2016-04-05 VIDEOS - THE CEILI FAMILY 20 ANNIVERSARY SHOW

The Ceili Family celebrating St Patrick's Day, 20 years of The Ceili Family and their new EP "Ministry of Silly Folk". Video by Volker Hill (Weplay Video). Recorded March 19th 2016, Kulturzentrum Pelmke, Hagen!

The videos are also available at the Celtic Folk Punk YouTube channel (Playlist: Celtic Folk Punk 2016)

Setlist

Band of Bowsies
Alive
End of the day
Rise and Fall
Flip the coin
Tory King
Fall face first
Throw your Diary in the Garbagecan
Voices
Promotion
Body of an American (Pogues)
When the Ship comes in (Pogues/Dylan)
Last Ones Standing (Ceann Cover)
Dark Streets of London
Win the Lottery
The Screaming Whore of the Sargasso Sea
St. Finian's Bay
Socian (The Monroes Cover)
Cooley's Reel//Streams of Whiskey
Whiskey in the Jar
Black Velvet Band
Drunken Lullabies
Jack's Heroes
Viva la Quinta Brigada
Amazing Grace
Irish Rover
Dirty Old Town
Poor Paddy works on the Railway

The Ceili Family - 20 Anniversary Part I



The Ceili Family - 20 Anniversary Part II



The Ceili Family - 20 Anniversary Part III



The Ceili Family - 20 Anniversary Part IV



The Ceili Family - 20 Anniversary Part V



The Ceili Family - 20 Anniversary Part VI



The Ceili Family - 20 Anniversary Encores

2016-04-04 REVIEW - THE CEILI FAMILY "Ministry of Silly Folk" (2016)

The Ceili family "Ministry of Silly Folk"
Release date: March 1, 2016
Running time: 23:47, 9 tracks

2016 is The Ceili Family’s 20th Anniversary. The band from Hagen is the chain link between classic German bands from the 90’s (Fiddler’s Green, In Search of a Rose, Lady Godiva…) and the "new" German Celtic punk scene fronted by Mr. Irish Bastard in the XXI century. Curiously, The Ceili Family discography is far from being prolific: 1 single in 2014, 1 EP in 2000, two mini-albums in 2006 and 2016, and one album in 2009. That is, only 32 songs. Robin Hiermer and his band mates started covering songs by the likes of Christy Moore, The Dubliners,  The Pogues and Shane MacGowan, but on their second record “Tooraloo” (2006) they included their first self-penned song. And after that mini-album,  they have basically recorded their own stuff. Even if their universe is 100% Irish and The Pogues shadow is obvious, I found a The Whisky Priests twist on their “Tory Kings” songs (2009), due mainly to Volker Salzmann’s accordion.

The new mini-album is titled “Ministry of Silly Folk”. The album begins with a short “Intro” that is followed straightaway by “Ban of Bowsies”. The music is classic The Ceil Family sound. Robin’s vocals are angrier, the accordion takes the lead and the fiddle is a little bit backwards. I notice again that The Whisky Priests’ stamp. The next song is called “Alive” and it’s one of the album highlights: an upbeat song featuring Shane MacGowan sounding vocals by Robin and the same Glenn Miller inspired accordion playing.

“End of the Day” is a song written by Andrew David Watts aka Spider Mahone and Robin put music to the words. A quieter number  before another kick-ass Celtic punk song: “Throw Your Diary in the Garbagecan”. Accordionist Volker sings lead vocals on this amazing number that reminds me of standards like “The Jug of Punch” and "St. Anne’s Reel". The fiddle plays the major role on this song and on the next one: “Brain Cells”, an infectious fast-paced number sung by Robin.

Track no. 7 is the last of the new songs. It’s a ballad based on an idea by Christian Umlauf. I’ve said that it’s the last of the new songs, because it’s not the last song on the album. The Ceili Family have added the two songs from their previous single, “Keep Calm and Have a Ball with the Ceili Family”. Both songs are catchy celtic punk numbers. “Voices” moves to The Whisky Priests end and “Promotion” to The Pogues end (with a “Rainy Night in Soho” feel)

“Ministry of Silly Folk” is housed in a gatefold sleeve. There are no lyrics, but they can be found at the website, and all the relevant info is included: songs credits, studio credits, line-up and thank-yous.

One could think that The Ceili Family are a lazy band. However,I guess that The Ceili Family members have another commitments (works and families) and they cannot release as much recordings as their fans want. But I wish they could deliver more albums in their third decade. It would be very good for the Celtic punk-rock scene.

Tracklist:

1 - Intro 0:13
2 - Band of Bowsies 2:39
3 - Alive 2:30
4 - End of the Day 3:34
5 - Throw Your Diary in the Garbagecan 2:28
6 - Brain Cells 2:46
7 - Banks of Inishfree 4:02
BONUS TRACKS
8 - Voices 2:13
9 - Promotion 3:06    

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Review by Kinksmarkham

2016-03-12 VIDEO - THE CEILI FAMILY "Alive"

The Ceili Family video for "Alive", off their new album "Ministry of Silly Folk".

The Ceili Family - Alive

ROIO - THE CEILI FAMILY LIVE AT DRUCKLUFT, OBERHAUSEN 3 JUNE 2014

The Ceili Family were taped last June when they opened for The Roughneck Riot in Oberhausen (Germany).

