SAMPLER OCTOBER 2011

01 - LES TRICARDS - On est tricard (from "Un poing c'est tout") 2:44
02 - LES TRICARDS - Un poing c'est tout (from "Un poing c'est tout") 4:11
03 - LES TRICARDS - Virés des Bars (from "Un poing c'est tout") 2:39
04 - THE LUCKY EEJITS - Broken (from "Fine Asian Gentleman") 3:21
05 - THE LUCKY EEJITS - Laddy's Song (from "A Pint in the Right Direction") 2:45
06 - THE LUCKY EEJITS - Drunk at Bunratty Castle (from "A Pint in the Right Direction") 2:56
07 - RAIN IN SUMMER - Angkat kembali gelasmu 3:05
08 - KEEP BRITAIN IRISH - The Foggy Dew 4:34
09 - KEEP BRITAIN IRISH - Rocky Road to Dublin 5:00
10 - KEEP BRITAIN IRISH - Follow Me Up to Carlow 2:56
11 - K-PASSA - Never Gonna Feel (from "The Morning After?) 4:28
12 - K-PASSA - Whispered Light (from "Born Again") 5:36
13 - K-PASSA - Louisiana Two Step (from "Born Again") 8:29
14 - WICKED TINKERS - I Want Whisky (Bonus Track) 0:33



1) LES TRICARDS (Alsace, France)

http://www.myspace.com/lestricards

Members:

Hector Boyaux - Pipes
Hammer Pierre - Bass
Arnaud Future - Vocals
Grossbaf - Drums
Guy Tarsaich - Guitar

Discography:

"Un poing c'est tout" (4 track EP, 2011)

Celtic Oi! from the East of France. They cover Peter and the Test Tube Babies' "Banned from the Pubs"

The full digital EP is available here:

http://trou2balle.records.free.fr/45tours/Les%20TRICARDS%20-%20Un%20poing%20c%27est%20tout/Tricards%20-%20Un%20poing.htm


2) THE LUCKY EEJITS (Concord, CA, USA)

http://www.myspace.com/theluckyeejits
http://www.reverbnation.com/theluckyeejits
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lucky-Eejits/44886882855

Members:

Casey AKA Chopz - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Mandolin
Laddy AKA Ladaconda - Drums, Background Vocals
Bo Bo
Papi
Tyler


Discography:

"Fine Asian Gentleman" (4 track demo 2007)
"A Pint in the Right Direction" (4 track demo 2008)

The band of the month. The tracks are available at their Reverbnation site.

"The Lucky Eejits are simple. We play music that we love and respect. We're not out there to antagonize like a lot of other bands are. We came together in May of 2007 and played our first show at the Concord Pavilion Battle Of The Bands, and ended as finalists. We've opened and headlined and are down for any show offered. We're all the best of friends and hope to keep it that way. We play our music with passion and creativity."




3) RAIN IN SUMMER (Bandung, West Java, Indonesia)


http://www.reverbnation.com/raininsummer
http://www.myspace.com/raininsummerpunkjava
http://id-id.facebook.com/pages/Raininsummerpunk/148291631867240

Members:

Az-war Sidick - Vocals
Si Rambon Summer - Guitar & back. vocals
Sule - Guitar & back.vocals
Adjie Hadhian - Guitar & back.vocals
Vai Andika - Drums

The third track from this Indonesian band.

The track is available at their Reverbnation site.


4) KEEP BRITAIN IRISH (Littleton, CO, USA)

http://www.reverbnation.com/keepbritainirish
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Britain-Irish/68317037544

Members:

Aaron Langton - Lead Guitar/Vocals
Jamey Evans - Acoustic Guitar/Vocals
Steve Brosius - Drums
Corey Johnson - Mandolin/Whistles/Vocals
Neal Landauer - Bass

The tracks are available at the band's Reverbnation site.

"It began in an unfinished basement in Littleton, Colorado as four long-time friends getting together to play music and drink beer. A love of Irish drinking songs was the common element in a group of four guys with rather eclectic tastes. Eventually, they gave in to requests to get out of the basement and play live.

Aaron Langton is a multi-instrumentalist who performs lead guitar duties for KBI. He has played in Denver-area bands for more than 20 years. Jamey Evans lends his voice to most of the songs while strumming the acoustic rhythm guitar. Years of singing and dabbling on the guitar have culminated in being the front man to Keep Britain Irish. Steve Brosius has been playing in area bands for years; whether playing the kit or the bodhran, Steve lends his style to the sound. We even let him out to sing occasionally! Corey “Cdawg” Johnson is the son of a musician and band director, so music has always been in his blood. Having done some professional singing he is also a multi-instrumentalist. Corey lays down the mandolin, guitar, penny whistle and the harmonica while providing lead and backup vocals. KBI is often joined on bass guitar by Neal Landauer who is a percussionist and guitar player with over 20 years playing in area bands.

