SAMPLER - MORE EUROPEAN BANDS

Six bands from Europe. Nobody Knows will be reviewed in January 2013. Stay tuned!

1) HAPPY OL'McWEASEL (Maribor, Slovenia)

http://www.happyolmcweasel.com
http://www.myspace.com/happyoldmcweasel
https://twitter.com/happyolmcweasel
http://www.reverbnation.com/happyolmcweasel
https://www.facebook.com/happyolmcweasel
https://soundcloud.com/happy-ol-mcweasel/no-offence

Line-up:

Gregor Jancic - Vocals
Primož Zajšek - Accordion
Martin Bezjak - Viola
Tine Trapecar - Acoustic guitar, banjo
Aleš Pišotek - Electric guitar
Bine Zorko - Bass
Aleš Voglar - Drums

Discography:

"Irish Rover" (1 track digital single, 2009)
"Hairy Grizzly" (1 track digital single, 2010)
"No Offence (10 tracks, 2012)

2) CAPTAIN BASTARD AND THE SCALLYWAGS (Canterbury, UK)

https://www.facebook.com/captainbastardandthescallywags
http://captainbastardandthescallywagsuk.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/CaptainBandtheScallywags
https://soundcloud.com/capn-b-and-the-scallywags
http://www.lastfm.es/music/Captain+Bastard+and+the+Scallywags

Line-up:

Ben - Accordion
Kenny - Bass
Jimmy Jimlad - Drums
Jordan - Mandolin, backing Vocals
Kayla - Pennywhistle
Keech - Lead vocals
Lucas - Electric guitar, random Shouts
Tom - Acoustic guitar, backing Vocals

Discography:

"The Racing Legend" (4 tracks, 2011)
"Fish Supper" (4 tracks, 2012)

3) KALEVALA HMS (Parma, Italy)

http://www.kalevalahms.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kalevala-hms/141388365908954
http://www.myspace.com/kalevalafolkmetal
http://www.lastfm.es/music/Kalevala+hms

Line-up:

Daniele Zoncheddu - Guitar, choir
Simone Casula - Vox
Emiliano Occhi - Bass
Dario Caradente - Flute, whistle
Arjuna Iacci - Accordion, mandolin, percussion
Tommy Celletti - Drums

Discography:

"Fall" (4 track demo, 1998)
"World End Inn" (7 tracks, 2003)
"Quinze Marins" (10 tracks, live unplugged, 2004)
"Rigamarole" (4 track promo EP, 2008)
"Quinze Marins Remastered" (15 tracks, live unplugged, 2008)
"Muschiere benefico invernale"(17 tracks, live, 2009)
"Musicanti di Brema" (12 tracks, 2011)
"There and Back Again" (12 tracks, 2012)

4) STREETWINGS (Madrid, Spain)

http://streetwings.eu
http://es.myspace.com/streetwings
https://twitter.com/StreetWingsBand
http://www.unaplauso.com/streetwings_av374e26.html
https://www.facebook.com/StreetWingsBand

Line-up:

Juan Luis Alonso - Kantele, pipes, flutes, bodhán
David Castro - Electric guitar
Jitka Kubesová - Fiddle, backing vocals
Manuel Larcher - Bass
Vicente Hervás - Drums

Discography:

"StreetWings" (5 track EP, 2011)
"Synchronized" (12 tracks, 2012)

5) SHEELANAGIG (Bristol, UK)

http://www.sheelanagig.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/sheelanagigmusic
http://sheelanagig.bandcamp.com
https://twitter.com/sheelanagig

Line-up:

Aaron - Violin, vocals
Adrian - Flute, tabla, banjo, vocals
Kit - Guitar, vocals
Dorian - Double bass, vocals
John - Drums, percussions, vocals

Discography:

"Uncle Lung" (11 tracks, 2006)
"Baba Yaga's Ball" (10 tracks, 2007)
"Freak Fools and Ghouls - Live!" (10 tracks, 2008)
"Cirque Insomnia" (9 tracks, 2012)

6) NOBODY KNOWS (Tangermünde, Germany)

http://nobodyknows.de
http://www.myspace.com/nobodyknowsstendal
https://www.facebook.com/nobodyknows.de
https://twitter.com/NobodyKnowsSDL

Line-up:

Max Heckel - Guitar, fiddle, banjo, lead vocals
Maximilian Heinrichs - Piano, organ, synthesizer, doubble bass, vocals
Thor Klein - Double bass, vocals
Ronny Heckel - Guitar, mandolin, harmonica, vocals
Aron Thalis - Drums
Georg Marth - Fiddle, guitar, vocals

Discography:

"Lyrik im Anzug" (12 + 7 tracks, 2012)
"folking Around" (17 tracks, 2011)
"We Folk You" (15 tracks, 2009)
"Freistunde" (11 tracks, 2008)
"Im Anzug" (8 tracks, 2007)
"Neue Wege" (16 tracks, 2006)
"Meet the Irish" (15 tracks, 2004)
"The Dancing Tree" (11 tracks, 2003)

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?90xawi97woh7o5b