Dylan Cover #691 John Lynch "One More Cup of Coffee" Live

In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a live cover by John Lynch playing "One More Cup of Coffee"

RIP Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan has died, he was 65. 

The front man of The Pogues (amongst other musical endeavors) was a rebel poet, a world class addict with a Sarlacc Pit of a mouth, and a special symbol to punks with a tinge of the Irish blood (RtBE included). It is amazing he lived to this age with all the abuse he gave his body, yet by extending his life and career, it allowed me to see him at his best and at his worst. 

Let's get the worst out of the way first, it was the inaugural Guinness Fleadh at Randall's Island in 1997. Young and excited, I took a bus up with a crew of feisty NYC friends and drunks, a good chunk of whom grew up in Ireland. Having never seen MacGowan he was the clear must see on this day, which hosted a ton of RtBE favorites (Black 47, John Prine, Steve Earle etc.). 

Getting a few beers loose then getting close to the stage for his set with the Popes, excitement ran high in the crowd, probably for MacGowan as well as he was completely blitzed, slurring, unintelligible and making it only through a few songs before passing out and being carried off stage while bleeding. Obviously not the best performance, it lived up to the myth and since there were other bands to check out I always will remember it fondly.

I was also lucky enough to catch a reunited Pogues a few times and that was something I never thought I would get to see. Shane got new teeth, and the band was excellent, never better than the first time I saw them in 2006, which I wrote happily wrote about. Seeing him waltzing under the fake snow in NYC was something I will never forget. 

MacGowan used to frequent (and get thrown out of) bars I have drank at in Belfast, I have covered his songs in my band, and there has always been that flicker of disturbed glee behind his lyrics and slurred performances. He had that special something, he was the real deal, and if anyone would want you to raise a pint to him when he is gone it is Shane MacGowan, so please do so and play his tunes loud today:

Album Review: U2 - Songs of Surrender

Hey all, got a review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here!

It is of U2's quadruple new (mostly acoustic) album Songs of Surrender.

A lot to say about this one, so check out the review.

Support the artists, buy the album, peep some video below:

Full Show Friday: The Pogues - Live @ The Town and Country Club London 1988

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...The Pogues!

We talked about them yesterday, here are the boys from 1988 in London.  

Pro shot, pro sound, full setlist below. Enjoy!

 

00:18 Metropolis 01:42 The Broad Majestic Shannon 05:27 If I Should Fall from Grace with God 07:42 A Rainy Night In Soho 13:11 Thousands Are Sailing 18:30 Fairytale of New York 23:35 Lullaby of London 27:45 Dirty Old Town 31:25 London Calling 34:55 Turkish Song of the Damned 39:00 Fiesta 43:52 The Irish Rover 47:08 Worms 49:24 A Message To You 52:27 Wild Rover

Album Review: Flogging Molly - Anthem

Hey all, got a review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here!

It is of Flogging Molly's newest release, Anthem. 

More solid Celtic rock form the Irish/American veterans. 

Support the band, buy the album, read the review and peep some video below:

Full Show Friday: The Wolfe Tones 25th Anniversary Concert 1989

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...The Wolfe Tones!

With St. Pat's yesterday this Full Show Friday will stay with the Irish theme and go back to 1989 for The Wolfe Tones 25th Anniversary Concert. 

Recorded live in the Barrowlands, Glasgow the show has all the Rebel songs the band was known for. That crowd looks well lubed and fiery. 

Pro shot (for 1989), pro sound, full set list below. Enjoy!

00:14 Come out Ye Black & Tans 02:50 Let The People Sing 05:40 Give Me Your Hand 09:15 Streets of New York 13:46 Botany Bay 19:43 Janey Mac I'm Nearly 40 23:23 The Black Ribbon Band 25:30 The Helicopter Song 27:07 Slieve Na Mban 29:27 The Merry Ploughboy 32:45 My Heart is in Ireland 36:30 James Connolly 42:00 The Man From Mullingar 44:35 We're on the One Road 47:25 God Save Ireland 49:50 Flight of the Earls 54:50 Rock On Rockall 59:00 The Boys of the Old Brigade 1:02:15 Sean South Of Garryowen 1:04:50 The Broad Black Brimmer 1:07:18 The Men Behind the Wire 1:10:10 A Nation Once Again 1:13:10 We're on the One Road

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wishing everyone a happy safe and fun St. Patrick's Day from RtBE and we might as well throw in a self plug.

