The stalwart Celtic rock outfit Flogging Molly‘s newest release is a strong continuation of the band’s well-earned sound and style. Floating tin whistles and reeling fiddles mix with punk drumming
Pierce Turner’s songs are like a soundtrack to a pub rock documentary – mixing the pent up singing of Joe Strummer atop the supercharged guitar sounds. It’s no surprise that
Sure you know that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play marathon shows and at their age it is impressive, but have you ever heard of this little trio of elderly men from Dublin who play just as long as the Jersey boy? Meet The Wolfe Tones, the quintessential Irish Rebel Band who kept going and going into the early morning at Connolly’s while a Guinness fueled festive crowd sang along.
The month of March and a few weeks from St. Patrick’s Day brings the seven member Irish/Celtic influenced band, Flogging Molly, to the stage of First Avenue in Minneapolis. This is the 21st stop in a 30 night tour for Flogging Molly with their special guests, The Drowning Men and Moneybrother. A sea of young punk rockers to middle aged enthusiasts, most dawning Celtic and Irish influenced shirts, flooded the audience for the sold out show.
What seems like an annual rite of spring in Manhattan rolled into town from Ireland again as The Pogues brought their reels and whistles to Terminal 5 with Jersey’s Titus Andronicus opening the festivities.
I never once thought that the kings of Irish punk/folk would regroup and play America, let alone in a place and time when I could see them. The last time I caught the whiskey bottle of a singer known as Shane MacGowan live, he was a bloody mess from falling down and being dragged off stage only 3 songs into his set with the Popes.
