SPRING 2025
New exhibition of paintings at Manniny, Vasagatan 18, Göteborg Sweden.
Utställningsöppning Lördag Maj 3 / opens Saturday May 3.
See the paintings HERE
The 2009 Mansions Of Gold album gets its first outing on Bandcamp...download and a limited amount of CDs are available, jewel case + 8 page booklet designed by Cormac Figgis. Back in the day it was the second album we had released by the Berlin based label Cannery Row Records, a sort of highlight in our long and winding so-called career.
Recorded on and off throughout late 2007 & 2008. At weekends we would play gigs in places like the Gypsy Hotel at Crane Lane Theatre in Cork, The Cobblestone Dublin, Tramore, Carlow or a one-off at the Paradox in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Then we would record a bit more, burn the candle at both ends and I'd find myself in Germany on a solo escapde in the magical and sadly long gone Cafe Limba in Villingen. Then on to Zeitz, Greiz, Freiburg, Nuremberg or the Ice Cafe in Bondorf. (when you're playing an ice cream parlour on a Saturday night you know you've hit the big time!)
My recently lost and found 2008 diary tells me another weekend I was in the Oranje Kaffe in Arnheim (NL) and The Hopsack in Antwerp (BE) the following night and onwards to Copenhagen. Get home, pay the rent, pay the piper and off for two weeks in Canada (Ontario & Quebec) then take the 14 hour bus ride from Toronto to New York, play two nights there. Then JFK. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
But we got a good album out of it and if you missed it first time around here's an opportunity to check it out.
Dave Renegade will play a few tracks from it tonight (wed 23 april) on his great Dark Heart of Camden radio show on Hard Rock Radio Hell between 9pm and 12 midnight GMT
Utställningsöppning Lördag Maj 3 / opens Saturday May 3.
See the paintings HERE
The 2009 Mansions Of Gold album gets its first outing on Bandcamp...download and a limited amount of CDs are available, jewel case + 8 page booklet designed by Cormac Figgis. Back in the day it was the second album we had released by the Berlin based label Cannery Row Records, a sort of highlight in our long and winding so-called career.
Recorded on and off throughout late 2007 & 2008. At weekends we would play gigs in places like the Gypsy Hotel at Crane Lane Theatre in Cork, The Cobblestone Dublin, Tramore, Carlow or a one-off at the Paradox in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Then we would record a bit more, burn the candle at both ends and I'd find myself in Germany on a solo escapde in the magical and sadly long gone Cafe Limba in Villingen. Then on to Zeitz, Greiz, Freiburg, Nuremberg or the Ice Cafe in Bondorf. (when you're playing an ice cream parlour on a Saturday night you know you've hit the big time!)
My recently lost and found 2008 diary tells me another weekend I was in the Oranje Kaffe in Arnheim (NL) and The Hopsack in Antwerp (BE) the following night and onwards to Copenhagen. Get home, pay the rent, pay the piper and off for two weeks in Canada (Ontario & Quebec) then take the 14 hour bus ride from Toronto to New York, play two nights there. Then JFK. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
But we got a good album out of it and if you missed it first time around here's an opportunity to check it out.
Dave Renegade will play a few tracks from it tonight (wed 23 april) on his great Dark Heart of Camden radio show on Hard Rock Radio Hell between 9pm and 12 midnight GMT
Highjacked At The Crossroads is a new 15 track compilation featuring my comrades The Racketeers and The Last Souls. It's available on all platforms to download, stream etc.
Hope you like the track selection.
Check it out on Bandcamp HERE
Spotify HERE
Hope you like the track selection.
Check it out on Bandcamp HERE
Spotify HERE
We have a new video for King Of the Dive Bars, the opening track on Outsider Music Volume One.
Director of Photography and edit - David Eric Nilsson in collaboration with Footstep Film and Media.
It features The Silver Shekels, Rickard Yxelflod - guitar
Stellan Abrahamsson - drums
Check it out HERE
New Limited Edition 6 track CD with a choice of sleeves ! Available only at gigs. It get's it's first night out Sunday 23rd at Taverne De Waag, Haarlem in the Netherlands.
Also playing at Sally's Alingsås (Sweden) Friday 14th March. On at 19.00.
CD track listing - Walking Target / Nosferatu Blues / She Went Out Gallivanting (acoustic version) / Antibes / Pipedream / Shabby Dress
WINTER 2024/2025
NEW DOWNLOAD SINGLE - WALKING TARGET
Out February 2nd 2025 from Bandcamp.
Listen and buy it HERE
See the video HERE
Out February 2nd 2025 from Bandcamp.
Listen and buy it HERE
See the video HERE
NEW DOWNLOAD SINGLE - NOSFERATU BLUES
Out on January 1st. 2025 from Bandcamp.
Listen and buy it HERE
See the video HERE
NEW EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS IN USA
Shrine To The Compass (part one)
Jalopy Tavern, 317 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY
Mostly new painting from 2024 and a few from previous times
Friday 25 October until date unknown.
See the paintings HERE
NEW YORK GIG
Sunday October 27 BROOKLYN N.Y. at Superfine, 126 Front St in the Dumbo area with Jackson Lynch.
Out on January 1st. 2025 from Bandcamp.
Listen and buy it HERE
See the video HERE
NEW EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS IN USA
Shrine To The Compass (part one)
Jalopy Tavern, 317 Columbia St, Brooklyn NY
Mostly new painting from 2024 and a few from previous times
Friday 25 October until date unknown.
See the paintings HERE
NEW YORK GIG
Sunday October 27 BROOKLYN N.Y. at Superfine, 126 Front St in the Dumbo area with Jackson Lynch.
A new release !! October 14 2024.
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY SOLD OUT sorry, went quicker than expected....
Limited Edition cassette only album release for International Cassette Week 2024. 11 new tracks. Comes in unique unlabeled red/black shell with cardboard hand stamped slip-cover. Red Side 6 rockers, Black Side 1 ballad and 5 experimental dark ambient instrumentals.
BUY HERE
LISTEN HERE
AND HERE
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY SOLD OUT sorry, went quicker than expected....
Limited Edition cassette only album release for International Cassette Week 2024. 11 new tracks. Comes in unique unlabeled red/black shell with cardboard hand stamped slip-cover. Red Side 6 rockers, Black Side 1 ballad and 5 experimental dark ambient instrumentals.
BUY HERE
LISTEN HERE
AND HERE
SUMMER 2024
A couple of mentions in French newspapers ahead of the shows in Sancerra and La Charite-sur- Loire
February 27th - 'Pipedream' is released as a single ahead of dates in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Listen/Buy it HERE
See the video HERE
Hopefully meet old friends and new out on the road.
Fri March 8 BERLIN (Germany) Revolte Bar - on at 9pm finish at 10pm
Sat March 9 BERLIN (Germany) Private Concert
Thur April 11 HERSELT (Belgium) Pallieter Cafe w/special guest Garry Marcoen - 20.00
Frid April 12 HERSELT (Belgium) Saddle Up Saloon w/special guest Garry Marcoen - 20.00
Sat April 13 WESTERLO (Belgium) Jake's Place
Sun April 14 HAARLEM (Netherlands) De Waag - early 5pm / 17.00
Eamon Carr's new website is worth checking out HERE
'Sunset Six Twenty' is a 6 track tour only CD available at gigs.
