AHEAD TO THE SEA- New album on 17 October 2009

The German band Ahead to the Sea will be releasing their third album "Still Angry, Still Happy" next Saturday (October 17th 2009).

The Release Party will be held at the Nagoldhalle in Pforzheim-Dillweisenstein (Bus line no. 3 from the Train Station)

The track list is as follows:

1 .still angry, still happy 3:27
2. antifascist folkpunk-action / pueblo unido 4:58
3. smile & infiltrate 5:00
4. my voice 4:50
5. zur lage der nation 7:11
6. up ya arse 4:10
7. chanson des armen musikers 1:36
8. one, ten and hundred 3:22
9. alive 2:58
10. leute wie ihr 5:10
11. vielen dankeschön 5:22
12. valse de rocher et ressac 3:18
13. schritte dub 7:09

Some of the new tracks can be heard at the band myspace page:

www.myspace.com/aheadtothesea

If you are interested in buying the CD, please contact the band:

to.the.sea@web.de

THE BOOZE (BROTHERS) - New album to be recorded

(Taken from the band's MySpace page) The French band The Booze (formerly known as The Booze Brothers) will be recording their brand new album Live at the Rio "Montauban" next November 26th at 19h00.

Free entrance !!!

The album will be released on March 17th 2010 (St. Patrick's Day)

26 Novembre 2009 à 19:00 enregistrement Live au Rio "Montauban" du nouvel album !!!

Sortie 17 Mars 2010

Cost: gratuit

VENEZ NOMBREUX !!!


www.myspace.com/tradpunkbooze

JOHN JONES - RISING ROAD - New Album

(Taken from John Jones MySpace page)

www.myspace.com/johnjonesoyster

Oysterband's John Jones is going back to his roots with his debut solo CD, Rising Road. After 30 years with Oysterband, John has teamed up with friends old and new to explore and re-invent some of the classic traditional songs he loved in his youth, which stand alongside several beautiful, self-written tracks.

The idea for the album came about when, on a short break from Oysterband a few years ago, John toured alongside his friends Benji Kirkpatrick (Bellowhead, Faustus) and Seth Lakeman. The collaboration worked so well that a seed was planted. Four years later, Rising Road was born. The album features contributions from Seth and Benji, as well as Ian Kearey (banjo/dulcimer), Rowan Godel (vocals), Sophie Walsh (harp), Dil Davies (percussion and drums), Francois Deville (pedal steel guitar) and Alan Prosser (guitars). Producer Al Scott added some more musical colours wherever needed.

John has a great love of the British countryside, and he had always felt that traditional songs go hand-in-hand with the landscape, so he wanted to choose songs which reflect this: "A lot of the songs I'm singing are traditional. I'm not a very urban animal; I feel folk music to be rural and open. When I sing, I'm visualising the story, and the landscape is a big part of that. Much of this album is an imaginative retake on songs I've known for years. I've tried to look at the traditonal songs very simply, and I've chosen ones that have a story for me, a close attachment."

The album is more pared-down than the usual big, bold Oysterband sound, with simpler, more understated arrangements. But this doesn't mean that the tracks lack sophistication, as John still brings his full range of influences to bear. The traditional song Polly on the Shore, for example, gets a brilliant, slightly sinister acapella re-working which sounds more redolent of the American south than the British countryside. "I had been listening to some of Alan Lomax's American prison farm recordings, and that percussive approach of the work song just seemed right."

While Rising Road contains seven traditional songs, including the mellow, reflective Rocks of Bawn, the spare, poignant Newlyn Town and the stirring, shanty-flavoured Fire Marengo, there are also five new songs written by John. And, as with the traditional tracks, "Some of the songs I've written for the album have a real sense of place," he says. Amongst these is Walking Through Ithonside, which reflects on exploring the wild, untamed Welsh countryside where he lives. This re-connection of the music and the landscape has been very important in the genesis of Rising Road - the album was even given a short sneak preview tour in the spring, which saw John walking from his home in the Welsh borders to all the venues along the way, ending up at Oysterband's Big Session festival in Leicester - a total of almost 200 miles. The album's themes (and title!) were given full realisation in a few weeks on the road, where fans, friends and fellow musicians joined John for both the walking and the gigs. Part endurance test, part completely mad idea, and part homage to the countryside he loves, the tour really helped him to crystallise his thinking about the new album.

"I've spent so much of my working life travelling, but it's mostly been sitting in a tour bus. I'm forever looking out of the window, following the shapes of the hills as they go past and wondering what it would be like to be out there," John says. The tour idea and album evolved almost as twin projects, and everyone involved loved the experience so much that John hopes to do a similar tour to promote Rising Road later in the year.

So after 30 years in music, why is this John's first solo album? "The other members of the band have often gone off and done separate things, but it's always been difficult for me as the singer, as my voice is attached to the emotional weight of Oysterband's music," John explains. "With the Rising Road project, I've really enjoyed being able to express what I do and who I am when I'm not fronting Oysterband."

