2019-03-21 FULL CONCERT - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY LIVE AT MOTOCULTOR FESTIVAL 2017

We've been posting a full show every day. The last one, 23/23: Sons of O'Flaherty Live at Motocultor Festival, August 19, 2017.

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2018-06-15 VIDEOS - MOSCHE DIVELLUTO GRIGIO, LOCHNESZ, SONS OF O'FLAHERTY

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 Mosche di Velluto Grigio - Glasgow Town



Loch Nesz - Mr. Másnapos



Sons of O'Flaherty - The Lucky Ones
 

2017-08-27 ALBUM REVIEW - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY "The Road Not Taken" (2017)

Sons of O'Flaherty "The Road not Taken"
Release date: July 15, 2017
Running time: 38:21, 11 tracks

When I reviewed Sons of O’Flaherty’s demo in 2012, I wrote “As the band say that their influences are Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, The Tossers, Social Distortion or Bad Religion, I guess that they could soon evolve into a real Celtic Punk band and move from the pubs circuit to the rock venues circuit. They are young, they write their own material and a strong competitor to The Booze would help to establish a Celtic punk scene in France.” After listening to the songs that were put together on the “Misc Songs” EP from 2016, it was clear that they have really evolved in that direction.

Some members have gone and new ones have jumped in. Then, the personnel who recorded "The Road not Taken" was Tibo on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Maël on mandolin, banjo and background vocals, Théo on bass and background vocals, Lawrynn on tin whistle, harmonica and veuze, Tom on drums and Théo on electric guitar and background vocals. They launched a successful crowdfunding campaign and have released the debut album that their fans were expecting.

“The Road not Taken” takes its inspiration from writings by Robert Frost and Jack Kerouac. It’s packed in a four panel digipack together with a 12 page booklet including all of the lyrics to the songs, all of the credits and the thank-yous. If the packaging is flawless, the music itself is brilliant. Only a couple of standards have made the album, and 9 out of 11 tracks are self-penned songs.

The fans having followed the band from their beginning will notice that 3 songs were previously recorded by Sons of O’Flaherty. In fact, an earlier rendition of “Sam Hall” can be found on the band’s first demo. Obviously the song has been re-arranged: it keeps the original spirit, but it has got a bigger Celtic punk treatment with electric guitar and tin whistle. Fellows from the Folk’n’Punk brigade sing guest vocals too:  Seb (The Mullins), Greg (Jack Raven’s Whores) and Denis (The Moorings). “Once upon a Binge” and “Fields of Athenry” were released on the “Misc Songs” EP. The former differs from the original version. The intro and the spoken part in the middle have been removed. Moreover, the previous version featured fiddle by old member Mak, while the new one features Lawrynn on tin whistle. Apart from that, “Once upon a Binge” is a kick-ass drinking song and I’m sure that you’ll grab a pint straightaway when you listen to this song. “Fields of Atheny” is close to the Dropkick Murphys’ version. However, it has some influences from Neck’s version: the tin whistle and the “hey hey the small free birds fly” gang vocals.

Other amazing songs from “The Road not Taken” are Dropkick Murphys infused numbers. The opening track ”Dead and Gone” features veuze (the old bagpipes from Brittany), gang vocals and mandolin. The song can be filed together with “The Night Pat Murphy Died” and Soldat Louis “Sur Ma Tombe”:  “Cause when I’m dead and gone I want my party to be restless / And everybody smiling to the trumpet of Louis Armstrong / Wanna get my kicks one last time with the sweet hoarse voice of Mike Ness / I want a kick ass funeral and all my friends to sing along / I want a kick ass funeral and all my friends to sing along”. “The Better Claim” is an awesome boy/girl song à la DKM’s “Dirty Glass” or The Pogues “Fairytale of New York”. Guest Sophie (Burning Lady) sings the girl’s parts.