'Pipedream' single is currenly available from Bandcamp HERE
'Pipedream' single is currenly available from Bandcamp HERE
AUTUMN/WINTER 2023
UPCOMING DATES
Fri Nov 10 ÅMÅL (Sweden) Mellanbron - onstage 21.00
Thu Nov 30 GÖTEBORG (Sweden) KoM Musik Bar w/ The Silver Shekels & special guest - Gray Wallhult Hawthorne
& Rickard Yxelflod.
Fri Nov 10 ÅMÅL (Sweden) Mellanbron - onstage 21.00
Thu Nov 30 GÖTEBORG (Sweden) KoM Musik Bar w/ The Silver Shekels & special guest - Gray Wallhult Hawthorne
& Rickard Yxelflod.
NEW ALBUM - OUTSIDER MUSIC VOLUME ONE
" a rock-n-roll purest’s dream. With the spirit of outlaw country, the Stones, and Johnny Thunders coursing through its veins..."
GLOBAL TEXAN CHRONICLES
Check it out on Bandcamp.
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/album/outsider-music-volume-one
" a rock-n-roll purest’s dream. With the spirit of outlaw country, the Stones, and Johnny Thunders coursing through its veins..."
GLOBAL TEXAN CHRONICLES
Check it out on Bandcamp.
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/album/outsider-music-volume-one
MAY 2023
Limited Edition 4 track EP 'Black Sheep' available now exclusively from Bandcamp HERE
Meanwhile we soon play our first gig in Ireland in over three years.
Sun May 14 - CORK Crane Lane Theatre (12 midnight)
Meanwhile we soon play our first gig in Ireland in over three years.
Sun May 14 - CORK Crane Lane Theatre (12 midnight)
MARCH 2023
Playing a special St. Patricks Night show in Trollhättan at the Savoy Restaurant & Bar Friday 17th March at around 21.00.
If you're in or near Trollhättan, come on down.
If you're in or near Trollhättan, come on down.
FEBRUARY 2023
Tour Dates for February 2023 listed below. Hopefully see some old and new friends out there on the road.
Fri Feb 10 HOMBURG (Germany) Mandy's Lounge (solo) 8pm
Sat Feb 11 KARLSRUHE (Germany) Scruffy's Irish Pub (solo) 20.00
Fri Feb 17 GREIZ (Germany) Peanuts (solo)
Sat Feb 18 BERLIN (Germany) Revolte Bar (solo)
Sat Feb 25 HERSELT (Belgium) Pallieter Sessions (solo) 21.00
Sun Feb 26 HAARLEM (Netherlands) De Waag (solo) early 5pm / 17.00
Fri Feb 10 HOMBURG (Germany) Mandy's Lounge (solo) 8pm
Sat Feb 11 KARLSRUHE (Germany) Scruffy's Irish Pub (solo) 20.00
Fri Feb 17 GREIZ (Germany) Peanuts (solo)
Sat Feb 18 BERLIN (Germany) Revolte Bar (solo)
Sat Feb 25 HERSELT (Belgium) Pallieter Sessions (solo) 21.00
Sun Feb 26 HAARLEM (Netherlands) De Waag (solo) early 5pm / 17.00
DECEMBER 2022
SOLD OUT - Limited Edition single - Slow Coach Move Over c/w Wild Goose Chase. 2 brand new tracks on a 7 inch lathe cut 45. Available in both red and green transparent vinyl. Each record comes with free MP3's of both tracks plus a bonus Dub version of Wild Goose Chase. Mail order only.
Listen to it HERE
Buy RED record HERE
Buy GREEN record HERE
(release date 12/12/2022)
Listen to it HERE
Buy RED record HERE
Buy GREEN record HERE
(release date 12/12/2022)
Thanks to Walter and the crew at Global Texan Chronicles for selecting 'Crystal Clear' as one their Top 5 singles of 2022.
Here's a link to their page.
https://globaltexanchronicles.com/global-texan-chronicles-top-singles-2022/
And you can listen/stream/buy 'Crystal Clear' here on Bandcamp.
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/crystal-clear
SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2022
I have a piece in the new book 'Punks Listen' published by Hope Collective. All profits go to the Red Cross/Ukraine. I scribbled something about The Trammps 'Hold Back The Night' hit single from 1974. In good company too...Fachtna O’Ceallaigh (manager, Boomtown Rats, Sinead O’Connor) Mike Scott (The Waterboys) John Fleming (Irish Times) Ted Carroll (Chiswick Records and Ace Records) Eamon Carr (Horslips etc..)Tim Pope (film/video director: The Cure, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, etc.),Terry O’Neill (Thin Lizzy promoter, McGonagles, Dublin etc.) Aidan Gillen (actor, Game Of Thrones, Love/Hate etc.) Roddy Doyle (writer The Commitments etc) Henry Rollins (Black Flag, Rollins Band etc) Suggs (Madness)
Name drop city !
Click on the link to get a copy HERE
Playing a show this Saturday Oktober 1 at the Honky Tonk Central, M/S Götapetter with the great Gray Wallhult Hawthorne & his new Band - doors 19.00. Check it out . Gonna be great. It's Gray's Birthday !
Name drop city !
Click on the link to get a copy HERE
Playing a show this Saturday Oktober 1 at the Honky Tonk Central, M/S Götapetter with the great Gray Wallhult Hawthorne & his new Band - doors 19.00. Check it out . Gonna be great. It's Gray's Birthday !
AUGUST 2022
Saturday 20th August 2022 is the opening day of my first Exhibition of Paintings in eleven years. It takes place at Kulturhuset Kåken, Kålltorpsgatan 2 , Göteborg.
Nearest trams stops are Stockholmsgatan and Hårlanda.
The Exhibition runs until September 16th.
Here's a link to what's on offer.
https://www.eamonndowd.com/paintings.html
If you're interested in buying any of the works from this exhibition online, drop me an email for payment information.
All paintings are on canvas stretched on wooden frames and ready to hang with hooks and wire attached on the back.
Some painting have a matt varnish, others have a gloss varnish.
[email protected]
Nearest trams stops are Stockholmsgatan and Hårlanda.
The Exhibition runs until September 16th.
Here's a link to what's on offer.
https://www.eamonndowd.com/paintings.html
If you're interested in buying any of the works from this exhibition online, drop me an email for payment information.
All paintings are on canvas stretched on wooden frames and ready to hang with hooks and wire attached on the back.
Some painting have a matt varnish, others have a gloss varnish.