Release Date: 27 July 2009

Track List:

01 - Let Me Fall 2:31
02 - Polly on the Shore 4:15
03 - Walking Through Ithonside 3:57
04 - Rocks of Bawn 5:49
05 - Litten Tree 3:18
06 - Searching For Lambs 3:47
07 - One Morning in the Spring 4:14
08 - Henry Martin 3:40
09 - Fire Marengo 2:55
10 - One Night As I Lay On My Bed 3:04
11 - Boy in the Window 3:46
12 - Newlyn Town 3:09

The album can be bought from:

www.cdbaby.com/cd/jjonesmusic

SKONTRA - Free Downloads

The members of Skontra joined in Summer 2002 in Gijon (Xixon in Asturian language). The current line-up is together since 2005. At the very beginning they played covers (La Polla, Kortatu, Eskorbuto ...) but little by little they started to write their own songs. Punk, hardcore, ska or reggae are mixed with Asturian folk sounds.

In October 2003 they recorded a demo and at the beginning of 2004 they recorded two tracks for an Asturian sampler called "Rock'n'Llingua".

At the end of 2005 they recorded their debut album, "Semeya de la rabia", that was released in 2006. It was at the end of that year that they recorded a covers EP available only through Internet. The following bands were covered: Barricada (Pamplona), Parabellum (Barakaldo) and M.C.D. (Bilbao).

In 2007 they recorded another cover for the Tribute to the Asturian band Dixebra: "Salú Dixebra-Perversiones"

Their second album was released in 2008, "Cantares pa dempués d'una guerra".

Skontra has played with bands such as Flogging Molly (USA), Circle J (The Netherlands) or Quality Export (The Netherlands).

Skontra is:

César: drums
Gonza: bass
Fredo: guitar
Marino: guitar
Zapico: pipes and flute
Berto: vocals

Former members were:

Fer: guitar
Pitxe: guitar and vocals
Jandro: pipes and flute
Javi: drums


Their complete discography is available for free downloading from their website:

www.skontra.net/descarga.html

THE LEVELLERS - News

Have you heard how the Levellers sounded in 1992 after "Levelling the Land"? Nice bootleg, isn't it?. Now you have the opportunity to get their brand new album Levellers "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" and you will seee that thay are as good as they have ever been.

(This is taken from the last Levellers' Newsletter)

The Levellers and OTF recordings are pleased to announce the release of a very special live album on 9th November 2009. The digital album will be available from all major download stores whilst a CD version with 3 extra tracks will be given away free with the Levellers On The Fiddle fan club membership. The download album will retail at £5-6. To join OTF the fanclub & receive the CD - click here

http://www.levellers.co.uk/www/en/shop/

The live recording has been taken from the band's unique performance last year at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The show was a gig in two halves - the first an acoustic set and the second electric. According to Jon Sevink from the band; “We booked the show a year and a half in advance so we had plenty of time to prepare. You can't treat it like a normal gig. We thought we'd tart ourselves up a bit by using a string quartet, a grand piano and some professionals to add some 'class' to the proceedings. We all had a great night. I was telling myself 'don't miss a single moment', absolutely loved it. Very emotional.”

During the performance the recording equipment crashed and several songs were lost from the final recording. “Live at the Royal Albert Hall” features songs from the albums “A Weapon Called The Word", “Levellers”,” Zeitgeist”, “Mouth To Mouth” and “Letters From The Underground”

The track listing for the download only is as follows:

1) No Change
2) Julie
3) Together All The Way
4) Before The End
5) Chemically Free
6) Death Loves Youth
7) Exodus
8) Hope Street
9) This Garden
10) Men An Tol

And for the 13 track CD with 8 page booklet from Levellers - On The Fiddle membership

1) No Change
2) Edge Of The World
3) Julie
4) Together All The Way
5) Before The End
6) Chemically Free
7) Another Man’s Cause
8) Death Loves Youth
9) Pale Rider
10) Exodus
11) Hope Street
12) This Garden
13) Men An Tol

When asked about album highlights Jon says: “The recording of Before the End from our last album “Letters From The Underground” is better than the recorded version!

If you haven’t heard the latest album "Letters from the Underground" yet you can listen to it all on www.myspace.com/levellers

THE LEVELLERS - Preston Guildhall, 1992

(Taken from the band's website) Mark Chadwick and Jeremy Cunningham met in The Eagle, a public house in Brighton known for attracting the more bohemian element of Brighton's residents, in 1988. Mark had just left local glam-rock act The Soup Dragons (not the 1990s Scottish band The Soup Dragons of the same name) and Jeremy was trying to sell his bass guitar in the pub, having become disillusioned with the music world.

Discovering that they had a lot in common, including a left wing view of politics and a love of being drunk, they decided to try and reinvigorate their interest in music by forming a new band. Jeremy knew Charlie Heather through their previous band, The Fence, where he had proved himself a skilled but not too showy drummer. He was promptly recruited to this new band.

With Mark on guitar and lead vocals, Jeremy on bass guitar and Charlie on drums, it was decided that something extra was needed to make for a more interesting sound. Jeremy was keen to have a violin player on board as he was impressed by the sound of local angry-folk favourites McDermott's 2 Hours. Jon Sevink, the brother of Mark's girlfriend, was brought in to play the violin, adding a more melodic element to the band's Sex Pistols-esque sound. Mark's flatmate "Bucky" was also brought in to play the guitar, but lost interest in the band fairly quickly and left after a few months.