“Love me” is So-Cal punk at its best. Maël on mandolin and Lawrynn on veuze do a great job. “The Lucky Ones” is a fantastic number. It reminds me slightly of The Men They Couldn’t Hang. It’s based on acoustic guitar, mandolin and harmonica, but the end of the song featuring electric guitar has a The Real McKenzies sound. Matty (Roughneck Riot) guests on “Saint or Sinner”, a badass song blending Flogging Molly influences, the mandolin driven punk folk by Matty’s band and some Celtic soul on the chorus.

“Red Wine Teeth” was the song chosen for the first video off “The Road not Taken”. “Glory Days” and “The Townspeople” showcase a different side of Sons of O’Flaherty. Lawrynn plays harmonica on both songs. “Glory Days” is a ballad where banjo can be heard. “The Townspeople” has an American folk song touch. Kevin (The Decline) guests on vocals.

German writer Jean-Luc Bannalec / Jörg Bong’s Comissaire Dupin crime novels take place in Brittany. They have been a huge success in Germany and in other European countries. Sons of O’Flaherty are currently on tour and they’ll be playing a couple of gigs in Germany and Switzerland at the beginning of September.  I’m pretty sure that sooner or later Sons of O’Flaherty will be able to break through the German Celtic festivals circuit too.

Track listing:

01. Dead and Gone 03:00   
02. Sam Hall 03:30   
03. The Lucky Ones 03:44   
04. Once Upon a Binge 03:10   
05. Saint or Sinner 04:08
06. Red Wine Teeth 03:25
07. Fields of Athenry 03:57
08. The Better Claim 03:06   
09. Glory Days 04:07   
10. Love Me 03:17   
11. The Townspeople 02:55

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Review by Kinksmarkham

2017-07-19 VIDEOS - REBELLION ROSE, SONS OF O'FLAHERTY AND THE DISTILLERY RATS

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Rebellion Rose - Sehat Sealalu Sodaraku



Sons of O'Flaherty - Red Wine Teeth



The Distillery Rats - Shannon River Lady


 

 

2017-02-05 HELP SONS OF O'FLAHERTY TO FUND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM

Sons of O'Flaherty have recently launched a crowdfunding campaign for their 11 track debut album "The Road Not Taken".

Have a look to their videos and our reviews of their demo and EP here and then go to this page to help them:

https://fr.ulule.com/sons-of-oflaherty/

2016-06-22 VIDEO - LES FATALS PICARDS feat LES 3 FROMAGES "À la vie, à l'Armor"

Single from Le Fatals Picards upcoming album featuring Les 3 Fromages from Quibéron. Yes, one of Les 3 Fromages guys is Tibo, from our beloved Sons of O'Flaherty ;-)

Les Fatals Picards featuring Les 3 Fromages - À la vie, à l'Armor

2016-04-22 FREE DOWNLOAD - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY "Misc Songs"

Sons of O'Flaherty, the band from Brittany, has put together their latest songs on Bandcamp (The videos were already posted here). The 3 songs are a Name Your Price download, so it'd be great if you could pay something.

DOWNLOAD:

Bandcamp

2016-03-10 VIDEO - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY "Fields of Athenry"

Sons of O'Flaherty have a new video out. The band from Brittany will be playing at the St.Patrick's Day festival in Zaragoza (Spain) next March 19th, sharing the bill with their friends 13Krauss.

Sons of O'Flaherty -Fields of Athenry

VIDEO - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY "Drunken Rantings"

Sons of O'Flaherty live footage video for "Drunken Rantings".

Sons of O'Flaherty - Drunken Rantings

FEATURED BANDS AT CELTIC-FOLK-PUNK RADIO (15-16 MAY 2015)

These are the featured bands for this weekend:

- The Maggie Whackers (song from an upcoming French compilation)

- Sons of O'Flaherty (songs from an upcoming French compilation)

- Firkin Revox (three songs from "Finger in the Pie" featuring their new singer)

- Pirate Copy (songs from their latest EP)

- The Scally Cap Brats (songs from their second album)

- The Dullahans (song from a German compilation)

- In Search of a Rose (song from a German compilation)

and songs by The Crazy Rogues, Piñata Protest, Stone Clover, Cockswain, The South Shore Ramblers and more.

