...the swinging sounds of Black 47.
That's okay kids, you can thank me later.
Showing posts with label Irish music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish music. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
My roots are showing
I must be some kind of Celtic music monster lately or I'm getting ready for an extra long, or extra early as the case may be, celebration of St. Patrick's Day. I picked up these CD's recently:
I got this one from a large chain bookstore because Sparky bought me a giftcard there for Valentines Day. I would have scoffed at this kind of CD just a few years ago but now I really dig it. It's got a ton of great songs on it and it's easy to see why these guys were so influential to not only the Irish music scene but to the folk explosion in this country and to country and bluegrass music as well.
I got this CD, and the next one as well, from a locally owned music store in Bristol, TN. I had never heard of this group before but I plunged ahead and bought it anyway, sometimes I'm impulsive like that yo, and I'm glad I did because it's a damn fine CD chock full of instrumentals and songs sung in Gaelic and in English. The fiddles are smokin' on this CD and I almost want to "Riverdance" my ass off every time I hear it.
Ah, what can I say about this CD? It rocks on every level. Black 47 is an underrated band that deserves more airplay but will never get it because their sound is too strange for corporate radio. This is my second Black 47 CD, I have their "live" CD, and it's probably not going to be my last. This CD has the great songs "Rockin' The Bronx," "Funky Ceili" (Ceili is pronounced Kail-ee), "Fire of Freedom," and "James Connolly," among others, on it. Black 47 rock harder than you'd ever expect a bunch of pasty Irish guys to ever rock.
I got this one from a large chain bookstore because Sparky bought me a giftcard there for Valentines Day. I would have scoffed at this kind of CD just a few years ago but now I really dig it. It's got a ton of great songs on it and it's easy to see why these guys were so influential to not only the Irish music scene but to the folk explosion in this country and to country and bluegrass music as well.
I got this CD, and the next one as well, from a locally owned music store in Bristol, TN. I had never heard of this group before but I plunged ahead and bought it anyway, sometimes I'm impulsive like that yo, and I'm glad I did because it's a damn fine CD chock full of instrumentals and songs sung in Gaelic and in English. The fiddles are smokin' on this CD and I almost want to "Riverdance" my ass off every time I hear it.
Ah, what can I say about this CD? It rocks on every level. Black 47 is an underrated band that deserves more airplay but will never get it because their sound is too strange for corporate radio. This is my second Black 47 CD, I have their "live" CD, and it's probably not going to be my last. This CD has the great songs "Rockin' The Bronx," "Funky Ceili" (Ceili is pronounced Kail-ee), "Fire of Freedom," and "James Connolly," among others, on it. Black 47 rock harder than you'd ever expect a bunch of pasty Irish guys to ever rock.
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