2018-10-20 VIDEOS DERINA HARVEY BAND, CAPTAIN TRACTOR, CAROTTÉ

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Derina Harvey Band - The Fallen Man's Daughter
 


Captain Tractor - Back into View



Carotté - Chant de Pot





 

2018-09-24 VIDEOS - CLOVER'S REVENGE, DERINA HARVEY BAND

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Clover's Revenge - Will We Ever Make It Home



Derina Harvey Band - Farewell to Nova Scotia LIVE from Terrace, BC



Derina Harvey Band - Excursion Around the Bay LIVE from Terrace BC

2018-07-24 VIDEOS - DERINA HARVEY BAND, ALLY CARAVAN, FOX'N'FIRKIN

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Derina Harvey Band - Up all Night



Fox'n'Firkin - Sail Away


Ally Caravan - Avian Navigation

2016-05-03 ALBUM REVIEW - DERINA HARVEY BAND "Rove and Go" (2016)

Derina Harvey Band "Rove and Go"
Release date: May 3rd, 2016
Running time: 42:55, 10 tracks

More Celtic rock from Canada. After having released a debut album based on covers, Derina Harvey Band are back with another album featuring some original songwriting. Derina Harvey (vocals, acoustic guitar), Steven Pinsent (drums, percussion), Scott Greene (electric guitar, vocals), Edward Smith (bass, keyboards, vocals) and Matthew O’Connor (fiddle, banjo and mandolin) have recorded a well-balanced album featuring some well-known songs and a bunch of Canadian classics.

The album opens with the titled track “Rove and Go”, a song that “depicts the resilience of the Newfoundland and Labrador people during the resettlement of many of their communities”. Awesome number featuring banjo, brilliant fiddling by Matthew and great vocals performance by Derina.

The second track is a cover of Dougie MacLean’s “Caledonia”. The Scottish unofficial anthem was also covered by the Dutch band Scrum and Derina Harvey Band’s rendition is amazing too. Derina sings the poignant lyrics as if she had wrote them herself and the rest of the band backs her perfectly. I love the fiddle arrangements and the “Nashville” twist.

On track number 3, the traditional song “Sarah”, Derina Harvey Band moves to the Great Big Sea musical territory and, obviously, they do it as if they hail from Newfoundland too. The song begins with Derina singing a cappella and the boys doing the backing vocals, but soon it gets a full band electric treatment. The rhythm section and the electric guitar do a great job. Another highlight on the album.

“Galway Girl” has become the “latest” Celtic standard, as a lot of Celtic punk / Celtic rock bands have covered this song in the last 2-3 years. The cover begins acoustically, and fiddle, bass and drums join soon. Excellent fiddle and mandolin arrangements together with Derina’s powerful vocals.

“Sheilagh’s Brush” is the band’s second original effort. They have added a new part to the usual set of tunes “Tam Lin/Catharsis”.

“The Last Shanty” is a song written by Tom Lewis, an English songwriter living in Canada. Once again, DHB gives the song a Figgy Duff / Great Big Sea twist. And the fiddle tune that has been added rocks!!!

Celtic punk/rock fans are familiar with Ewan MacColl, and new fans are not aware of the work made by other excellent songwriters like Scottish/Australian Eric Bogle and Canadian Stan Rogers, the man who wrote “Barrett’s Privateers”. “The Mary Ellen Carter” is another fantastic song written by Stan. Once again, DHB reminds us that there is a big treasure chest of songs to pick up instead of covering the usual Irish pub standards that every single band has already covered.

“The Last Saskatchewan Pirate” is maybe what their neighbours from the South call Canadian self-deprecating humour. IMHO, The Arrogants Worms’ song is a kick-ass number and DHB’s rendition gives Captain Tractor’s a run for their money.

“Spancil Hill” is a well-known song that has been covered, for instance, by The Corrs and Christy Moore (it was also covered by Christy Moore and Shane MacGowan at a TV show). DHB has really worked on the song and the electric guitar arrangements are rad.

The album ends up with “Song for the Mira”, a song by Allister MacGillivray. It’s a live unedited solo studio recording.

The four panels depict the front cover (a painting of the house being towed across the ocean to a new home), a “letter” to the fans by Derina, a sheet stating the songs credits, studio credits, line-up and band’s pic and the rear cover with the tracklist and a big band’s pic. The album was funded and produced by the band and recorded at Power Studios in Edmonton. Scott Greene engineered the album and it was mastered in Hollywood, CA, by Mike Wells Mastering. The artwork was made by Sheilagh Harvey and the layout and design by Kyna Harvey.