This is the weekend schedule:

Friday 15 May 2015

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

Saturday 16 May 2015

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

Sunday 17 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 exactly the same.

Tune in and enjoy!

http://celtic-folk-punk.playtheradio.com
 

http://www.radionomy.com/es/radio/celtic-folk-punk/index

FREE DOWNLOAD - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY "First Draft"

Sons of O'Flaherty are sharing on Bandcamp the demo that they released in 2010 (Name your Price).

The review can be found here.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sons-Of-OFlaherty/10797957258911

Tibo O'Flaherty : guitar, vocals
Théo O'Flaherty : bass, background vocals
Yanou O'Flaherty : guitar
Maël O'Flaherty : mandolin, background vocals
Mak O'Flaherty : fiddle, background vocals
Evan O'Flaherty : drums

DOWNLOAD:

http://sonsofoflaherty.bandcamp.com

 

VIDEO - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY "Once Upon a Binge"

Sons of O'Flaherty have released a video for the song "Once Upon a Binge" 

Sons Of O'Flaherty - Once Upon a Binge

REVIEW - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY - 5 track demo

Sons of O’Flaherty is a six-piece outfit from Vannes (French Brittany). The band was born at the pub John R. O’Flaherty and the original line-up was Gros Tibo (guitar, vocals), Mael (mandolin) and Mak (fiddle). The current line-up includes Théo (bass), Patrick (percussions) and P.E. (flute).

The 5 track demo CD the band has recently released is a good collection of rebel songs clearly influenced by The Dubliners, The Wolfe Tones and the early Christy Moore albums. Two of the tracks are well-known songs such as “Star of the County Down” and “Sam Hall”. However, IMHO, their self-penned songs are more interesting, particularly “Bobby (Sands)” and “Da Viken”.

As the band says that their influences are Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, The Tossers, Social Distortion or Bad Religion, I guess that they could soon evolve into a real Celtic Punk band and move from the pubs circuit to the rock venues circuit. They are young, they write their own material and a strong competitor to The Booze would help to establish a Celtic punk scene in France.

Tracklist:

1 – Bobby
2 – Star of the County Down
3 – Da Viken
4 - Sam Hall
5 – Sons (+ hidden track: “Molly Malone” drunken version)

www.myspace.com/sonsofoflaherty



Review by Kinksmarkham


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FIRE IN THE PUB - SAMPLER NOVEMBER 2010

01 - PENN DU - An Emsav (from their 2005 five track recording) 4.31
02 - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY - Da viken (from their Demo CD) 3:24
03 - CELTIC HANGOVER - Get Your Head Together (from "Drink Up") 6:08
04 - CELTIC HANGOVER - O'Neill's March/Toss the Feathers (From "Drink Up") 2:41
05 - BELFAST - Follow Me Up to Carlow (from "Beer on Asphalt") 3:03
06 - BELFAST - Beer on Asphalt (from "Beer on Asphalt") 2:36
07 - BELFAST - Merikay(from "Beer on Asphalt") 2:52
08 - BELFAST - Nashville (from their 2008 album) 2:54
09 - THE CLOSET SQUATTERS - Ding Dong Ditchin (from "Music on My Side") 1:45
10 - THE CLOSET SQUATTERS - Working Class Girl (from "Music on My Side") 1:25
11 - THE CLOSET SQUATTERS - Tony's Theme (from "Here We Go Again!") 2:36
12 - THE CLOSET SQUATTERS - Here We go Again! (from "Here We Go Again!") 2:14
13 - BARBAR PUNK - Raketova zakladna (from "Juch! Demo") 2:06
14 - BARBAR PUNK - Zas potahnem do boje (from "Juch! Demo") 2:42
15 - BARBAR PUNK - Pan azrik (from "Juch! Demo") 2:18
16 - BARBAR PUNK - Sudlicnik (from "Juch! Demo") 1:57

