The Waterboys : Fisherman's Blues [ purchase ] I've never understood why this Jewish New Yorker loves Celtic influenced rock music. It doesn't make much sense, but it is true. It's not like I was exposed to much of this style of music before I went to college, other than a little Jethro Tull and some Van Morrison, yet I remember falling in love with Horslips when I first heard them. And although I still think their soul inflected first album was better than their big hit, "Too-Rye-Ay," [...]
Photo Credit: Sofia Stolpe Last week, The Tallest Man on Earth took a break from recording his next LP by stepping out under his given name of Kristian Matsson to perform a pair of cover songs on Swedish game show På Spåret . Now his musical partner (and perhaps wife, considering her hyphenated last name in the introduction), Amanda Bergman , has also made an appearance on the show to promote the duo's forthcoming soundtrack for the film Once A Year . In keeping [...]
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To say The Waterboys ' latest album, An Appointment With Mr. Yeats , is a labour of love of sorts for Mike Scott would be something of an understatement. Scott's obsession with W.B. Yeats is evident in a catalogue of lyrics peppered with direct or indirect nods to a burning, galloping Celtic mysticism that is typical of the poet's earlier work. He has also remarked in interviews that this project has been on the boil for 20 years, so there is no doubting the passion and intent behind it. However, the very shape the project takes - an attempt [...]
For a good decade or so, I have had an implacable foe, an entity which I have formally and officially declared to be my arch-nemesis. Making this struggle more complex is that my arch-nemesis is the brother of a good friend. In truth, I don't know David very well. I've been buddies with his brothers for close to twenty years, but I've been around David no more than a handful of times. Our rivalry has no origin other than a decision I made to declare him my arch-nemesis. (it actually [...]
Mike Scott returns with a new Waterboys album, An Appointment with Mr Yeats. He describes it as a culmination of a 20-year-old dream to "recontextualise the work of Ireland's most venerated poet, WB Yeats, by singing his words against a backdrop of gloriously full-tilt rock'n'roll." You can listen to the album in full using the player below. Read more »
the waterboys have a new album coming out next week in europe with an american release to follow in 2012 called an appointment with mr yeats . listening to these new songs i'm reminded about how much i always liked the band but kind have forgotten that i did. fisherman's blues rocked my world for many a year after its release in 1988. have to dig that one out soon. thanks to slicing up eyeballs [...]
Phil writes: This great track by the Waterboys (from the album of songs based on poems by W.B Yeats) is due out as a single shortly. SWEET DANCER by The Waterboys
The Waterboys : The Raggle Taggle Gypsy [ purchase ] There is a common motif in folk songs, where a wealthy woman, often a noble, seduces or goes off with a man with no money. The husband discovers this, and goes after her or finds her in the act. From here, either the husband kills the lover and sometimes the wife as well, or you get something like what happens here. In The Raggle Taggle Gypsy, the husband reminds his noble wife of all that she is giving up, and begs [...]
It's been quite the struggle to post lately for me. I copied my digital music library from my computer to an external hard drive and the process took nearly a week! My computer is ancient so that might have something to do with it, but suffice to say there was a lot of music tripping through these wires this past week. It's just short of a terabyte now and I'm not really close to having everything from my library digitized. I'm looking forward to having several copies in safe places and buying a new machine that can handle all this [...]
A new compilation of never before released demos from the band's critically acclaimed album This Is The Sea. All songs were written by the only continuous band member Mike Scott, with the... Download your favourite album at The Mood Indicator
Se volete ritrovare o scoprire i The Waterboys la raccolta "In A Special Place" è davvero una bella occasione. Nel cd tutti i classici del gruppo, specialmente quelli del primo periodo per noi il piu isprato prima di una svolta folk rock, guidato dalla voce e dalla poesia di Mike Scott come Don't Bang The Drum ,The Pan Within. The Whole of The Moon e una versione remix di Trumpets oltre che Old England. Continua a leggere The Waterboys: In A Special Place per [...]
In a Special Place is a demos and outtakes collection of material that comprised the Waterboys' arguably second-best album, 1985's This Is the Sea . Which begs the question: what's the point? Though it's being billed as such, In a Special Place is not really a Waterboys album. It is basically frontman Mike Scott sitting at a piano for much of the entire duration, save for a few tracks where drum machines and the occasional guitar make their presence known, in addition to a remix. In a Special Place isn't even a new Waterboys album, considering that [...]
There's a growing number of 'smaller' festivals in the UK, some showcasing new bands you've never heard of and some playing host to the golden oldies. Wychwood Festival tries to find the middle ground between rock 'n' roll royalty and hotly tipped underground talent. Held at Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire, Wychwood Festival brings three days of entertainment across the 3-5 June weekend. Headlining the extravaganza are britpop extraordinaires the Charlatans (pictured above), the Scottish and Irish rockers the Waterboys and [...]
Liam Finn From: Auckland, New Zealand After a good couple of early rounds for Christchurch Auckland is really hitting back in the battle of the New Zealand musical heavyweights. Following on from the recent post on Street Chant tonight's post features another Auckland based artist with a somewhat familiar name. Being the offspring of New Zealand pop royalty can't be easy so kudos to rocker Liam Finn who transcends his [...]
The line-up for the inaugural London Feis Festival is taking shape. Bob Dylan is confirmed as headliner joining the bill with acts such as Imelda May, The Undertones, Christy Moore, The Waterboys, The Saw Doctors, Nanci Griffith and The Fureys. The festival is intended to showcase some of the leading names on the Irish music, taking place in Finsbury Park on June 18th across 3 stages. Tickets are on sale now from Seetickets , priced around £70. For more information check out the website as well as the [...]
Neil Young kicks off a three-week solo tour April 15 in Durham, N.C., in support of his latest release, the Grammy-winning Le Noise (Reprise) ... The new Felice Brothers album, Celebration, Florida, is out May 10 via Fat Possum and will be supported by a seven-week headlining tour of the U.S., Australia and New Zealand [...]
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