[email protected]
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I WALKED ALL NIGHT
Here's the last one. #5 in the series of Seven Day Singles. I Walked All Night was originally recorded by The Embers in possibly 1960?. Written by Hargus Pig Robbins. I first heard it 25 years ago on the Born Bad Volume 7 LP. Stephanie Lundström - Drums Kaiza Johansson - Bass Eamonn Dowd - Guitar, vocals Here's it is on Bandcamp. Stream it / Buy It https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/i-walked-all-night |
JULY 2022
WORLD GONE WRONG
Here it is, the 4th of the Seven Day Singles.
Recorded January 2022 .
World Gone Wrong was originally recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks in 1938 and released as a 10 inch shellac single on Columbia records and written by Walter Jacobs.
Listen / stream / buy it....only on Bandcamp.
The video comprises of a succession of controlled demolitions from stock footage, NOT buildings being bombed.
Stephanie Lundström - Drums
Kaiza Johansson - Bass
Eamonn Dowd - Guitar, organ, harmonica, fiddle, vocals
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/world-gone-wrong
Here it is, the 4th of the Seven Day Singles.
Recorded January 2022 .
World Gone Wrong was originally recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks in 1938 and released as a 10 inch shellac single on Columbia records and written by Walter Jacobs.
Listen / stream / buy it....only on Bandcamp.
The video comprises of a succession of controlled demolitions from stock footage, NOT buildings being bombed.
Stephanie Lundström - Drums
Kaiza Johansson - Bass
Eamonn Dowd - Guitar, organ, harmonica, fiddle, vocals
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/world-gone-wrong
MAY / JUNE 2022
On Saturday May 14 I'm playing a solo set at the brand new klubb, Honky Tonk Central aboard the M/S Götapetter in Göteborg Harbour. Darren Cash (UK) and Daniel Hollow (SE) are also on the bill. Come down and say hello. Doors 19.00
KING OF THE DIVE BARS
And here's the first in the series of Seven Day Singles - 'King Of The Dive Bars'.
Stream / download / buy it on bandcamp.
In seven days it will be gone .
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/king-of-the-dive-bars
KING OF THE DIVE BARS
And here's the first in the series of Seven Day Singles - 'King Of The Dive Bars'.
Stream / download / buy it on bandcamp.
In seven days it will be gone .
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/king-of-the-dive-bars
CRYSTAL CLEAR
And here's the second in the series of Seven Day Singles - 'Crystal Clear.'
Stream / download / buy it on bandcamp.
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/crystal-clear
What's a Seven Day Single ?
These are digital releases that are only available on one platform - bandcamp, but with a presence on social media etc. You can stream it / buy it , marvel at the visual wonders of the DIY videos... whatever floats your boat.... and after 7 days it's deleted. Gone. Bye Bye.
A few days later another one is 'dropped' as they say in common parlance. So there's gonna be a few....
The first one was 'dropped' Beltaine / May Day.
HELPING HAND
Third of the Seven Day Singles.
Featuring the Last Souls, this song was originally recorded in 2015 or 2016.
We can't be sure of the date. The master was lost, so we reworked it again last year, only this time
Rickard was on guitar.
Slick Andy - Drums
Rickard Yxelflod - Guitar
Eamonn Dowd - Bass, guitar, vocals, organ
Stream / download / buy it on bandcamp.
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/helping-hand
OCTOBER 2021
Having played the Ljusfest in Åmål last month at the Strand Cafe, ready to get rockin' in Germany at Rotationscafe, Remscheid Lennep Friday October 22 and Solaris 53 e.V. Dusseldorf Saturday October 23. Hope to see some old and new friends out there.
To coincide with these dates in Germany we've put together a special Limited Edition Black CD (not silver) .
Germany has always been good to us so I've recorded 2 brand new tracks. Kinder Der Nacht (featuring Klaus Kinski) and Berlin Beauty (featuring Marlene Dietrich!) The CD also has a remix of Rambling Jack, plus we've recycled You're On Your Own. Sweet Angel and Lonesome Streets. CD's available at gigs or mail order from Bandcamp Merch page here
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/.../right-place-right...
You can listen to samples here on Soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/.../right-place-right-time-ep-sample
To coincide with these dates in Germany we've put together a special Limited Edition Black CD (not silver) .
Germany has always been good to us so I've recorded 2 brand new tracks. Kinder Der Nacht (featuring Klaus Kinski) and Berlin Beauty (featuring Marlene Dietrich!) The CD also has a remix of Rambling Jack, plus we've recycled You're On Your Own. Sweet Angel and Lonesome Streets. CD's available at gigs or mail order from Bandcamp Merch page here
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/.../right-place-right...
You can listen to samples here on Soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/.../right-place-right-time-ep-sample
AUGUST 2021
Very sad to hear Rory Jones is no longer with us.
He was a DJ, musician and all around nice guy.
We became friends through a shared interest in 1970's Jamaican music, Guinness and the Rolling Stones.
In the 90's his Tuesday night residency in the Pod was the place to be.
We toured together in '98 playing a bunch of dates with The Racketeers in the Netherlands and Denmark.
Rory's guitar playing was an inspiration and his charm and sense of humour kept us all sane under a cloud of madness.
It was a blast. We had such a wild time.
Rest well Rory.
He was a DJ, musician and all around nice guy.
We became friends through a shared interest in 1970's Jamaican music, Guinness and the Rolling Stones.
In the 90's his Tuesday night residency in the Pod was the place to be.
We toured together in '98 playing a bunch of dates with The Racketeers in the Netherlands and Denmark.
Rory's guitar playing was an inspiration and his charm and sense of humour kept us all sane under a cloud of madness.
It was a blast. We had such a wild time.
Rest well Rory.
DECEMBER 2020
A new video for 'I Never Talk About Her' from the 'Songs From The Fever Ship' LP
Click HERE
Written by Carr/Fean, the song was originally on the Nikki Sudden/Johnny Fean/Simon Carmody album
'The Last Bandits in the World' from 1986.
And then there's 'Oh Hangman - Dub Mix' ....influenced by Lee Scratch Perry, Mikey Campbell, King Tubby etc.
'Oh Hangman' is track 2 side 1 on 'Songs From the Fever Ship' album but this Dub mix has never been released, or even heard until now.
Click HERE
Click HERE
Written by Carr/Fean, the song was originally on the Nikki Sudden/Johnny Fean/Simon Carmody album
'The Last Bandits in the World' from 1986.
And then there's 'Oh Hangman - Dub Mix' ....influenced by Lee Scratch Perry, Mikey Campbell, King Tubby etc.
'Oh Hangman' is track 2 side 1 on 'Songs From the Fever Ship' album but this Dub mix has never been released, or even heard until now.
Click HERE
NOVEMBER 2020
A short promo for the Fever Ship LP / CD / Cassette. An ideal Christmas gift !
JULY 2020
If you happen to be in or near Dublin, these fine record emporiums now have the LP in stock.
Tower Records, 7 Dawson St
Spindizzy Records, 32 The Market Arcade, South Great George's Street
Freebird Records, 15A Wicklow St, down that long corridor.....and
Claddagh Records , 2 Cecilia St, Temple Bar.