Thanks to Minimax for recording the show and especially to Robin Hiermer a.k.a. Funkfuzzi for his kind permission to share this boot.

Please remember that The Ceili Family have recently released a two track digital single. It'd be rather nice if you could buy it. 

Click HERE to buy the single.

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Line-up:

Salzer - Accordion, vocals
Robin - Guitar, vocals
Schröder - Guitar, mandolin, vocals
Whiskey Wiese - Bass
Matthi - Drums
Erik, der Wikinger - Fiddle

Discography:

"Don't Eat Yellow Snow" (6 tracks, 2000)
"Tooraloo" (9 tracks, 2006)
"Tory Kings" (11 tracks, 2009)
"Keep Calm and Have a Ball with The Ceili Family" (2 track single, 2014)

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The Ceili Family Live at Druckluft

VIDEO - THE CEILI FAMILY "Promotion"

The Ceili Family have just released a video for the B-side from their new single "Keep Calm and Have a Ball with the Ceili Family"

The Ceili Family - Promotion

VIDEO - THE CEILI FAMILY "Voices"

The Ceili Family has released a new single. The two tracks are titled "Voices" and "Promotion". This is the official video for the former.

The Ceili Family - Voices

VIDEO - THE CEILI FAMILY "THE SCREAMING WHORE OF THE SARGASSO SEA"

Official video. An excellent song.





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THE CEILI FAMILY - Tory Kings

The Ceili Family, a 6-piece, Celtic folk-rock band out of western Germany, lists Christy Moore, The Dubliners and The Pogues pretty highly among their influences, and with their latest release, Tory Kings, it shows.

In the wide spectrum of styles in the Celtic Folk-Punk genre, The Ceili Family’s sound falls fairly squarely in with those of The Pogues’, The Mahones,’ and, to a lesser extent, The Greenland Whalefishers,’ with more of an emphasis on the folk-ish elements and less crunchy guitar distortion.

The bands’ instrumentation includes guitar, mandolin, accordion, bass, drums, and fiddle along with vocals, which were are all in English, despite the bands origins. These vocals ring in somewhere between a slur-free version of Popes-era Shane MacGowan, and The Mahones’ Finny McConnell for a clear and easy to understand lyric delivery.

All of the instrumentation is top-notch and impressive, but it is the accordion that I first noticed on Tory Kings, the band’s follow-up to 2007’s Tooraloo. It plays a major role in defining The Ceili Family sound, straddling between the traditional and the rock instruments, filling in the chords and providing a broad backdrop for the fiddle and mandolin to dance upon.

With Tory Kings, The Ceili Family continues with their “no frills folk ‘n’ roll” with a collection of all-original tracks proudly displaying their influences. The end result being an upbeat and enjoyable release that is easy to listen to, no matter what the mood.

Review by Christopher P. Toler, THE Blathering Gommel

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THE CEILI FAMILY - TORY KINGS New Album Out!

(Taken from the band's Myspace)

Here we go! The Ceili Family’s new CD! Nine songs written by themselves. After playing the music of Christy Moore, the Dubliners and the Pogues on „Don’t eat yellow snow!“. And after having one original Ceili Family tune on „tooraloo“. „Fall Face First“, a story taken from Shane MacGowan’s autobiography, got a great reception. The guy drinking 27 Gins and 7 pints of Stout leaving the Pub with applause...and falling face first on the floor outside the Pub. Reviewers like „Shite’n’Onions“ told the Ceili Family to have more Ceili songs and less cover versions. No problem. Here’s „pure Ceili“ on „Tory Kings“.

„Tory Kings“ is Irish-inspired, contemporary music. No messing around. Handmade Irish Entertainment Folk’n’Roll with no frills! „You cannot tell a good story, without a pack of lies“, Ronnie Drew once said in a TV show. The Ceili Family tells many a story. About the mutineers ending up in a bay with no Ladies at all. About devious Courtesans. Elation and devastation. Songs that make you happy, thoughtful and often thirsty.

The Ceili Family is on tour-a-loo since 1996. Played small Pubs and Dive bars, as well as well-known Open Air-Festivals all over Germany. The band crossovers a lot. Irish Folk Festivals, Village Fairs or other occasions. Meets purist legends like the Dubliners, infamous Shane MacGowan or harlequins like German artist „Honigdieb“. Size does not matter when it come to audiences. The Ceili Family does not care if they’re playing in front of a festival crowd of 2000 people or merely 50 drunks in a smokey Pub. The band always playing their hearts out. Presenting their own songs. And classics like „Whiskey in the Jar“ or „Dirty Old Town“ from time to time as well as trash-talking breaking out in laughter...

The Ceili Family celebrates every concert as if it was the last. Or their first...

TORY KING - FREE mp3 DOWNLOAD & VIDEO

Here's "Tory King" ! First single off the new CD "Tory Kings" due to release soon ! Tooraloo...here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdv_ghyyfgk

Free mp3 Download here:

http://www.ceilifamily.de/The_Ceili_Family__Tory_king.mp3


Also highly recommended: "Almost St. Patrick's Day, Vol.II" - Featuring New Model Army, Levellers, Mr Irish Bastard, Fiddler's Green and ... The Ceili Family among other great blokes !!! Enjoy !!! Tooraloo !!! Your Tory Kings.

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