Mark and Jeremy penned the songs that would become part of their first recordings (the audio-cassettes "An Agreement of the People" and "All the Free Commons of England" sold at gigs throughout 1988/89) and the band set off touring Brighton and beyond. They soon built up a large and dedicated live following with their raucous shows; a group of fans known as the "happy hitchers" would hitch-hike around the country, following the band from gig to gig and busking or begging for ticket money.

The first EP recording by the band was put out in 1989. Carry Me which contained the fan favourites Carry Me and England My Home was a comparatively big hit, even getting Radio 2 airplay for the title track (despite the swearing in Carry Me which apparently went unnoticed). In order to play Carry Me live, the band realised they needed to bring in an extra person to play the harmonica as Mark couldn't play the guitar and harmonica parts simultaneously. They recruited Alan Miles to the band to play harmonica as well as guitar and mandolin. Alan also provided backing vocals for the band, being an able singer unlike Jeremy and Jon. The lineup of the Levellers solidified as Mark, Jeremy, Jon, Charlie and Alan, releasing the next EP Outside/Inside and touring with this roster throughout 1989 and most of 1990.

After successfully releasing the two previous EPs on their own Hag label in 1989, a short lived contract was signed with French record label Musidisc. Their debut album "A Weapon Called the Word" was released on Musidisc in 1990 and has since become one of the few albums to go platinum without ever charting. Unfortunately, the first single from the album, World Freak Show had too few copies pressed by Musidisc; the record selling out but without sufficient copies existing for the song to chart.

After an acrimonious split with Musidisc, the Levellers were discovered by Derek Green (the man responsible for signing the Sex Pistols) and signed to China Records.

At this point, Alan became disenchanted by the Levellers' communist approach to money - all of the band's earnings being put together in a fund from which the members were paid the same amount every day. After being refused more money to buy food one day (having spend his day's allowance elsewhere) Alan quit the band. Finding themselves suddenly short of one member, the Levellers' manager called Simon Friend, a young singer-songwriter and at that time a roadie for New Model Army, who had played some acoustic support slots for the band in the past. Simon accepted the invitation to join the band, despite it meaning turning down a chance to be the guitarist for New Model Army.

Around this time Simon and Mark played a number of low key shows as The Levellers 2 mostly performing songs that had been in Simon's repertoire as a solo singer songwriter.

1991 saw the release of their second album, Levelling The Land, which was a massive success, entering the charts at number 14. The anthemic single One Way despite not bothering the Top 40, became a popular song and live favourite for years to come among the travelling and indie community. Levelling The Land is often cited as an all time classic amongst people who were students or travellers in the early 1990s. The Levellers' began to sound more of a well-rounded folk-rock band with the addition of Simon's multi-instrumental skill and the improvements in musicianship amongst all of the band. Whereas All The Free Commons of England sounded like the Sex Pistols with a fiddle player, and A Weapon Called the Word sounded more like gentle indie-rock, Levelling the Land had a well-rounded sound including punk-rock tracks Liberty Song and Battle of the Beanfield (about the 1985 police repression against the Peace Convoy which was attempting to set up the 14th Stonehenge free festival), folk ballads The Boatman and The Road and folk-rock crossover tracks like The Riverflow and Another Man's Cause. Simon's distinctively gravelly voice added depth and volume in backing up Mark's vocals and he began the tradition of taking lead vocals on a couple of tracks per album. Mark's singing also improved from the gruff shouted vocals of their early EPs to a fine melodic singing voice. The band also landed a U.S. deal with Electra, although they have since failed to make much impression in the USA. A disastrous tour of the USA in the early 1990s left the band disillusioned with America and the long haul journeys and lukewarm local receptions endured by touring bands.

Throughout 1992 the band enjoyed a series of successful tours, particularly their debut on one of the main stages of the Glastonbury Festival (although they'd played the travellers' area previously). Mixing tracks from their first two LPs with a couple of more obscure songs (like the rock/spoken word crossover Dance Before the Storm) and a storming high speed cover of Charlie Daniels' The Devil Went Down to Georgia, the Levellers popular performance secured their place on the large Pyramid Stage for their famous 1994 set (despite jokingly calling Glastonbury owner Michael Eavis a "cunt" over the PA system when they heard he didn't like swearing). The band also scored a chart hit with the "15 Years EP", a track which was added to later repressings of Levelling the Land due to its popularity.

DOWNLOAD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?jldwmfyylxw (Part I)

http://www.mediafire.com/?q0mjzggxen2 (Part II)

Mr. IRISH BASTARD - New song at MySpace

Mr. Irish Bastard is one of the best Celtic Punk bands in the German scene. They even got an honorable mention at the Shite'n'Onions 2008 Top 10 CDs.

