the musicians don't belong to the same genre, their arrangements are mixtures of such traditions as Alternative, Indie, Hard Rock, Hardcore, Disco, Folk Tradition and even Renaissance. The ways some folk standards such as "Lord of the Dance" or "Cunla" are presented can be taken for a joke. And this is true - it was a joke at first but then the White Owl found that the idea was well enough for taking it seriously."


White Owl is:

Hagnir: vocals
Natalya Scherbakova: drums
Artem Ryabov: bass
Anatoly Velichkin: fiddle
Vladimir Korzhev: guitar

The band has recorded two albums till now:

"Away from the Shore" (10 tracks, 2000)
"Pepper" (11 tracks, 2006)

Both of them are available for free download. The first one can be downloaded from the band's website. In the Russian version you can download some tracks from the second album one by one, the lyrics from both albums in PDF and a 24 Mb zip file with the first album. In the English version you can download some tracks from the second album and all from the first album, but one by one.

The complete second album can be downloaded for free from Jamendo. Click on "descargar" and when the new window opens, click on the top "vinculo directo"


DOWNLOAD

http://www.whiteowl.ru/music/

http://www.whiteowl.ru/eng/music/

http://www.jamendo.com/es/artist/white.owl (only the second album)

Vol. IX CZECH REPUBLIC

01 - Benjaming Band - Svihak 2:57
02 - Benjaming Band - Bohove na Hrad 3:01
03 - Benjaming Band - Historie 2:59
04 - Benjaming Band - Byzniz 3:55
05 - Benjaming Band - Americke Popelniky 2:45
06 - Benjaming Band - Svobodou Spoutani 3:23
07 - Benjaming Band - Zraloci 3:55
08 - Pilsner oiquell - Svata Pravda 3:30
09 - Pilsner oiquell - Zapal si Vlasy 1:52
10 - Pilsner oiquell - Karlos 1:56
11 - Pilsner oiquell - Bozkov 1:16
12 - Pilsner oiquell - Stuj co Stuj 3:08
13 - Pilsner oiquell - Prava Laska 3:31
14 - Divokej Bill - Sibenice 4:07
15 - Divokej Bill - Plakala 3:22
16 - Dick O'Brass - Valdstejn 4:31
17 - Dick O'Brass - Skotska 3:07

This sampler includes 4 Czech bands, two bagpipes punk bands, an indie/alternative band using folk instruments and one Celtic Folk Rock band.

The first band is Benjaming Band, a true bagpipes punk band that I have really enjoyed. They sing in Czech and their website is in Czech too. Apparently, they have a long discography, but I feel that some of these recordings could be demos.

"Uvitacka" (11 tracks, 2002)
"Berlin" (9 tracks, 2003)
"Chlapi to Maj Tezky" (6 tracks, 2004)
"Palirna" (11 tracks, 2004)
"Svihak" (14 tracks, 2005)
"Americke Popelniky" (16 tracks, 2008)

www.benjamingband.cz

The second band, Pilsner Oiquell, is an oi! band influenced by Dropkick Murphys that has added a piper to its line-up. The name of the band is based on a well-known Czech beer, Pilsner Urquell:

This band has covered some DKM and Real McKenzies songs.

"Zivot Je Boj" (14 tracks, 2001)
"Svata Pravda" (15 tracks, 2004)
"Zapal si Vlasy" (7 covers EP, 2006)
"Na Zapadny Fronte Klid" (12 tracks, 2008)

www.oiquell.eu

The next band is neither a Celtic Rock, nor a Celtic Punk band, but they use folk instruments (fiddle, banjo, accordion). The name of the band, Divokej Bill, means Wild Bill (Hycock). This band has a close relationship with the Levellers. They have played at the Levellers' Festival (Beautiful Days) and the Levellers have played at Divokej Bill's Festival. Besides, Divokej Bill has toured Great Britain with the Levellers. They have released some albums and two DVD.

"Demo" (4 tracks, 1997)
"Sedm Statecnych / The Magnificent Seven" (demo 7 tracks, 1998)
"Osm Statechnych / The Magnificent Eight" (demo, 9 tracks, 1999)
"Propustka do Pekel / Passport to Hell" (14 tracks,2000)
"Svatá Pravda / Holy Truth" (16 tracks,2001)
"Mezi Nima / Amongst Them" (11 tracks,2003)
"Lucerna" ( CD+DVD 17 tracks,2004)
"Divokej Bill / Wild Bill (11 tracks,2006)
"Rock for People" (DVD 18 tracks,2007)

www.divokejbill.cz

The last band, Dick O'Brass, is a Folk Rock band that has released only one album,

"Disk O'Brass" (11 tracks, 2006)

www.dickobrass.cz

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?nztzmjyyzjn

FREE DOWNLOADS - CERCAVINS

Cercavins is a band from Lerida, in the Catalonia region (Spain). The band started back in 1997 as a traditional band, but little by little they become a Folk Rock band. Nowadays they are an eight piece and have released three albums and two demos.

www.cercavins.cat

Cercavins is:

Laia Lopez: vocals
Gerard Sala: drums
Dani Mardones: bass
David Mardones: guitars
Bep Muñoz: flute and vocals
Jaume Medico: whistles
Meritxell Freixes: fiddle
Joan Lozano: guitars

Discography:

"Cercavins MTM 04 Maquetes" (demo, 1997)
"La Cova del Creco" (11 tracks album, 10 traditional+1 original, 2002)
"Cercavins" (3 tracks demo, 2004)
"El Mon Sona" (12 tracks album, 2005)
"No Se Si Dir Te El Que Tinc Al Cap" (9 tracks album, 2008)

The band offers the possibility of download free the last two albums. If you enjoy them, you can buy them through Paypal.


DOWNLOAD:

http://www.cercavins.cat/descarrega2.htm(album 2005)

http://www.cercavins.cat/descarrega.html (album 2008)

FREE DOWNLOADS - KETAMINA

Ketamina is a band from Sao Paulo that blends street punk, 77 punk, Irish Punk and R'n'R. This is what they say "Since 2003/2004, Ketamina is a Street Punk band From São Paulo, Brazil.Our songs talk about, fun, some problems & beer beer and beer. Our influences are Toy Dolls , Blanks 77, Sham 69, The Pogues, The Clash, Dubliners

Crazy and Insane IrishPunkfuckingDrunk'n roll"

www.myspace.com/ketamina77

Ketamina is:

Fabio: vocals
Victor: drums
Flavio: bass vocals

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Skeeter: mandolin
Joby: bagpipes

Til now, Ketamina has released two demos and one album:

"Até o Fim"
"Nao corte meu Topete"
"Pode Vir Me Internar" (16 tracks album)

All of them can be downloaded for free.

DOWNLOAD:

www.4shared.com/file/71943213/bee46cab/Ketamina_-_Pode_vir_me_internar.html (only the album)

www.tramavirtual.com.br/ketamina (the two demos and the album, you have to register and to download track by track)

www.mediafire.com/?qzwmwzncmqz (I have put together a zip file with both demos here)