Here is Angels & Vagabonds Irish inspired tune, "Queens Boulevard Serenade":


The story goes...in the lead up to our first St. Paddy's Day gig we were working on some traditional Irish songs to play and our lead singer/keyboard player Don McNally realized they were basically all the same chords just re-arraigned.

So the Irish American from Woodside, NY dug into his past and crafted QBS. He brought it to the group and after a few tweaks it was ready for prime time, we actually played it only about a week after it was written. A little inside baseball into our process, now go celebrate by hoisting a pint....Happy St. Paddy's!

Poguetry In Motion Again, March Tour Dates Announced

The Lost Bayou Ramblers are teaming  up with Spider Stacy and Cáit O'Riordan from The Pogues to deliver Poguetry. Their mix of Cajun folk and Irish punk toured right before the pandemic in 2020 and had events cut short (like all of us) so they are hitting the road again. 

They will be playing some select cities and hip venues including Brooklyn Bowl in March. RtBE is very excited for this one. 

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Below is some video to hype up this super cool tour:

  

Dylan Cover #512 Herbie Hancock and Friends "The Times They Are A Changin'"

 In this ongoing Monday Series we will be exploring various artists versions of Bob Dylan song's. Today's tune is a cover by Herbie Hancock & Friends  playing "The Times They Are a' Changin'"

Jazzy January has invade Mondays! All this month we will check out various artists covering Dylan with a jazz vibe.

Thoughts on Original:
Short and sweet from the first time we tackled a cover of this tune:
Well it is his most famous song for a reason, it is one of the greatest ever produced in any genre, ever.

Cover:

Thoughts on Cover Artist:
Herbie Hancock is a jazz legend, and his friends on this track The Chieftains are Irish folk legends. They pair up on this cover and invite even more legends to help out with Toumani Diabaté on kora, as well as Lisa Hannigan - Vocal, Manu Katché - Drums, Larry Klein - Bass, Rhani Krija - Percussion, Lionel Loueke - Guitar.  This is one star studded cover, and on a personal note I got a chance to see both Hancock and The Chieftains (separately) with my father over the years, and both contributed to my personal love of music.  

Thoughts on Cover:

RtBE is starting the month with one of the best Dylan covers we have covered in this series as Hancock and crew do a phenomenal job re-imagining this classic. The end of this song feels like it could roll on forever with the musicians all talking to each other with Diabaté's Kora leading the way.  

Happy Bloomsday!

 Happy Bloomsday! RtBE hope to be toasting to the fantastic James Joyce very soon...

See, the best read Joyce...

Here are some ways to celebrate the nerdy holiday.  

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

We are no geniuses here at RtBE, but we do love us some James Joyce. Just look at this guy:

And his writing is some of the best the English language has ever produced.

Plenty to see and hear and feel yet. Feel live warm beings near you. They aren't going to get me this innings. Warm beds: warm full blooded life.

Amen Brother...RtBE also got to give a cheers to Tom and Lindsey on their anniversary....Slainte! 

Here is Black 47 to get us in the mood:

Live Streams: Flogging Molly 20th Anniversary of Swagger

With live music on lock down (like everything else currently in New York City) live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. While this current state of pandemic separation is in order we will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and you can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past. Please support the artists any which way you can. 

Today we highlight: Flogging Molly 20th Anniversary of Swagger

The Celtic outfit Flogging Molly are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut release, Swagger, with a live stream at 5pm EST tonight:

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To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Swagger, we’re pleased to announce a special, limited edition vinyl box set featuring a remixed & remastered version of the album plus exclusive merch items. The vinyl box set will be limited to 5000 units and available worldwide Friday, October 23. Pre-orders begin this Thursday, September 17. In celebration of our re-issue, we’ll be livestreaming a free “Halfway To St. Patrick’s Day” all-acoustic, full-band performance which includes special Swagger anniversary offers. The stream will be available for everyone to watch this Thursday at 2pm LA • 5pm NY • 10pm Ireland/UK • 11pm EU at floggingmolly.com ☘

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Half way to St. Patrick's Day?!?! That means this lockdown is six months in officially and no real end in site.  Kind of shocking....anyway, here is some FM to get ready for the stream tonight:

Album Review: Lankum - The Livelong Day

Lankum

The Livelong Day

***and1/2 out of *****

The contemporary Irish folk band Lankum from Dublin take century old tunes (along with some originals) and embedded them with cryptic haunting arraignments, playing on the dread and bleak desolation folk music can contain, as well as a small glimmer of hope on the horizon.

