Vol IV ITALY

01 - Como Lake Rovers - 100 Lire 3:08
02 - Como Lake Rovers - 1959 4:07
03 - Como Lake Rovers - The Fields of Athenry 4:21
04 - Como Lake Rovers - Friday Night 2:27
05 - Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Caro Fratelli 4:11
06 - Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Contro Vento Folk Edit 2:55
07 - Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Per le Vie degli Irish Pub 2:43
08 - Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Rudy 3:43
09 - Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Il Soffio del Nord 4:55
10 - Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Una Canzone Dosteria 3:28
11 - Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Il Cuore d'Irlanda 2:57
12 - The Drunk Butchers - Polke 2:14
13 - The Drunk Butchers - Whiskey You're the Devil 2:51
14 - The Drunk Butchers - Star of the Co. Down 2:15
15 - The Drunk Butchers - Whiskey in the Jar 3:11
16 - The Drunk Butchers - La Brigatta Garibaldi La Lega 2:43
17 - The Drunk Butchers - Piccola No Global Remix 6:10
18 - Modena City Ramblers - Music of the Time 5:36
19 - Modena City Ramblers - Viva la Vida 4:10
20 - Modena City Ramblers - Mondinas Bella Ciao 3:08
21 - Modena City Ramblers - Roisin the Bow 5:33

The four bands are:

1. Como Lake Rovers

www.comolakerovers.net

Discography:

Demo (4 tracks, November 2008)

The 4 tracks are included in this sampler.

2. Mosche di Velluto Grigio

www.moschedivellutogrigio.it

Some tracks from several albums.


Discography:

Dopo la Tempesta (2003) 

Nel Cuore (2006) 

Quelle Notti Giu in Paese (Live, 2006) 

La Legge delle Lucertole (7 tracks EP 2007)

3. The Drunk Butchers

Some live tracks and some tracks from the EP "Free Covers in a Free Country"


Discography:

Free Covers in a Free Country (6 tracks EP, 2007)


4. Modena City Ramblers

www.ramblers.it

Some tracks from their last album produced by Terry Woods. I prefer the earlier albums "Riportando Tutto a Casa", "Grande Famiglia" and "Raccolti". They have moved from a Pogues style band to a Mano Negra and Manu Chao influenced band.


Discography:

Riportando Tutto a Casa (1994) 

La Grande Famiglia (1996) 

Terra e Libertà (1997) 

Raccolti (1998) 

Fuori Campo (1999) 

Radio Rebelde (2002) 

¡Viva la Vida, Muera la Muerte! (2004) 

Appunti Partigiani (2005) 

Dopo il Lungo Inverno (2006) 

Bella Ciao (2008)

Outtakes:

Folkabbestia

www.folkabbestia.it

Irishtarantagypsyfolkrock from Italy


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Vol. II SWITZERLAND

01 - FLYING DUTCHMAN - Drunken Crew 2:08

02 - FLYING DUTCHMAN - Ben 3:01

03 - FLYING DUTCHMAN - A Night on the Sea 2:24

04 - FLYING DUTCHMAN - Place of Destiny 1:54

05 - CENK - Brouette-Pastèque 1:32

06 - CENK - Can-Can 1:34

07 - CENk - Lost My Veste 1:55

08 - CENK - Berbés 2:18

09 - CENK - Immer Verspät 2:19

10 - CENK - Vox Populi 1:40

11 - CENK - Le Chien du Voisin 1:59

12 - PUBSIDE DOWN - Rockin' Landlady 3:49

13 - PUBSIDE DOWN - I Can't Dance when I'm Drunk 3:29

14 - PUBSIDE DOWN - Keen On Green 2:37

15 - PUBSIDE DOWN - Unreel 2:51

16 - PUBSIDE DOWN - Too Late to Stay 4:35

17 - PUBSIDE DOWN - Devil in the Kitchen 2:32

18 - PUBSIDE DOWN - The Irish Do 3:13

19 - VAD VUC - Fisherman's Blues 4:23

20 - VAD VUC - Lark in the Morning 1:07

21 - VAD VUC - Scrafignaa in da l'umbra 3:39

22 - VAD VUC - C'era una Volta 3:26

23 - VAD VUC - Mr. Jimmy LIVE 4:24

Switzerland is a small country with four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romance. This diversity can also be found in the bands.

1) The Flying Dutchman

www.myspace.com/flyingdutchman5

Discography:

Now's Dutchman Time (Demo, 2007)

All the tracks are from their demo.

2) CENK

www.cenk.ch

Discography:

First Draft (Demo 4 tracks, 2004)

Congrès Extraordinaire des Nanophysiciens en Kilt (Demo 5 tracks, 2004)

Canari Esquimau de Nonante Kilos (EP 5 tracks, 2005)

New EP to be released in 2009

One of the members is from Spanish origine and they say that bands such as Os Diplomaticos de Montealto are among their influences.Then, the Galician pipes can be heard in some tracks.

One track from “First Draft”, one track from “Congres Extraordinaire de Nanophysiciens en Kilts” and all the tracks from “Canari Esquimau de Nonante Kilos”

3) Pubside Down

www.pubsidedown.com

Discography:

Keen on Green (11 tracks album, November 2003)

Devil in the Kitchen (13 tracks album, September 2005)

The Irish Do (12 tracks albums 2009)

Four tracks from “Keen on Green”, two tracks from "Devil in the Kitchen” and the single from “The Irish do”

Their albums are available at www.cdbaby.com

4) Vad Vuc

www.vadvuc.ch

These guys are from the Italian speaking area and they are influenced by The Pogues, Mano Negra, Modena City Ramblers and Folkabbestia.

Discography:

Murrayfield Pub (5 tracks EP, 2003)

Il Monastero dei Folli (12 tracks album, 2004)

Trans Roonkaya Express (15 + 11 tracks 2CD set limited edition, 2006)

Trans Roonkaya Express (15 tracks, 2007)

The Vad Vuc and Little Orchestra (6 tracks EP, 2007)

Four tracks from “Trans Roonkaya Express” and one live version.

My recommendations: The Vad Vuc and Pubside Down.

The outtakes:

Glen of Guinness

www.glenofguinness.ch

A kind of a Swiss Pogues. The have released 8 albums, but sometimes they are a little bit irregular regarding the quality of the songs.

Tortilla Flat

www.tortillaflat.ch

4 albums and a couple of EPs

Beyond the Fields

www.beyondthefields.com

One album

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