Reformed Hackney based free festival favourites the Tofu's are back! No less cutting than in the 1990's, they are as fast paced and witty as ever - watch out for gigs on the Tofu's home page http://www.tofulovefrogs.co.uk. STOP PRESS - The first new tracks released for over a decade are now available to listen to here on the Champagne Anarchist EP!!
More than one group seem to share this name. 1) An '80s fusion group that recorded for Columbia, and whose style mixed light pop, rock and some jazz influence. Bassist Skúli Sverrisson played with them in the early '90's.
2) Hardcore band from Ambler (that is still active (2009) . 3) A 70's Tribute from the UK, playing classic rock, funk, soul & reggae
www.dazthesinger.co.uk
(There's more than one band with this name) 1) The Rogues are a band from Texas, USA playing Scottish folk (bagpipes). The official Website is http://www.therogues.com 2) An obscure 1960's garage punk band 3) A classic rock band based in Brisbane Australia. The official site is www.myspace.com/therogues1 4) A streetpunk band from Detroit, MI from late 80's to early 90's.
Greenland Whalefishers started out in Bergen Norway in 1994, long before anyone had heard of bands like Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys. Combining british punk with celtic folk influences, the band soon became one of the most interesting post-pogues bands . Almost two decades of touring all around the world, releasing seven full length albums, piles of singles and EPs and an uncountable number of split-releases, contributing with music to the movie
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from the British Isles. London, Dublin, Spiddal, and Findhorn have all served as a home for the group. The band has played in a number of different styles, but most often their music can be described as a mix of Celtic folk music with rock and roll, or folk rock. After ten years of recording and touring, the band dissolved in 1993 and Scott pursued a solo career. The band reformed in 2000, and continues to release albums and tour worldwide.
Great Big Sea (often shortened to GBS) is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. The band also performs original material. On March 11, 2010, Great Big Sea celebrated their seventeenth birthday as a band. And like almost every one of their many anniversaries spent together, they celebrated it by playing a concert, this one in Omaha, Nebraska.
Planxty was an Irish folk music band consisting of soon-to-be-legendary musicians Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars), Andy Irvine (mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), and Liam O'Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle). The band was formed in 1972, and quickly revolutionized and popularized Irish folk music, touring and recording to great acclaim. The band broke up twice; first in 1975 and again in 1983. The band re-united again in 2004. Their final performance (to date) was in 2005.
Over the past three albums and five years, Toronto’s Celtic rock band Enter The Haggis has found itself at the center of a grassroots success story ever teetering on the brink of mainstream success. From playing Celtic festivals to headlining them, and from the festival circuit to selling out multiple nights in rock venues, ETH has blazed a path with heavy and almost constant touring up and down the East Coast, to Canada, the West Coast and back again, winning over success one fan, one town, one region at a time.