Cough Cough......Blush

[stevegreen]

Now i know that recently some members admitted a preference for Country music, but i'm not going to go that far!

Traditional Irish Jig music?

Anyone know any good examples, good artists etc?

I saw a band called Drop The Box at a festival last year, bought the CD and there is a live track on the CD called Dubset which is essentially Irish Jig. I love it, It is actually impossible to play it and not tap your fingers and i'm looking for some more!

[karkus30]

Originally posted by stevegreen
Now i know that recently some members admitted a preference for Country music, but i'm not going to go that far!

Traditional Irish Jig music?

Anyone know any good examples, good artists etc?

Theres no need to be embarassed M8, everyone already knew you were a closet folky

I did a post about the FOS brothers and posted a link, you can download the MP3s from their site. Gambit had a listen and thought it was OK. Its Irish folk, with an electric twist and definitely foot tappy, let me know what you think. I ordered the CD a few days ago, not got it yet .

[Gambit]

if you like folky rock, try a CD collection called the Elctric Muse:here. it charts the progression of folk into irish rock, very good collection. Also, you can go wrong with a bit of Rory Gallagher

[karkus30]

Gambit, another closet folky

[karkus30]

That link went straight to an Amazon browser bug page, try again wild rover

[keiths]

Hi,

My current favorite Irish artists are:

Flook http://www.flook.co.uk especially the album 'Rubai'

Michael McGoldrick http://www.prideofmanchester.com/mus...McGoldrick.htm especially 'Fused'

Lunasa http://www.lunasa.ie

The Flook site has a few audio clips on it.

[Gambit]

Link sorted, but do a seach for electric muse, it brings up two boxed sets.

[stevegreen]

oooooo, unfortunately it's against my religion to buy compilation albums But ta for the link

[stevegreen]

I had a quick listen to some tracks on the Flook website......



Be purchasing some of that in the near future methinks

[stevegreen]

Originally posted by keiths
Hi,
My current favorite Irish artists are:
Flook http://www.flook.co.uk especially the album 'Rubai'

Oh, It's good.......very good in fact

[keiths]

Originally posted by stevegreen
Oh, It's good.......very good in fact

Glad you liked it. That reminds me that I've not played that album for a while - something that will be rectified immediately...

[stevegreen]

Track 5 lets it down though IMHO, bit too slow for my liking.

[keiths]

Yep - I often skip that one.

If you want a good Irish band you can't beat the saw doctors. Don't just buy the CD, make sure you see them live...