Their line-up is as follows:

The Irish Bastard: vocals, guitar
Lady Lily: tin whistle
Boeuf Strongenuff: bass
Ivo K'Nivo: drums
Gran E Smith: banjo, mandolin

Mr. Irish Bastard has released the following albums till now:

"St.Mary's School of Drinking" (2007,7 tracks)
"The Bastard Brotherhood"(2008, 15 tracks)

The band has just uploaded to MySpace the first new song from the next album. You can check it on:

www.myspace.com/ihatepeoplerecords

For further information about the band, please go to:

www.myspace.com/mririshbastard

or

www.mririshbastard.com
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VOL. XIX - SADLY DEFUNCT BANDS

01 - COUNTY HELL - The Curse 2:13
02 - COUNTY HELL - Last Call 2:43
03 - COUNTY HELL - Spanish Banks 3:56
04 - COUNTY HELL - Galway Races 3:16
05 - COUNTY HELL - Greenland Whale Fisheries 2:31
06 - COUNTY HELL - I'll Tell Me Ma 2:13
07 - COUNTY HELL - Irish Rover 4:00
08 - CORRIGAN FEST - La Victoire en chantant 3:31
09 - CORRIGAN FEST - Nous étions les rois 4:16
10 - CORRIGAN FEST - Hey Billy 3:23
11 - CORRIGAN FEST - La ballade des deserteurs 2:47
12 - CORRIGAN FEST - Les marins perdus 4:02
13 - CORRIGAN FEST - Je marche 3:25
14 - O´HOOLIGANS - Boadicea 1:07
15 - O´HOOLIGANS - Laughing Whiskey, Fighting Whiskey 3:28
16 - O´HOOLIGANS - Eshla Bay 3:50
17 - O´HOOLIGANS - Darjeeling Tea 1:03
18 - O´HOOLIGANS - Hex of the Creek 2:41
19 - TOM O'FOOLERY - SOL 1:46
20 - TOM O'FOOLERY - Rockester 2:16
21 - TOM O'FOOLERY - Buck Eye Rage 1:42
22 - TOM O'FOOLERY - Logan Water 2:45
23 - TOM O'FOOLERY - Where the Water Meets the Land 2:46
24 - TOM O'FOOLERY - Shannanighans Theme 2:03
25 - TOM O'FOOLERY - Egypt NY - 2:12
26 - TOM O'FOOLERY - Civilian Justice 2:56
27 - TOM O'FOOLERY - The Sea Captain 4:05

During 2008 and 2009 some interesting bands have called their quits. I have decided to make a sampler that include some of them because I feel that they are worth hearing:

County Hell was a band from Tallahassee, Florida (USA). They were six guys that shared their music in myspace and soundclick. They broke up last year.

www.myspace.com/countyhell

www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=226710


The next band came from Montreal, Quebec (Canada) and they sang in French. Corrigan Fest decided to stop in 2009, after having released one of the best albums of the last three years, "La Victoire en chantant"

www.myspace.com/corriganfest

They had their own website, but it has been hacked

Discography:

"Demo" (5 tracks 2004)
"La Victoire en Chantant" (13 tracks, 2007)

The third band came from Canberra (Australia), O'Hooligans. Unfortunately they splitted last March 15th. They were 5 musicians that recorded a couple of demos and one EP.

www.ohooligans.com.au/music.html

Discography:

"Trifecta" (demo 2004)
"South of the Strait" (demo 2006)
"Darjeeling Tea" (7 tracks EP, 2007)

Finally, a band from Rockester, NY (USA), Tom Foolery and The Shannanighans. They played their last gig last St. Patrick's. The band had six members.

www.myspace.com/tomfooleryandtheshannanighans

Discography:

"Regulars"
"Beyond the Barrel of Dolls" (2004)
"Ale's What's Good For You" (2006)

P.S.

Once again the mediafire leprechauns have been around. Track 7 was corrupted. I don't know why, the track is OK and when I uploaded the sampler, I got the message " 1 complete 0 errors".

Anyway, I have uploaded again the sampler. Then I have downloaded it and opened with winrar. Now it seems to be OK. So the following link is the new one.

For those who already have downloaded the sampler and have got a corrupted track no. 7, you can download that track from www.soundclick.com

DOWNLOAD:

www.mediafire.com/?wmgw5j42jwm

MY SPACE ACCOUNT

I am working now on my myspace page. I must admit that the layout is not good and I should have to learn a little bit more about that. But the main goal is being closer to the bands and get as much info as possible, apart from the free music.

www.myspace.com/kinksmarkham

I feel that now I will be able to post regularly more news.

In fact, this week end I have posted some info about new releases, gigs, etc.

Please feel free to become a friend.

My contact e-mails:

celticfolkpunk@yahoo.es

kinksmarkham@yahoo.es

BLEEDING HEARTS - Autumn News

(This is the copy of the Bleeding Hearts' Autumn 2009 Newsletter)


Latest Stuff

We've decided to run a tour blog on our forum, to highlight the ups and downs of life on the road. Some of it will be posted by band members, other bits by people we meet or who help us out. We also welcome your input from a fan's perspective, hoping you leave us a comment, or post your own experiences of seeing us live, how you got there, any funny tales to tell and general silliness....or seriousness if you prefer. Go give it a test drive and tell us what you think! *Click Here*

Here is a little taster just to wet your appetite!

"By now it was 3am in the morning and what with all the traffic up to now we decided a rush for Dunkirk was in order to retreat from the Germans, just like Foxie's grandad 60 odd years before. However, unlike Grandpa we would catch the boat, we would be going back sometime, but not via a German prison, escape via a French Resistance unit, Leningrad, Italy or Normandy, just Calais in October, which is considerably quicker than Foxie's grandad made it in..." ...*read more*


Live Album - Out At last!