We say we are a drinking band which means we want every time we play to be a party. We play traditional Irish Pub songs in the style of the Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners, but also contemporary Irish rock with covers of songs by the Pogues, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys and the Young Dubliners. Our influences show up in versions of Land Down Under (Irish-style), Walk the Line or Rockin’ the Free World.

We formed a band to have fun and we want you to have fun with us. Come and check us out, we look forward to seeing you.

Slainte…see you at the pub."

5) K-PASSA (Bristol, UK)

http://www.myspace.com/kpassaband
http://www.reverbnation.com/kpassa
http://www.lastfm.es/music/K-Passa

Members:

Simon Edwards - Vocals, Squeezebo
Madfiddler - Electric violin
Andy Burrows - Guitar
Emma Hughes - Vocals
Des Rogers - Bass
Greg White - Drums

Discography:

"Two Back From The Front" (1992)
"After The Headrush" (1994)
"Life On The Plains" (1995)
"The Morning After"(2 CD set, Best of, 1998)
"Born Again" (2001)

K-Passa disbanded some years ago, but they are playing sone reunion gigs now.

The tracks come from their Lastfm site (1) and from Mark Knight's site (aka Madfiddler)

http://www.madfiddler.co.uk/sounds.htm

"After the Headrush" can be bought from CDBaby:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kpassa

"K-Passa (kay'passa) n. 1.Collective name for a group of musical creatures, often seen frequenting the West Country. 2.Loud folk rock noise, can cause crowd euphoria. 3.Probable cause for outbreaks of spontaneous dancing [que-passa] .... Formed in 1988, this UK folk rock group has had numerous line-up changes throughout the decades. Local recognition led to their appearance on the main stage at the 1992 Glastonbury Festival. Their blend of folk, Cajun, dub and reggae are eminently displayed on the live cassette, Two Back From The Front. The grassroots response to their fiery performances has garnered this UK-based folk/roots rock band a huge audience following across europe and the UK. Vocalist, Simon Edward's voice, songs and squeezebox playing are the foundation for K-Passa's position as a favourite live folk-based act in Bristol, England."


6) WICKED TINKERS (Glendale, CA, USA)

http://www.wickedtinkers.com
http://www.myspace.com/wickedtinkersmusic
http://www.facebook.com/wicked.tinkers

Members:

Aaron Shaw - Great Highland Bagpipes
Keith Jones - Drums and Percussion
Warren Patrick Casey - Tapan, Bodhran
C.J. Henderson - Didgeridoo and Bronze-Age Irish Horn

Discography:

"Wicked Tinkers" (12 tracks, 1999)
"Hammered" (15 tracks, 2000)
"Loud" (15 tracks, 2002)
"Banger for Breakfast" (22 tracks, 2003)
"Whisky Supper" (16 tracks, 2005)
"Rant" (13 tracks, 2008)

The track is available at Bandcamp.

The albums can be bought from Bandcamp and from CDBaby:

http://wickedtinkers.bandcamp.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/wickedtinkers

"Prepare yourself for a wild ride with Wicked Tinkers! Pioneers of the growing Tribal Celtic movement, the Wicked Tinkers have been playing haunting, heart-pounding bagpipes and irresistible tribal drums as a professional touring band since 1995. With the addition, several years back, of the mesmerizing drone of the Australian didgeridoo and Bronze Age Irish horn, the magic was complete. Sit back and be transported to an earlier time in Scotland and Ireland, when battle cries filled the air and strange, unheard-of creatures roamed the night. Or better yet, get on your feet and let your body move to ancient rhythms and forgotten sounds.

Don't think this is dry, dusty music for museum shelves – Wicked Tinkers merge the best of modern, almost rock-and-roll energy with the hypnotic, insistent grooves of their Gaelic ancestors. Rare is the bystander who comes away without feeling a surprising, sometimes bewildering connection to long-forgotten primal emotions ... half-memories of ages past and experiences nameless yet somehow familiar. Wicked Tinkers creates music to set your jaw, put a fire in your belly, a glint in your eye and a dance in your feet.

In 1995, bagpiper Aaron Shaw met bass drum player Warren Casey at The Celtic Arts Center in Los Angeles, CA. Playing together, they discovered the simple beauty and power of the music created by these two instruments.

“The combination seemed to tap the very soul of Gaelic Music,” says Shaw.

This is the music you might have heard hundreds of years ago at a Scottish wedding celebration, or perhaps around the campfire of a Highland raiding party – a raw, exciting sound that touches you on a primal level. To express this feeling of the ancient within the modern world, Wicked Tinkers was born.

Over the years, the band has evolved. Keith Jones joined in on snare drum and hand percussion in 2000, followed by CJ Henderson on didgeridoo and the recently discovered Bronze-Age Irish Horn – a sound that was lost for over three thousand years. This strange and unlikely combination of instruments seems to access our deepest connection to a primal place that is both ancient and hauntingly familiar. It is the music of our Celtic ancestors, reimagined for the twenty-first century."

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?c574a6zc9a04736