The opening "Wild Rover" is a good example of this as the track is usually played upbeat and for cheers/laughs. Here the band slows things down and thematically add instrumentation, electricity and a brooding sense of doom. There is a major SunnO))) drone metal element to the folk proceedings as repetition grows into something grander, vibrating on multiple levels.     

The band (Ian Lynch – vocals, Uilleann pipes, concertina, tin whistle, percussion Daragh Lynch – vocals, guitar, percussion, piano Cormac MacDiarmada – vocals, fiddle, viola, banjo, double bass, vibraphone, piano, percussion Radie Peat – vocals, bayan, concertina, harmonium, organ, piano, electric organ, harp, mellotron) seem to start small and intimate before layering growing sounds on top of each other.

The droning increases around Peat's haunting vocals for "Katie Cruel" as the song almost stops in it's own muddy tracks a few times as if the band can barely deal with the pain, not particularly enjoyable but certainly affecting. "Bear Creel" and "Ode to Lullaby" are two sides of an instrumental coin as the first uses a fiddle to brighten the mood while the second is based around a booming low end that slowly swells.   

The harmonies begin "The Dark Eyed Gypsy" in standard folk fashion before half way through the sonic levels rise while the traditional upbeat "The Pride of Petravore" buries it's tin whistles and lighthearted romps under levels of ominous sludgy warbling, drowning the hope in sonic layers of chaos. Album closer "Hunting The Wren" uses a bass thumping to set the tone and a molasses pace with rising strings and vibrations to close. 

While the band uses this glacial pace to increase tension things can also be a bit dull in the moment. However a track like the "The Young People" shows just how this style can be perfectly blended into something larger than it's whole as the acoustic strumming and delicate vocals build then descend then build again, adding a journey that is more nuanced than straight uphill; the track is a highlight on this adventurous album. 

Drone-Folk is a genre that at first blush may seem absurd, but Lankum prove that going slowly where others pick fast opens up a world of songs for whole new interpretations on The Livelong Day.
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Support the band, buy the album, stream it on bandcamp or below and peep some video:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wishing everyone a happy, safe and fun St. Patrick's Day from RtBE and we might as well throw in a self plug.

Here is Angels & Vagabonds Irish inspired tune, "Queens Boulevard Serenade":

The story goes; in the lead up to our first St. Paddy's Day gig we were working on some traditional Irish songs to play and our lead singer/keyboard player Don McNally realized they were basically all the same chords just re-arraigned.

So the Irish American from Woodside, NY dug into his past and crafted QBS. He brought it to the group and after a few tweaks it was ready for prime time, we actually played it only about a week after it was written. There is a little inside baseball into our process, now go celebrate by hoisting a pint....Happy St. Paddy's!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Wishing everyone a happy, safe and fun St. Patrick's Day from RtBE and we might as well throw in a self plug.

Here is Angels & Vagabonds Irish inspired tune, "Queens Boulevard Serenade":

The story goes; in the lead up to our first St. Paddy's Day gig we were working on some traditional Irish songs to play and our lead singer/keyboard player Don McNally realized they were basically all the same chords just re-arraigned.

So the Irish American from Woodside, NY dug into his past and crafted QBS. He brought it to the group and after a few tweaks it was ready for prime time, we actually played it only about a week after it was written. There is a little inside baseball into our process, now go celebrate by hoisting a pint....Happy St. Paddy's!

Happy Bloomsday!

Happy Bloomsday! RtBE hope to be toasting to the fantastic James Joyce very soon...

See, the best read Joyce...

Here are some ways to celebrate the nerdy holiday.  Unfortunately we can't make it down to Ulysses, that is an amateur a mistake...then again:

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

We are no geniuses here at RtBE, but we do love us some James Joyce. Just look at this guy:

And his writing is some of the best the English language has ever produced.
Plenty to see and hear and feel yet. Feel live warm beings near you. They aren't going to get me this innings. Warm beds: warm full blooded life.