Simply this........have you downloaded it yet? It's free! Go get it, it's on our site and freebies ain't gonna last forever, especially as it seems, according to important people who analyse the economic situation, the deepest recession for 70 years is now over. Err, yea, right. Must be time for a change of Govt. then.......Just be careful what you wish for as dreams turn into nightmares and nightmares do come true, trust me. Another 18 years of Tory Govt...or worse judging by the Euro election results, no thanks.


Gigs

See where we're at by checking our "HEARTS ATTACK" page for upcoming gigs. We're now working on stuff for the end of 2009.


New Website

Err.......................Yes it is....just about!


Other Stuff

Madfiddler is still with us, he has a lovely new fiddle, it sounds great! He also bought a new t-shirt but alas his new trousers have shredded beyond repair for reasons best known to him. If you want to help him out by donating your old camo's please bring them along to our next gig as his wranglers are simply not rock 'n' roll enough for a purple loving hard-drinking eccentric. Note: any leftovers and we'll be holding a bring and buy sale as a support slot. Oh and tell him nicely that pink stickers and gold wheels on a scooby are so last year! Then duck! Oh, and that too much love will kill you everytime. He loves to hug us. Now you don't get that everyday from a fiddle playing bloke! And a top one at that.

Meanwhile, Ewan journeyed with us to Vienna for a festival on the Danube which was quite good. We did it acoustically and will be doing some more stuff with him later in the year when we want to chill a bit and hit our folk roots more. Ewan plays mandolin, cittern and acoustic guitar with us. Check out the 'Attack' page.

Finally, if you have any ideas to help us increase our exposure, please tell us. We are not talking nakedness in cold weather here but stuff to get people listening to us without resorting to extortion or demanding stuff with menace. Our trips to Germany will hopefully continue but we do have a few UK gigs later this year to balance things out. Let us know if you come across any great venues we could play - here or in Europe?!

www.bleedinghearts.co.uk

THE ROUGHNECK RIOT and THE POGUES

The following information has been taken from the band's myspace page.

www.myspace.com/theroughneckriot

"In case you havent noticed already, we have been confirmed to play a Pogues aftershow party at BRIXTON JAMM in december!

including a performance from no other than SHANE MACGOWAN himself!!

tickets for this event are available from us at £10."

info@theroughneckriot.com

PIPES AND PINTS - Debut Album out in October

Debut full-length release from Pipes And Pints is due out in October!! Pipes And Pints will be raiding Sweden in early October.

The album can be bought from:

www.unrepentantrecords.com

VAD VUC - New Album out

The Swiss band the Vad Vuc are releasing their new album next October 23rd.

Track list as follows:

1. E sparissan par sempru, feat. Gnu Quartet
2. Scordata fra le righe
3. Il muro
4. Caro dottore
5. La costellazione di Boote
6. Matto, feat. Steve Wickham (The Waterboys)
7. 8 secondi, feat. Matteo Carassini (Trenincorsa)
8. Tyndall Effect
9. Petali e foglie
10. Finisterre
11. La grazia in un fiore, feat. Marino Severini (The Gang)
12. Bellis Perennis
13. Un aviatore irlandese prevede la sua morte
14. Quasi vell da barch, feat. Yo Yo Mundi

TVV 005 - Album - 2009
Produced by The Vad Vuc
Edited by Davide Bosshard and Michele Carobbio
Mixed by Matteo “Peo” Mazza
Mastering: Rino Rossi

Guests:

Ida Carobbio -vocals in “E sparissan par sempru” e “Quasi vell da barch”
Gnu Quartet - plays in “E sparissan par sempru” (Francesca Rapetti – Flute; Roberto Izzo – Violin; Raffaele Rebaudengo – Viola; Stefano Cabrera – Violoncello)
Claudia Klinzing - "Sega" in “Scordata fra le righe”
Max Dega - slide guitar in “Il muro” and electric guitar in “Finisterre”
Steve Wickham - fiddle in “Matto”
Simone Savogin - backing vocals in “Matto”
The White Voices’ Choir of St. John from Tower - final choir in “Matto”
Matteo Carassini - vocals in “8 secondi” and backing vocals “Il muro”
Martino “Martèn” Maina - flute and "piva" in “Tyndall Effect”
Mirko Valtulini - tambourine in “Tyndall Effect”
Germano Cortesi - oboe in “Petali e foglie” and “Finisterre”
Claude Hauri - violoncello in “Petali e foglie”
Riccardo Brega - bodhràn in “Finisterre”
Mireille Ben - vocals and triangle in “Finisterre”
Marino Severini - vocals in “La grazia in un fiore”
Rino Rossi - bass in “Bellis Perennis”
Yo Yo Mundi- play in “Quasi vell da barch” (Andrea Cavalieri – clarinet; Eugenio Merico – timpani e piatti; Fabio Martino – fisarmoniche, glockenspiel e harp synth; Fabrizio Barale – guitar; Paolo E. Archetti Maestri – guitar)

Lyrics and music by The Vad Vuc except:
01 - "E sparissan par sempru", lyrics by S.Chiesa, musica by M.Carobbio;
08 -"Tyndall Effect", lyrics by M.Carobbio, music Irish trad. ;
13 - "Un aviatore irlandese prevede la sua morte", by W.B. Yeats (“An Irish Airman Forsees His Death”), translation into dialect by M.Carobbio, S.Cereghetti e D.Cuffaro, translation into Italian byD.Cuffaro, music by M.Carobbio and S.Paù-Lessi;
14 - "Quasi vell da barch", lyrics by S.Chiesa, music by The Vad Vuc, arranged by Yo Yo Mundi.