Killian Ginnity's short film of our adventures in Bordeaux for the launch of Songs From The Fever Ship
is now in youtube. See it HERE
Review from Irish Music Magazine
"Songs from the Fever Ship sees Dowd collaborating with Horslips members Jim Lockhart on keyboards, flute and whistles and drummer and lyricist Eamon Carr. The Horslips influence is evident on a cover of Cu Chullain’s Lament from The Tain and the crisp drumming on Cry On My Grave, which recall vintage Horslips crossed with Dowd’s gothic roots rocking....Highly narrative.... The total work is a rich collection of songs, each aching with life and emotion."
MAY 2020
'Songs From The Fever Ship' review from German publication Musik Review HERE
RTE GUIDE - At Home With Jim Lockhart.
New album gets a mention HERE
FEBRUARY 2020
These gigs , full band, with The Racketeers are now confirmed. Les Keye, Ken Whelan, Anthony D'Arcy
Feb 27 CORK (IE) Crane Lane Theatre
Feb 28 DUBLIN (IE) Drop Dead Twice
June 6 TILBURG (NL) Paradox CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
June 12 KILKENNY (IE) Ryans Bar CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
June 13 ENNISCORTHY (IE) Baileys CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
JANUARY 2020
'Cu Chulainns Lament ' is out as a download single now., featuring Jim Lockhart & Eamon Carr from Horslips.
Check out the video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghFwtXFkRtk
and a video on the recording of the track at Arad Studios, Dublin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy5ZW7TSWyM
DECEMBER 2019
The Daily Star review of the album 'Songs From The Fever Ship' (see below)
The Daily Star review of the album 'Songs From The Fever Ship' (see below)
A good review from UK publication RnR Magazine (see above)
From New Zealand, Don Kavanagh's Wine Searcher piece on the album 'Songs From The Fever Ship'.
https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2019/11/a-song-of-celebration-for-the-wine-geese?fbclid=IwAR27OaCsTNu2cfHqrMYcJ7qM5GI6puDY-wlhSHlX__I_LcICLOyXfNRzc1Y
NOVEMBER 2019
Irish Times article on the launch of the album 'Songs From The Fever Ship' in Bordeaux, France.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/merchants-of-bordeaux-diy-diplomats-shake-hands-with-wine-geese-ghosts-1.4084482?fbclid=IwAR0fVDkRNoUUezhUq9DAyeMKTazf8LDeNLTcNhn0wNjczVTym3iYAnCq0ZM
Check out the short video of the album launch at Cite Du Vin museum and cultural centre , Bordeaux. Myself , John Fleming and Eamon Carr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crN9n3IDzxc
Here's a link to the album version of The Merchants of Bordeaux
https://eamonndowd.bandcamp.com/track/merchants-of-bordeaux
Thanks to everybody who came out to the gigs in Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany and Ireland.
Songs From The Fever Ship is out now.
CD's & cassettes available from this website (vinyl coming soon)
Digitally available from I Tunes, Amazon, Apple Music, Bandcamp, CDBaby etc.
More dates in Ireland in February 2020.
OCTOBER 2019
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PRESS RELEASE
I am honoured to have been invited by Bordeaux’s prestigious Cite du Vin museum and cultural centre to perform my song The Merchants of Bordeaux in the splendid Thomas Jefferson auditorium: Eamonn Dowd and the Racketters | La Cité du Vin
My song’s lyrics are about the Irish Wild Geese who fled to France in the 17th and 18thcenturies – specifically those who settled in the vineyards of Bordeaux: the “Wine” Geese.Horslips drummer and writer Eamon Carr wrote the lyrics and will read them at my Bordeaux Cite du Vin performance. This will follow an introduction by my friend and journalist John Fleming, who helped curate my new album Songs from the Fever Ship.
The event takes place on Sat Nov 2 at 4pm.
“We were carried/On a crimson tide/Over fields that once were green… We were ragged/We were broken/The most wretched ever seen… So tonight/Let’s salute that call/And let your spirits flow/We’ll raise a glass and call a toast/To the merchants of Bordeaux.”
- The Merchants of Bordeaux (Eamonn Dowd/Eamon Carr)
NEW ALBUM - SONGS FROM THE FEVER SHIP - COMING IN NOVEMBER
DISLOCATION… DIASPORA… WISTFUL DECAY
EAMONN DOWD’s new album, SONGS FROM THE FEVER SHIP, is a milestone. The Swedish-based Irish cult musician’s collaboration with legendary Horslips drummer and lyricist EAMON CARR has yielded a rich collection of songs on the novelistic scale. Around nearly a dozen striking poetic tales, Dowd weaves epic melodies and musicianship. Storehouses of character and conversational charm, Dowd’s songs are perfect interpretations of Carr’s poetry of dislocation and memory, of his lyrics about the dwindling lifeforce of the diaspora and their aged, wistful decay. Standout tunes include The Merchants of Bordeaux (a seven-minute-plus dark ballad of empathy for the Wild/Wine Geese) and a blistering new version of Horslip’s Cú Chulainn’s Lament (Carr returns to the drums with Jim Lockhart on keyboards, flute and tin whistle to disinter their 1973 Táin classic). Masts, gallows and those who have been wronged populate songs such as Two Black Crows and Oh Hangman. This literary rock album applauds human struggle and survival. Eighteen months in the making, SONGS FROM THE FEVER SHIP is a magical musical collaboration between Eamonn Dowd and Eamon Carr. Poised for release in November 2019, it is available now for pre-purchase on CD, digital download, limited edition vinyl and – in a nod to the coiled past that birthed it – cassette.
John Fleming (Irish Times Journalist)
Digitally available in November from I Tunes, Amazon, Apple Music, Bandcamp, CDBaby etc.
Songs from the Fever Ship appears on the Intendance label
Distributed by Pool Musik (Germany)
Claddagh Records (Ireland)
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AUGUST 2019
Been busy mixing (and re-mixing) the new album. Should know about a release date soon.
I'm going out on the road for a 17 date tour. The first show is Thursday 29th August in New York at Barchord in Brooklyn. Jackson Lynch is also on the bill. After that, there are gigs in Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, Germany and it's likely more dates will be added over time.
Hopefully see you out there.
MARCH 2019
Back in Ireland for a recording session with a special collection of musicians. More on this later, and a few photos as well.
DECEMBER 2018
As the curtain falls on another year, a big Thank You to all who came to a gig anywhere, and to everybody who bought a CD in 2018.
I played gigs in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and my native Ireland and enjoyed most of it.
With xmas upon us, I'm working on the recordings we started in Arad Studios, Dublin back in June.
As you probably know, I've co-written a few new songs with Eamon Carr (Horslips). Just a couple of weeks ago Bert Deyart came over from Belgium to Dublin to film us at work. Sheila Sullivan, who played on 'By Hook Or By Crook' (1997) and 'Long Time Gone' (1999) ....both long out of print...plays violin on the record. It should be ready for release later in 2019. And Ken Whelan played some great accordion on those sessions too.
As I write, it's Xmas Eve and I'm trying to mix some of the tracks.
See you out there in 2019
Keep well.