Amen Brother...RtBE also got to give a cheers to Tom and Lindsey on their anniversary....Slainte! Here is Black 47 to get us in the mood:

Full Show Friday: The Dubliners Live 1984

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...The Dubliners!

With St. Patrick's Day being yesterday we will use that as an excuse to post a full show from The Dubliners from their home town back in 1984. Full setlist and info is below. Raise a pint, enjoy the pro shot, pro sound (with a weird tape issue, but who cares) and sing along.

Enjoy:

Recorded at the National Stadium, Dublin.
The Dubliners:
Ronnie Drew: Guitar, Vocals
Barney McKenna: Banjo, Vocals, Mandolin
John Sheahan: Fiddle, Whistle, Background Vocals, Mandolin
Seán Cannon: Guitar, Vocals
with
Jim McCann: Guitar, Vocals
Eamonn Campbell: Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Background Vocals
Paddy Reilly: Guitar, Vocals

Songs & Tunes:
Fairmoye Lasses and Sporting Paddy — Instrumental
McAlpine's Fusiliers — vocals - Ronnie Drew
Banks of the Roses — vocals - Seán Cannon
Come Back Paddy Reilly — vocals - Paddy Reilly
Four Green Fields — vocals - Jim McCann
The Town I loved so well — vocals - Ronnie Drew
Selection of Reels — Instrumental
The Crack was 90 — vocals - Paddy Reilly
Carrickfergus — vocals - Jim McCann
The Midnight Oil — Instrumental featuring - John Sheahan
Marino Waltz — Instrumental featuring - John Sheahan
Molly Malone — vocals - Jim McCann
Lovely Rose of Clare — vocals - Paddy Reilly
Finnegan's Wake — vocals - Ronnie Drew
Rose of Allendale — vocals - Seán Cannon
Selection of Reels — Instrumental
I Loved the Ground — vocals - Jim McCann
Fields of Athenry — vocals - Paddy Reilly
Dicey Reilly — vocals - Ronnie Drew

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Wishing everyone a happy safe and fun St. Patrick's Day from RtBE and we might as well throw in a self plug.

Here is Angels & Vagabonds Irish inspired tune, "Queens Boulevard Serenade":

The story goes; in the lead up to our first St. Paddy's Day gig we were working on some traditional Irish songs to play and our lead singer/keyboard player Don McNally realized they were basically all the same chords just re-arraigned.

So the Irish American from Woodside, NY dug into his past and crafted QBS. He brought it to the group and after a few tweaks it was ready for prime time, we actually played it only about a week after it was written. There is a little inside baseball into our process, now go celebrate by hoisting a pint....Happy St. Paddy's!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Wishing everyone a happy safe and fun St. Patrick's Day from RtBE and we might as well throw in a self plug.

Here is Angels & Vagabonds Irish inspired tune, "Queens Boulevard Serenade":


The story goes; in the lead up to our first St. Paddy's Day gig we were working on some traditional Irish songs to play and our lead singer/keyboard player Don McNally realized they were basically all the same chords just re-arraigned.

So the Irish American from Woodside, NY dug into his past and crafted QBS. He brought it to the group and after a few tweaks it was ready for prime time, we actually played it only about a week after it was written. There is a little inside baseball into our process, now go celebrate by hoisting a pint....Happy St. Paddy's!
  

Full Show Friday: Flogging Molly's Pinkpop 2014

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week..Flogging Molly!

Well St. Patrick's Day is on Tuesday so lets get the Irish flowing. In fact, we are really getting it flowing tonight as you can come see Angels & Vagabonds 4th Annual St. Patrick's Day Show tonight for free if you happen to be in town. 

But back to the Show we got for you right now, Flogging Molly Live from Pinkpop Fest 2014. Pro Shot, Pro Sound. You will want to raise a pint to this one as the singing flows and the stomping commences. You can peep the setlist below, and we will have more Irish for you next week.

Enjoy:

Setlist:
The Likes of You Again
Swagger
Revolution
Every Dog Has Its Day
Whistles the Wind
Drunken Lullabies
Saints & Sinners
Requiem for a Dying Song
Float
Tobacco Island
Happy Birthday
(for Bridget)
Devil's Dance Floor
What's Left of the Flag
The Seven Deadly Sins