Recorded at Studio 1, 2, 3 Stalla di Chiasso (Svizzera) by Davide Bosshard, Michele Carobbio e Daniele Cuffaro, except:
- “Matto”, recorded at Chiasso and at The Green Man Studio, Sligo (Irlanda);
- “Quasi vell da barch”, recorded at Casa Bollente di Acqui Terme (Italia) by Fabio Martino;
- “E sparissan par sempru”, recorded at Chiasso and Zerodieci Studio, Genova (Italia) by Roberto "Robbo" Vigo;
- “La grazia in un fiore”, recorded at Chiasso and at Ancona (Italia)

For further information, please visit:

www.vadvuc.ch

THE DROVERS - Live Chicago May 27th 1990

01 - Trad. Reels 7:27
02 - Collean Ollin 3:32
03 - Leave it all Behind 4:37
04 - See You Below in the Morning 5:33
05 - Instrumental 4.10

After having posted the Drovers' debut album, now I am posting a bootleg.

(Taken from their website) The Drovers was formed in 1988. After adding and subtracting members over the next two years, the band recorded its first album - "World of Monsters" - with drummer Jackie Moran, guitarist Mike Kirkpatrick, bassist/vocalist David Callahan, floutist/vocalist Kathleen Keane, and fiddler Sean Cleland. Winston Damon (aka Stone Ulele) joined the group late in the recording and can be heard playing percussion on track no. 10.

The group toured for the next couple of years with this ensemble, but at last Kathleen decided to part ways and then Jackie excused himself. The group went back to work as a four-piece and produced an EP, titled "Kill Mice Elf."

By this time, the band had drawn the attention of director Michael Apted ("Gorillas in the Mist," "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Seven Up") and were cast in the thriller "Blink" (1994 - New Line Cinema) performing as themselves with the addition of the fictional character (played by Madeleine Stowe) around whom the story revolved. A soundtrack recording was released and the band won acclaim for its contributions.

The Drovers continued touring and such, then convened in 1995 at the studio of producer Steve Albini to record "Little High Sky Show". This recording featured longtime drummer Paul Bradley, who has since left the group to pursue his internet business. The group also recorded in Minneapolis with Tommy Roberts and with Chicago engineers Bob Weston and Jeff Moleski.

2002 marked the Return of Jackie, and we are extremely excited about this development. Jackie, as you will recall from paragraph one of this piece, was the original Drovers drummer who appears on the cover of World of Monsters.

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THE DROVERS - World of Monsters

(Taken from Wikipedia) The Drovers were a Chicago rock band whose original songs were influenced by Irish traditional dance music.

Founded by traditional fiddler Sean Cleland in 1988, the group recorded four albums and soundtrack music for the motion pictures, Backfraft and Blink. Songwriters Mike Kirkpatrick (guitar) and David Callahan (bass, vocals) drew from Irish rhythms to craft songs that became increasingly psychedelic over a 12-year period until the band ceased performing in September 2002. Kirkpatrick, in particular, created uniquely Irish compositions, often including reels and jigs of his own invention. Callahan's songs, while obviously influenced by Celtic/American folk music, tended toward a less ethnic-sounding psychedelia.

The group is remembered for its unpredictable, incendiary live performances as the "house band" at Chicago's Cabaret Metro during the early to mid 1990s. They exported this act and won ardent fan bases in Upstate New York and New York City, the rust belt, and Midwestern college towns from Oberlin, Ohio to Omaha, Nebraska. Even though they gained worldwide exposure through the release of Blink, in which they appear onscreen as themselves, the band toured exclusively in North America.

The Drovers' 1991 first studio album, World of Monsters, featured Kathleen Keane on flute, vocals and button accordion and Jackie Moran, in addition to Cleland, Callahan and Kirkpatrick. "Book of Songs" brought the Drovers their first commercial radio exposure. The songs, "Boys and the Babies" and "When Fortune Turns Her Wheel", would later be re-recorded on the Blink soundtrack.

The follow-up to Monsters was the 1993 EP Kill Mice Elf, noted for the epic, acid-drenched "She's as Pretty as Brian Jones Was".

In 1995, the Drovers were at the top of their game, sharing bills with some of the 1990s' most interesting bands, such as the Coctails , Yo La Tengo, Steve Earle, Ani Di Franco and Poi Dog Pondering. The continuous touring left them little time to record, so when they finally released the Steve Albini-produced Little High Sky Show, the increasing psychedelicization of their sound took many of their fans by surprise.

The album fared poorly in sales, compared to World of Monsters and the next five years were spent attempting to record a full-length in their own custom-built studio. The final album was never released but for a limited run they sold only at a few final shows.