Eamonn
Sheila Sullivan and Ken Whelan recording in Dublin.
Playing a few solo dates. See you out there.
OLDER NEWS
JUNE 2018
Currently working on the recordings we started in Arad Studios, Dublin a few weeks ago.
I had co-written a few songs with Eamon Carr (Horslips). Bert Deyart came over from Belgium to film proceedings
Les Keye was behind the mixing desk (and he played bass too) .
Danielle Harrison was in there to supervise production. Ken Whelan played magical accordion.
It's all work in progress.
Meanwhile, I'll play a couple of acoustic gigs in Germany in July. See the gigs page for details.
APRIL 2018
An extra gig has been added. It's at Maxigrillen, Göteborg on Friday 20th April at 8pm / 20.00.
It's a first time live music event for the bar / restaurant. Address is Morängatan 7, 41671. Bus 62 to Kransen.
These gigs are now confirmed.
Fri Apr 20 GÖTEBORG (Sweden) Maxigrillen (solo) 20.00 (Morängatan 7, 41671)
Fri Apr 27 DUBLIN (Ireland) Sin E (with the Racketeers)
Sun May 13 DUBLIN Alternative Sunday Social Club at Toners, Baggot Street. 4 -7 pm (The Racketeers)
Copies of the EP 'I Think I Know A Place We Can Go Now' will be available at all up-coming gigs.
Initially for sale at German dates earlier this year it's not available as a download, but you can listen to the main track HERE on Soundcloud.
EP track listing :
1. I Think I Know A Place We Can Go Now
2. Nothing Going On
3. Train station Turnaround
4, The Very Best Wine
MARCH 2018
All things green !
'The Greenwood Shade' - Download single available St. Patrick's Day, Saturday March 17th.
A co-write with Eamon Carr from Horslips.
Listen to it HERE
Buy it HERE
Video HERE
An extra gig has been added. It's at Maxigrillen, Göteborg on Friday 20th April at 8pm / 20.00.
It's a first time live music event for the bar / restaurant. Address is Morängatan 7, 41671. Bus 62 to Kransen.
DECEMBER 2017
These gigs are confirmed for the New Year in Sweden and Germany .
Wed Jan 17 GÖTEBORG (Sweden) Crippas Cafe (solo) 7pm
Fri Jan 26 REMSCHEID (Germany) Rotations Cafe (solo)
Sat Jan 27 DUSSELDORF (Germany) Solaris 53 (solo)
Thu Feb 1 BERLIN (Germany) Artliners (solo) 9pm
Fri Feb 2 LUBECK (Germany) MacThomas (solo) 10pm
Fri Feb 9 HAMBURG (Germany) Old Dubliner (solo)
Sat Feb 10 KIEL (Germany) Unrat (solo)
The Rock 'n' Roots radio show returns to the airwaves Thursday 28 of January at 19.00 CET.
Thats 6PM GMT for my Irish/UK listeners. For my east coast American friends, midday Eastern Standard Time.
Live streaming here ( press the starta radion button at the top of the page. )
88FM on your car stereo, transistor radio etc....I've no idea what I'll be playing apart from from Fats Domino.
Tune in ........
Radio Livestream
SEPTEMBER 2017
We're playing the following gigs in Ireland this autumn.
Thu Sep 29 DUBLIN The Glimmerman, Stoney Batter (with The Racketeers/acoustic)
Sat Sept 30 CORK Bru Bar & Hostel (with The Racketeers) 10pm
Wed Oct 4 DUBLIN Bloody Mary's, Dame St. (with The Racketeers)
Thur Oct 5 DUBLIN Bello Bar (solo) support for Dark Honey - album launch
Fri Oct 6 DUBLIN Olympia Theatre (with The Racketeers) support to The Stunning
The Rock 'n' Roots radio show will return to the airwaves in late October.
It's a first time live music event for the bar / restaurant. Address is Morängatan 7, 41671. Bus 62 to Kransen.
DECEMBER 2017
These gigs are confirmed for the New Year in Sweden and Germany .
Wed Jan 17 GÖTEBORG (Sweden) Crippas Cafe (solo) 7pm
Fri Jan 26 REMSCHEID (Germany) Rotations Cafe (solo)
Sat Jan 27 DUSSELDORF (Germany) Solaris 53 (solo)
Thu Feb 1 BERLIN (Germany) Artliners (solo) 9pm
Fri Feb 2 LUBECK (Germany) MacThomas (solo) 10pm
Fri Feb 9 HAMBURG (Germany) Old Dubliner (solo)
Sat Feb 10 KIEL (Germany) Unrat (solo)
The Rock 'n' Roots radio show returns to the airwaves Thursday 28 of January at 19.00 CET.
Thats 6PM GMT for my Irish/UK listeners. For my east coast American friends, midday Eastern Standard Time.
Live streaming here ( press the starta radion button at the top of the page. )
88FM on your car stereo, transistor radio etc....I've no idea what I'll be playing apart from from Fats Domino.
Tune in ........
Radio Livestream
SEPTEMBER 2017
We're playing the following gigs in Ireland this autumn.
Thu Sep 29 DUBLIN The Glimmerman, Stoney Batter (with The Racketeers/acoustic)
Sat Sept 30 CORK Bru Bar & Hostel (with The Racketeers) 10pm
Wed Oct 4 DUBLIN Bloody Mary's, Dame St. (with The Racketeers)
Thur Oct 5 DUBLIN Bello Bar (solo) support for Dark Honey - album launch
Fri Oct 6 DUBLIN Olympia Theatre (with The Racketeers) support to The Stunning
The Rock 'n' Roots radio show will return to the airwaves in late October.
JULY 2017 - A MESSAGE FROM EAMONN
Glad to say Dig Into Nowhere has been getting lots of radio play. Niall Toner on RTE Radio 1, Gavin Glass on Nova 88FM, Karl Tsgdinos on Dublin Bay FM, Mike at WMFO Boston, and a whole bunch of German stations - Freies Radio Stuttgart, Dom Radio Cologne, Radio Tide 96FM (Hamburg) , University Radio Berlin and many others. Thanks for the spins folks.
Recently played Ireland for the first time in over two years. We had two great gigs in Kilkenny and Dublin with the great Dark Honey opening up on both shows, and Sean A. McDermott added to the bill for the second gig. As a three piece we performed an impromptu acoustic set in The Glimmer Man, Stoneybatter. What we thought would be two or three songs turned into a full-on 12 song set !
(Thanks to Mark Dennehy for that )
Also, I've been kept busy working on the music for 'Excentrique' , a film by Brian Flanagan and John Fleming set in Paris.
And I've been painting a lot too.
If you're wondering what happened to my Tour Diary/Blog, I quit writing that a year ago due to my on going problems with carpal tunnel syndrome. Basically, the nerve endings in my left arm/wrist are shot which made playing guitar almost impossible for a while. I got fixed up but the less typing I do the better. Also, these days social media is all me me me, and maybe we need a break from that.
In the meantime there's always Instagram. Pictures....no words.....