Track 1 Lyrics: Cédric,Music: Penn Du
Track 2 Gros Tibo
Track 3 Paul "Puck"O'Toole
Track 4 traditional arr.Celtic Hangover
Tracks 5 traditional, arr. Belfast
Tracks 6-8 Belfast
Tracks 9-12 Lopatka
Tracks 13-16 Barbar Punk

1 - PENN DU (Brittany/Île de France, France)

Celtic rock from Brittany.

www.myspace.com/penn.du

Line-up:

Anthony - Bass, vocals
Arnaud - Drums
Cédric - Bagpipes, bombardes
Eric - Vocals, guitar
Sébastien - Guitar
Xavier - Keyboards

Discography:

5 tracks (2005)

2 - SONS OF O'FLAHERTY (Vannes, Brittany, France)

A new rebel band from Brittany. Stay tuned, the review of their Demo CD will be posted in the following days

www.myspace.com/sonsofoflaherty

Line-up:

Mak - Fiddle, background vocals
Mael - Mandolin , basss , background vocals
Gros Tibo - Guitar , vocals
Théo - Bass , chant background vocals
P-E - Flute , bagpipes,
Yanou - Guitar
Patrick - Percussion , spoons

Discography:

Demos (5 tracks, 2010)


3 - CELTIC HANGOVER (France)

Tarditional tunes/songs and self penned songs by a French band fronted byan Irishman.

www.celtichangover.com
www.myspace.com/celtichangover

Line-Up:

Paul "puck" O'Toole - Accoustic guitar, vocals
Christy Dempsey - Flutes, whistle
Natty Brown - Accordion, vocals
Oddie Mc Quire - Fiddle
Nico (las) Dream - Drums, percussions,bodhran
Alphonse Mac Donald - Banjo,mandolin,vocals

Discography:

"Get Your Head Together" (14 tracks, 1997)
"Debout sous la table" (5 track EP, 1999)
"Thank You Good Night" (10 tracks, live, 2000)
"Run Away" (10 tracks, 2002)
"Drink Up" (13 tracks, live, 2005)
"En Concert" (11 tracks, DVD, live, 2006)
"The Hair of the Dog" (16 tracks, 2007)
"... Whispers from the Attic" (14 tracks, 2010)


4 - BELFAST (Moscow, Russia)

Paddybilly from Russia

www.belfast.ru
www.myspace.com/belfastru

Line-up:

Sean - Vocals, guitar
Julia (Alhana) - Bass, background vocals
Papa John - Lead guitar, background vocals
Houston Kid - Drums

Discography:

"Belfast" (6 tracks, 2002)
"???"(9 tracks, 2003)
"Pivo na asphalte" (2006)
"???" (2009)

5 - CLOSET SQUATTERS (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

This US band released a couple of albums. Now the band has changed the name to Sunday for Regret.

www.myspace.com/sundayforregret
www.purevolume.com/closetsquatters
www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=20498
www.lastfm.es/music/The Closet Squatters

Line-up:

Danny - Bass, vocals
Corsh - Drums
Rocio - fiddle)
Inga - Guitar, vocals
Buddy - Mandolin

Discography:

"Music on My Side" (12 tracks, 2004)
"Here We Go Again" (13 tracks, 2006)

Click on the title to buy the album.

6 - BARBAR PUNK (Brno, Czech Republic)

Folk punk from the Czech Republic.

http://barbarpunk.ic.cz
http://bandzone.cz/barbarpunk
www.facebook.com/pages/BARBAR-PUNK/189492732822

Line-Up:

Horset
Mamut - Electric guitar
Galli
Dan Vertigo
Dejv Bartejzek - Bass

Discography:

"Juch!" (4 track demo, 2009)

DOWNLOAD:

www.mediafire.com/?mfpoge3k1qvw9u5



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