While never officially dissolving, the Drovers eventually stopped performing and Callahan formed the Stroby Alliance, a band with the Swedish artist, Anna Liljas.
Sean Cleland helped start the band Bohola (www.bohola.com) with piano accordion player Jimmy Keane and released four albums on the Shanachie label. He now has a very successul Irish music school in the Chicago area that teaches adults and kids.

Kirkpatrick is producing and teaching music.


DOWNLOAD:

www.thedrovers.com/drovers/frames11.html ("World of Monsters" track by track)

www.mediafire.com/?je2ntjfzthz (all the tracks in a winzip file)

Vol. XVIII - Scandinavian countries

01 - DRUNKEN TROOPERS - Red Feast 2:28
02 - DRUNKEN TROOPERS - Soupline 1:41
03 - REDHILL RATS - Snowy Breasted Pearl 4:26
04 - BAND OF SHYSTERS - The Wild Rover (Live) 3:41
05 - BAND OF SHYSTERS - The Girl from the North 4:00
06 - BAND OF SHYSTERS - The Foggy Dew 5:30
07 - ROVERS AHEAD - Punk Rock is a Joke 1:15
08 - ROVERS AHEAD - Rovers Jig/Johnny Comes Marching 5:38
09 - ROVERS AHEAD - Ghost of Anna Reilly 3:42
10 - ROVERS AHEAD - Bonnie Lass 2:52
11 - ROVERS AHEAD - Day of Defeat 3:53
12 - ROVERS AHEAD - King of Nothing 3:21
13 - SHOUT OUT STOUT - Shout Out Stout 4:19
14 - SHOUT OUT STOUT - As I Roved 4:04
15 - SHOUT OUT STOUT - Irish Rover 3:45

This sampler should have been "Finland", but I only found 3 bands and a few tracks. So finally I added a Danish band and a Swedish band and I changed the name.

The first band, Drunken Troopers, is a Celtic punk band from Helsinki (Finland). They are 6 members and they intend to release their debut album soon.

www.drunkentroopers.tk

You should know the next Finnish band, Redhill Rats, since I uploaded the link to their previous albums. Only a new song is included in the sampler

www.isound.com/redhill_rats

Discography:

"Cold Haily Windy Night" (8 tracks,2005)
"Some Heroes" (12 tracks, 2007)
Forthcoming album in 2009

The last Finnish band is a celtic folk rock outfit called Band of Shysters. The eight musicians come from a place called Kuopio. They have released a 3 tracks EP that can be purchased from cdbaby. Moreover, they intend to release a live album next year

www.bandofshysters.com

Discography:

"The Girl from the North" (3 tracks EP, 2008)
Forthcoming album in 2010:
"It's A Long Way To Tipperary If You Wanna Rock & Roll"
(working title, 15 tracks live)

Rovers Ahead are from Copenhaguen (Denmark). The seven musicians play Celtic punk and they have no recordings till now.

www.myspace.com/roversahead

Finally, another Celtic folk rock band. They are called Shout Out Stout and are from Kalmar (Sweden)

www.shoutoutstout.com


P.S. 24 Sept. 2009. Somebody has reported a problem with track 10. I have uploaded the sampler again. This is the new link:

DOWNLOAD:

www.mediafire.com/?ojj3izfndek

THE WATERBOYS - Live in Sweden 1989

The Waterboys, Mejeriet, Lund 11 December 1989

Running Time: 82 min

320 kbps

01 - In Search Of A Rose
02 - Strange Boat
03 - Girl From The North Country
04 - A Man Is In Love
05 - When Ye Go Away
06 - The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
07 - Has Anybody Here Seen Hank ?
08 - Natural Bridge Blues
09 - And A Bang On The Ear
10 - Mr Customs Man
11 - Jimmy Hickey's Waltz
12 - How Many Songs Till I Get Home ?
13 - Medicine Bow
14 - Savage Earth Heart
15 - The Pan Within
16 - Song For The Life
17 - The Trip To Broadford
18 - Sweet Thing
19 - You Can't Always Get What You Want
20 - Higherbound
21 - Fisherman's Blues
22 - The Whole Of The Moon
23 - Room To Roam

(Taken from Wikipedia) At the invitation of new member Steve Wickham, Mike Scott moved to Dublin and quickly became influenced by the traditional Irish music there as well as by country and gospel. The band's lineup changed once again with Scott, Wickham and Thistlethwaite now joined by Trevor Hutchinson on bass and Peter McKinney on drums. The new band, which the official Waterboys' website refers to as the "Raggle Taggle band" lineup, spent 1986 and 1987 recording in Dublin and touring the UK, Ireland, Europe and Israel. Some of these performances were released in 1998 on The Live Adventures of the Waterboys, including a famous Glastonbury performance in 1986.

In 1988 Scott took the band to Spiddal in the west of Ireland where they set up a recording studio in Spiddal House to finish recording their new album. Fisherman's Blues was released in October 1988 and showcased many guest musicians that had played with the band in Dublin and Spiddal. Critics and fans were split between those embracing the new influence of Irish and Scottish folk music and others disappointed after hoping for a continuation of the style of This Is the Sea. World Music: The Rough Guide notes that "some cynics claim that Scotsman Mike Scott gave Irish music back to the Irish... his impact can't be underestimated", but Scott himself explains that it was the Irish tradition that influenced him; "I was in love with Ireland. Every day was a new adventure, it was mythical... Being part of a brotherhood of musicians was a great thing in those days, with all the many musicians of all stripes we befriended in Ireland. I still have that connection to the Irish musicians and tap into it..."