Keep it Real
Eamonn
PS - More gigs coming in the autumn.
JUNE 2017
Eamonn and Al are on Gavin Glass's radio show on Nova 88FM this Sunday the 25th June.
livestreaming from nova.IE.
Show starts at 6pm GMT
Eamonn and Al are on Gavin Glass's radio show on Nova 88FM this Sunday the 25th June.
livestreaming from nova.IE.
Show starts at 6pm GMT
MAY 2017
Dig Into Nowhere, track by track on Global Texan Chronicles HERE
Read the Hot Press interview with Olaf Tyaransen HERE
Dig Into Nowhere, track by track on Global Texan Chronicles HERE
Read the Hot Press interview with Olaf Tyaransen HERE
APRIL 2017
A FEW GOOD REVIEWS IN FOR DIG INTO NOWHERE
"...a stellar example of earnest and weathered memories. Looking into the past to transition histories and thoughts into the now. A fitting example is the track “Departure Lounge”. So many vision as questions in no frills perfection."
GLOBAL TEXAN CHRONICLES
"Dowd goes in for a classic folk and country style (as well as a blistering cover of Nikki Sudden’s ‘Death Is Hanging Over Me’), as he casts a measured eye backwards....one of the true survivors of Irish rock."
HOT PRESS
"The spectre of death hangs over Dowd's latest, as the spirited freebooter from The Swinging Swine and The Racketeers digs deeper than his peers to hammer nails in the exile experience."
EVENING HERALD
A FEW GOOD REVIEWS IN FOR DIG INTO NOWHERE
"...a stellar example of earnest and weathered memories. Looking into the past to transition histories and thoughts into the now. A fitting example is the track “Departure Lounge”. So many vision as questions in no frills perfection."
GLOBAL TEXAN CHRONICLES
"Dowd goes in for a classic folk and country style (as well as a blistering cover of Nikki Sudden’s ‘Death Is Hanging Over Me’), as he casts a measured eye backwards....one of the true survivors of Irish rock."
HOT PRESS
"The spectre of death hangs over Dowd's latest, as the spirited freebooter from The Swinging Swine and The Racketeers digs deeper than his peers to hammer nails in the exile experience."
EVENING HERALD
New gigs confirmed - Ällebäck June 3. Kilkenny June 30 and Dublin July 1.
Back with the Rock'n' Roots Radio Show this Thursday night and every Thursday through April. 10pm - 12 midnight CET, or 9pm to 11pm GMT. 88FM on your radio, livestreaming from Radio 88 Partille.
Back with the Rock'n' Roots Radio Show this Thursday night and every Thursday through April. 10pm - 12 midnight CET, or 9pm to 11pm GMT. 88FM on your radio, livestreaming from Radio 88 Partille.
The video for the new single 'Departure Lounge'
MARCH 2017
New single & album to be released March 24 on the Disques Fridge label. .
Six show's in Germany confirmed for March.
A couple of gigs are also confirmed for the Paddy's Fringe Festival in Oslo, playing at Cappalens Forslag March 16 and Posthallen March 18.
On Sunday 19th I'll be speaking on American race music, rock 'n' roll and the Irish influence .... thats at Cappalens Forslag at 9pm.
Second gig confirmed in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Back with the Rock'n' Roots Radio Show this Thursday night, 9th March
Last weeks rock 'n' roots radio show on Radio 88 Partille is on the Archive Page HERE
Scroll down the page to the Rock 'n' Roots icon, click on it and the show should play automatically. The show goes out live every Thursday night 10pm - 12 midnight CET, or 9pm to 11pm GMT. 88FM on your radio, livestreaming from the Radio 88 Partille website. Press the PLAY button at the top of the page where it says 'starta radio'.
Eamonn Dowd's Departure Lounge: 'The heart is a suitcase' (by John Fleming)
Irish-Nordic rocker Eamonn Dowd’s new video Departure Lounge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzJqr78X1_U
takes four random corners of the world (Gothenburg, Stockholm, New York and West Africa’s Burkina Faso) and ties them into a parcel of existential dislocation. Look at these L trains and half-empty glasses: you don’t have to be on the road to feel lost.
Airports, train stations and passing scenery haunt Dowd’s monochrome video. An amalgam of travel and navigation, of memory and maps, of wrong turns at crossroads, it’s a tour of urban Scandinavian bridges, of Fifth Avenue and eternal transit points. Roads girdle the globe. Across all this, a rugged and ashen Dowd strides across European no man’s lands, cities, bars and streets. Against stark, bony trees on a Gothenburg hill, he walks as an earthed alien. 'Someone at a recent gig in Oslo told me it looks like an out-take from one of Aki Kaurismaki’s films', he says, referencing the cult Finnish director (Leningrad Cowboys, I Hired A Contract Killer). The song draws extra ethereal dimensionality from the backing vocals of Jenny Menso (formerly of hit Swedish group Four Flavours).
With a nod to fellow Flemish film-maker Anton Corbijn (remember the Joy Division film Control?), video director Bert Deyeart uses a binary palette of black and white linked by industrial greys to convey the heart and mind of a travelled troubadour. 'Eamonn Dowd’s heart is a suitcase. What could be inside' laughs Deyeart. 'I tried to explore that with the video.'
Dowd’s compass is global: 'Won’t you take me back / Take me back home? / I would go if I knew which way to go… / Should I go north or south / Should I go east or west? / Take me back.'
The whole song is driven by drumming and studio veteran Al Cowan, a Dubliner who learnt the drums with a travelling circus. Defecting after work with Rocky DeValera, punk legends Paranoid Visions and Kate Bush, he is a long-time Dowd collaborator; the men’s musical blood pact is evident here.
Departure Lounge is the lead single from Eamonn Dowd's new album Dig into Nowhere, out now on Disques Fridge and Spellbound Records. Look for the album in selected record stores in Ireland and Germany and on the world wide web.
JOHN FLEMING - writer and Irish Times journalist
AUGUST 2016
A new Bandcamp page has been set up for those of you who like that sort of thing. The Feudal Times EP is there, but there's lots more to come.
JULY 2016
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JUNE 2016
The Rock N Roots Radio Show is off the air for the summer and will return on Thursday 25th August. Tune in later on.... Live streaming HERE Click on the 'Starta Radion' icon at the top of the page to get things rolling. 10PM CET, 9PM GMT, 4PM EST. MAY 2016 A brief trip to New York. A recording session on Monday, and then a few gigs.... Tue May 31 Barchord, 1008 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn - solo with Jackson Lynch 9pm Wed June 1 ReW &WhO TV show 4.15pm EST / 9.15pm GMT / 10.15 CET watch here http://www.rewandwho.com/ Thurs Jun 2 Hank's Saloon (solo) 46 3rd Ave, Brooklyn ( plus Steak ) 8pm 
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FEBRUARY 2016
New CD out now.
Feudal Times - a 4 track E.P. recorded with The Last Souls. Limited Edition hand stamped, wax sealed cover. 4 page colour fold-out inside. Go HERE to buy downloads or mail order CD.