“Rove and Go” is a highly recommendable album. Yes, there are a lot of covers, but they are not the usual covers. Moreover, DHB add something new to every single song that they have covered. I don’t like to listen to a cover that is an exact copy of the original and DHB have done a great job. And the Canadian spirit can be noticed all along the album. Grab a copy straightaway!
 

Tracklist:

01 - Rove and Go 4:10
02 - Caledonia 4:50
03 - Sarah 3:19
04 - Galway Girl 3:06
05 - Sheilagh's Brush 3:04
06 - The Last Shanty 3:46
07 - The Mary Ellen Carter 6:06
08 - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate 4:47
09 - Spancil Hill 5:21
10 - Song for the Mira 4:05

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Review by Kinksmarkham

DERINA HARVEY BAND WANTS YOU TO PRE-ORDER THEIR NEW ALBUM

Hello friends of Derina Harvey Band!

We don't email you folks very often, but we've got some big news to share.

We have a new album coming out in March, 2016 called "Rove and Go" and we've partnered with PledgeMusic to give it to you early! The pre-order is now open through our PledgeMusic website.

When you order anything from this website (everything from music lessons to birthday phone calls to paintings to packs of playing cards!), included in your purchase is a digital download of "Rove and Go" which will be made available to you by January 5th, 2016, months ahead of the official release!

That said, if we reach 100% of our goal, we promise to give you the digital download earlier than January, perhaps just in time for holiday festivities? Also, if we reach 100% of our goal, we will make a vinyl edition of the new album, which would be pretty sweet! In the meantime, on the PledgeMusic site, we'll give you updates as we finish the album and also access to exclusive content over the course of the pre-order campaign.

So, if you enjoy what we do in Derina Harvey Band:
 

- Go to our page on PledgeMusic and shop around to get the album and contribute to us reaching our goal! When you do, you'll also be giving to charity, as a portion of the proceeds will go to a local Edmonton charity "E4C", for their inner city school lunch programs. 

- Spread the word! Tell all your friends! Forward this email, share the PledgeMusic page with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

-  Stay tuned to the PledgeMusic site for updates!

We've been waiting for a long time to share this album with you and we can't wait for you to hear it. We'll be in touch!

Cheers,
Derina, Steve, Matt, Ed, Scott 

FREE DOWNLOAD - DERINA HARVEY BAND "s/t"

Derina Harvey Band is a kick-ass Celtic rock band from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada). Their debut album was featured at Celtic-Folk-Punk radio last weekend and it's available at Bandcamp (Name Your Price). You can downloaded it for free, but a few Dollars would be highly appreciated by the band.

An original signed CD can be purchased from the band's store (Only Canada).

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Derina Harvey - Vocals/Guitar.
Steve Pinsent - Drums.
Matt O'Connor - Fiddle.
Ed Smith - Bass/Vocals.
Scott Greene - Guitar/Vocals

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FEATURED CDs AT CELTIC-FOLK-PUNK RADIO (29-30 May 2015)

These are the featured CDs at Celtic-Folk-Punk Radio this weekend:

- Skontra "Foguera"
- Derina Harvey Band "s/t"
- Drunken Dolly "Drunken Dolly and the Drunken Man's Curse" EP
- Lexington Field "Greenwood" (4 tracks will be advanced. Another 4 tracks will be played next week)

Weekend schedule as follows:

Friday 29 May 2015

6h00, 10h00, 14h00, 18h00 and 22h00 (CEST, Paris-Berlin-Rome time)

Saturday 30 May 2015

2h00, 6h00, 10h00, 14h00, 18h00 and 22h00 (CEST, Paris-Berlin-Rome time)

Sunday 31 May 2015

2h00 (CEST, Paris-Berlin-Rome time)

There are two different playlists, and therefore every 4 hours the songs won't be the same. Besides, the order will be different every day. That is, if you can only listen to the radio on Friday,  for instance, at 22h00, you can listen again on Saturday at 22h00, since the songs won't be the same.

Tricks Upon Travellers "Live and Acoustic" 2000) is the live album that will be played on Saturday at 20h00 CEST.

Seven Nations "Big Dog" (1996) is the essential album that will be played on Saturday at 23h05.

Tune in and enjoy!

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