After further touring the band returned to Spiddal in order to record a new album. The Waterboys now consisted of Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, Anthony Thistlethwaite, Colin Blakey on whistle, flute and piano, Sharon Shannon on accordion, Trevor Hutchinson on bass and Noel Bridgeman on drums. Their fifth album, Room to Roam was released in September, 1990. It is from Room to Roam that the "Raggle Taggle band" reference comes from. One of the album's tracks was a recording of the traditional folk ballad "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy".

Just before Room to Roam was released Wickham left over a disagreement with Scott and Thistlethwaite regarding the future direction of the band's sound. Scott and Thistlethwaite wanted to move the band back to a more rock and roll style, and Wickham disagreed. His departure started the band's dissolution, and in his wake Shannon and Blakey both left.


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http://www.mediafire.com/?of2ztykdyye (Part I)

http://www.mediafire.com/?wttmhtqhz3n (Part II)

http://www.mediafire.com/?zzonztzonoa (Part III)

WE FREE KINGS - Videos

Edinburgh based folk / punk / rock act formed in the mid-1980's, We Free Kings built up a sizeable Scottish following through energetic live dates with acts like The Waterboys.

The band released one album ("Hell on Earth and Rosy Cross") and several EPs.

These are the videos that are available at YouTube:


We Free Kings - Scarecrow - Live on BBC 2 TV show FSD November 1987

We Free Kings - Gold - Live on FSD November 1987

We Free Kings - King of Thieves - Live on FSD

We Free Kings - Gold and Jesus Wept - Live in the baggott Inn, Dublin Spring 1988

We Free Kings - Cities - Live at the Baggott Inn, Dublin Spring 1988

We Free Kings - Easter Road

We Free Kings - Preacher's Song

We Free Kings - Be So Cruel - Howl EP 1990


Further information about the band (complete biography, full discography, line-up and website) are available at the following link, together with some mp3.


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THE RUMJACKS EP IS OUT!

The Rumjacks, the great Aussie band, has just released his debut EP

"Hung, Drawn and Portered"

01 - The Plantin' O' Kitty Randall 2:19
02 - The Bold Rumjacker 2:30
03 - Paddy Goes to Babylon 2:49
04 - Down with the Ship 2:09
05 - I'll Tell me Ma 1:57

The EP is available at Amazon and i-Tunes.

Support the bands. Buy their recordings.

Vol. XVII - ASIA

01 - JUNIOR - Track from "Rights!" 4:12
02 - JUNIOR - Track from "Rights!" 4:08
03 - JUNIOR - Track from "Rights!" 4:37
04 - JUNIOR - Track from "Rights!" 4:02
05 - JUNIOR - Rock'n'Roll Pearl Harbor 5:15
06 - SMZB - Mother T.A.M 3:54
07 - SMZB - Girl's Dream 3:07
08 - SMZB - Ten Year's Rebellion 3:36
09 - SMZB - Wuhan! Wuhan! 5:09
10 - SMZB - Chinalism 5:09
11 - GERAP GURITA - Garda Suling 2:02
12 - GERAP GURITA - Bersama Lagi 2:48
13 - GERAP GURITA - JOigjakarta 4:13
14 - HAGGIS - Isn't Guinness Carried Yet 3:43
15 - HAGGIS - Waltz for Rascal 5:11

Thanks again to Professor Gommel and Will.

Junior are a 7 piece Japanese band that has released two albums and some EPs. They are worth hearing.

http://freak.bambina.jp/f_top.htm

"Junior" (10 tracks,1998)
"Hot Beer Cow Boy" (3 tracks EP, 1999)
"Sid & Lucy" (4 tracks EP, 2001)
"Rights!" (13 tracks, 2003)
"Bitch" (DVD, 2004)
"Umitosora" (6 tracks EP, 2004)
"Hatenkou"(5 tracks EP, 2005)

SMZB is a Chinese band from Wuhan, China. They were a punk band, but in 2006 a piper/flutist joined the band and they became the "Chinese Dropkick Murphys"

www.smzb.com

These are the recordings with the Celtic punk line-up:

"Scream for Life" (10 tracks, 2006)
"For Friends and Beer" (5 tracks EP, 2007)
"Ten Years Rebellion" (14 tracks, 2008)
"Joining Forces" Split Greenland Whalefishers/SMZB (16 tracks GWF, 7 tracks SMZB, 2009)

As you can see, they have a split with GWF. You can buy it from www.interpunk.com

Gerap Gurita are from Jakarta, Indonesia.

www.myspace.com/gerapgurita

Till now, they have only released one EP.

"Bersama Kawan" (6 tracks EP)


The Haggis are a new band from Japan. They are 4 musicians and have only recorded the two tracks in this sampler

www.myspace.com/irishscotishhaggis


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http://www.mediafire.com/?o748bbr40juuv2d