Listen to a sample on Soundcloud HERE
JANUARY 2016
Here's a song we recorded a few months back, one-take. Sometimes when you try something new you get it right first time.....
Click HERE
DECEMBER 2015
Went into Ljudvalvet Studios with the Last Souls to try out a few new songs. (Greyskull Studios in Stenkullen needed to be re-wired, and we were ready to roll) Photos on Instagram. (see the strip above)
NOVEMBER 2015
Getting ready to go into Greyskull Studios. See what happens.......
Some new photos HERE
OCTOBER 2015
Playing The Tea Room, Ällebäck, near Örjso, (Sweden) Saturday 24th October. It's a solo show. Onstage 7.30pm.
I'm a guest on Calle Falksten's radio show on Radio 88 Partille Thursday 15th October at 9pm - a Van Morrison special. Followed by my own Rock 'N' Roots Show at 10pm CET / 9pm GMT. Tune in on 88FM or live streaming HERE
Click on the 'starta radion' button at the top of the page.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Mid September gig with the Last Souls at short notice in Kom Musik Bar, Göteborg on Friday 18th. Doors open 6.30pm - showtime is 8.30pm or 9pm approx. First gig back after Andy's accident. New material, new boots and gadgets.
Slick Andy has been out of action for a few weeks due to a 5 a.m. skateboarding accident that resulted in a cracked elbow. But during downtime he co-wrote a song and his latent skills as a piano player and string arranger surprised us all. He also started to write for UK magazine Azaria. His latest piece in the Eyeball Chronicles is here in the online version of the mag - Azaria.
I've been asked by Calle Falksten to join him on his show on Radio 88 Partille at 9pm CET - 8pm GMT Thursday 10th September. Calle has long been fascinated with Australian bands of the 1980's, so we will play and discuss records by The Go-Betweens, The Triffids, The Birthday Party, G.W. McLennan and others. Tune in on 88FM or live streaming HERE.
Calle's show will be followed by my regular 2 hour long Rock 'n' Roots Show.
Lots of new photos added to the Random Road photo's page HERE
New CD out now.
Feudal Times - a 4 track E.P. recorded with The Last Souls. Limited Edition hand stamped, wax sealed cover. 4 page colour fold-out inside. Go HERE to buy downloads or mail order CD.
Listen to a sample on Soundcloud HERE
JANUARY 2016
Here's a song we recorded a few months back, one-take. Sometimes when you try something new you get it right first time.....
Click HERE
DECEMBER 2015
Went into Ljudvalvet Studios with the Last Souls to try out a few new songs. (Greyskull Studios in Stenkullen needed to be re-wired, and we were ready to roll) Photos on Instagram. (see the strip above)
NOVEMBER 2015
Getting ready to go into Greyskull Studios. See what happens.......
Some new photos HERE
OCTOBER 2015
Playing The Tea Room, Ällebäck, near Örjso, (Sweden) Saturday 24th October. It's a solo show. Onstage 7.30pm.
I'm a guest on Calle Falksten's radio show on Radio 88 Partille Thursday 15th October at 9pm - a Van Morrison special. Followed by my own Rock 'N' Roots Show at 10pm CET / 9pm GMT. Tune in on 88FM or live streaming HERE
Click on the 'starta radion' button at the top of the page.
SEPTEMBER 2015
Mid September gig with the Last Souls at short notice in Kom Musik Bar, Göteborg on Friday 18th. Doors open 6.30pm - showtime is 8.30pm or 9pm approx. First gig back after Andy's accident. New material, new boots and gadgets.
Slick Andy has been out of action for a few weeks due to a 5 a.m. skateboarding accident that resulted in a cracked elbow. But during downtime he co-wrote a song and his latent skills as a piano player and string arranger surprised us all. He also started to write for UK magazine Azaria. His latest piece in the Eyeball Chronicles is here in the online version of the mag - Azaria.
I've been asked by Calle Falksten to join him on his show on Radio 88 Partille at 9pm CET - 8pm GMT Thursday 10th September. Calle has long been fascinated with Australian bands of the 1980's, so we will play and discuss records by The Go-Betweens, The Triffids, The Birthday Party, G.W. McLennan and others. Tune in on 88FM or live streaming HERE.
Calle's show will be followed by my regular 2 hour long Rock 'n' Roots Show.
Lots of new photos added to the Random Road photo's page HERE
At the recent Hangar De Celt Festival, Quiberon, France with The Racketeers (photo - Mercedes Gonzalez)
MAY 2015
Shows with The Last Souls in June.
Fri Jun 12 GÄVLE (Sweden) The Star Club
Fri Jun 26 GÖTEBORG (Sweden) Kom Musik Bar
Online version of Azaria magazine have a piece on us HERE.
Back on Radio 88 Partille this Thursday 7th.
Live streaming HERE
Last weeks show is archived HERE. Click on the Rock N Roots icon half way down the page.
APRIL 2015
Two dates confirmed for The Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival. Friday May 1st in The Field and Saturday May 2nd in Brathnachs with The Racketeers - Al Cowan on drums, Les Keye on bass and Ken Whelan on keyboards and accordion. Both gigs start at 10pm. Other acts playing the festival include Calexico, Daddy Long Legs and Clem Snide.
We've slotted in another Dublin gig at the Leeson Lounge for the night before the Festival. That's Thursday April 30 at 9pm. Didn't think we'd be back at the Leeson again so soon, but it should be fun.
Also, playing the Hangar Des Celtes Festival in Quiberon, Brittany, France with The Racketeers on Saturday May 16 with a gig in Lorient the night before.
Shows with The last Souls in May and June. More info soon.
Solo shows confirmed for April.......
Tue Apr 21 AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) Monumentje 8.30pm
Wed Apr 22 LEEUWARDEN (Netherlands) Paddy Ryans 10pm
Thu Apr 23 ROTTERDAM (Netherlands) Cafe De Bel 9pm
Fri Apr 24 RUPELMONDE (Belgium) tGildenhuis 9.30pm
Sat Apr 25 ANTWERP (Belgium) Cafe Ami 8.30pm
MARCH 2015
Irish tour dates in March confirmed with The Racketeers.
Thu Mar 5 DUBLIN Leeson Lounge
Fri Mar 6 KILKENNY Brewers Corner
Sat Mar 7 WICKLOW TOWN Bridge Tavern
Sun Mar 8 BRAY Harbour Bar
FEBRUARY 2015
Doors open at the early time of 18.00 for dinner. We're onstage 20.30 approx. A solo / acoustic set followed by a full-on electric set with The Last Souls - Slick Andy on drums, Rickard Yxelflod on bass.
MAY 2015
Shows with The Last Souls in June.
Fri Jun 12 GÄVLE (Sweden) The Star Club
Fri Jun 26 GÖTEBORG (Sweden) Kom Musik Bar
Online version of Azaria magazine have a piece on us HERE.
Back on Radio 88 Partille this Thursday 7th.
Live streaming HERE
Last weeks show is archived HERE. Click on the Rock N Roots icon half way down the page.
APRIL 2015
Two dates confirmed for The Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival. Friday May 1st in The Field and Saturday May 2nd in Brathnachs with The Racketeers - Al Cowan on drums, Les Keye on bass and Ken Whelan on keyboards and accordion. Both gigs start at 10pm. Other acts playing the festival include Calexico, Daddy Long Legs and Clem Snide.
We've slotted in another Dublin gig at the Leeson Lounge for the night before the Festival. That's Thursday April 30 at 9pm. Didn't think we'd be back at the Leeson again so soon, but it should be fun.
Also, playing the Hangar Des Celtes Festival in Quiberon, Brittany, France with The Racketeers on Saturday May 16 with a gig in Lorient the night before.
Shows with The last Souls in May and June. More info soon.
Solo shows confirmed for April.......
Tue Apr 21 AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) Monumentje 8.30pm
Wed Apr 22 LEEUWARDEN (Netherlands) Paddy Ryans 10pm
Thu Apr 23 ROTTERDAM (Netherlands) Cafe De Bel 9pm
Fri Apr 24 RUPELMONDE (Belgium) tGildenhuis 9.30pm
Sat Apr 25 ANTWERP (Belgium) Cafe Ami 8.30pm
MARCH 2015
Irish tour dates in March confirmed with The Racketeers.
Thu Mar 5 DUBLIN Leeson Lounge
Fri Mar 6 KILKENNY Brewers Corner
Sat Mar 7 WICKLOW TOWN Bridge Tavern
Sun Mar 8 BRAY Harbour Bar
FEBRUARY 2015
Doors open at the early time of 18.00 for dinner. We're onstage 20.30 approx. A solo / acoustic set followed by a full-on electric set with The Last Souls - Slick Andy on drums, Rickard Yxelflod on bass.
JANUARY 2015
Even if you're not signed up to Instagram, you can click on the link above with all the photos and check out what's going on. A few 15 second movie clips too as a result of a new App. (15 second limitation).
DECEMBER 2014
Plenty of new photos HERE. ......and I've been scribbling in the blog again.
The Rock 'n' Roots Show moved to a new slot - 10pm Central European Time on Thursday nights. Two hours long, right through til midnight. Thats 9pm GMT or 4pm Eastern Standard Time. Tune in to Radio 88 Partille, broadcasting along the Swedish west coast on 88FM or go HERE for livestreaming. Press the PLAY button at the top of the page.
Last weeks show is on the Archive Page HERE. Click the Rock 'n' Roots icon and the show should play automatically.
Tune in Xmas night, Thursday 25th. I'll be there.
NOVEMBER 2014
Irish Times article by John Fleming, October 18 2014 HERE
Global Texan Chronicles HERE
OCTOBER 2014
New album - "Down A Hundred Crooked Roads" is out now. You can listen to a sample of the whole album here on Soundcloud.
Hop over to the CD page to buy downloads or order a CD by mail order. CD's will be available at all gigs as is the fashion these days.
The bulk of it was recorded with The Last Souls. We used Ljudvalvet Studio, Göteborg. A cool place in Majorna packed with vintage amps, mics, tape recorders and drum kits. Sessions were engineered by Thomas Frank, assisted by Andra Teodorescu. We did the overdubs at Lucifer Rising. I recorded the track with Ingrid Veerman (AKA Inneke 23) in Belgium last December in the middle of a tour. We recorded with Peter Van De Veire at Yellow Tape Studios in Gent. That's the only slow song on this slice of plastic. The rest is a full-on sonic assault of guitars. With The Racketeers we recorded in Dublin at Sonic Recording Studios where Al Cowan was in command and Arad Studios where Les Keye made it sound real good.
Sat Oct 11 ENNIS (Ireland) Tom Steele's (The Racketeers)
Sun Oct 12 LISDOONVARNA (Ireland) Roadside Tavern (The Racketeers)
Thu Oct 16 DUBLIN (Ireland) Leeson Lounge (The Racketeers) 9pm
Fri Oct 17 KILKENNY (Ireland) Billy Byrnes (The Racketeers) CANCELLED
Sat Oct 18 THOMASTOWN (Ireland) Eddie Murphys (The Racketeers)
AUGUST 2014
No Reason, No Rhyme is the new single, available now through CDBaby, I Tunes, Amazon etc. for 99cents or 9SEK. It was recorded at Studio Ljudvalvet, Göteborg Sweden by Thomas Frank, assistant engineer was Andra Teodorescu. Overdubs and mix at Lucifer Rising. The Soundcloud version below is unmastered. The single version has been mastered by David Rogers at Buddha Sound Mastering in London and sounds even better.
JANUARY 2015
Even if you're not signed up to Instagram, you can click on the link above with all the photos and check out what's going on. A few 15 second movie clips too as a result of a new App. (15 second limitation).
DECEMBER 2014
Plenty of new photos HERE. ......and I've been scribbling in the blog again.
The Rock 'n' Roots Show moved to a new slot - 10pm Central European Time on Thursday nights. Two hours long, right through til midnight. Thats 9pm GMT or 4pm Eastern Standard Time. Tune in to Radio 88 Partille, broadcasting along the Swedish west coast on 88FM or go HERE for livestreaming. Press the PLAY button at the top of the page.
Last weeks show is on the Archive Page HERE. Click the Rock 'n' Roots icon and the show should play automatically.
Tune in Xmas night, Thursday 25th. I'll be there.
NOVEMBER 2014
Irish Times article by John Fleming, October 18 2014 HERE
Global Texan Chronicles HERE
OCTOBER 2014
New album - "Down A Hundred Crooked Roads" is out now. You can listen to a sample of the whole album here on Soundcloud.
Hop over to the CD page to buy downloads or order a CD by mail order. CD's will be available at all gigs as is the fashion these days.
The bulk of it was recorded with The Last Souls. We used Ljudvalvet Studio, Göteborg. A cool place in Majorna packed with vintage amps, mics, tape recorders and drum kits. Sessions were engineered by Thomas Frank, assisted by Andra Teodorescu. We did the overdubs at Lucifer Rising. I recorded the track with Ingrid Veerman (AKA Inneke 23) in Belgium last December in the middle of a tour. We recorded with Peter Van De Veire at Yellow Tape Studios in Gent. That's the only slow song on this slice of plastic. The rest is a full-on sonic assault of guitars. With The Racketeers we recorded in Dublin at Sonic Recording Studios where Al Cowan was in command and Arad Studios where Les Keye made it sound real good.
Sat Oct 11 ENNIS (Ireland) Tom Steele's (The Racketeers)
Sun Oct 12 LISDOONVARNA (Ireland) Roadside Tavern (The Racketeers)
Thu Oct 16 DUBLIN (Ireland) Leeson Lounge (The Racketeers) 9pm
Fri Oct 17 KILKENNY (Ireland) Billy Byrnes (The Racketeers) CANCELLED
Sat Oct 18 THOMASTOWN (Ireland) Eddie Murphys (The Racketeers)
AUGUST 2014
No Reason, No Rhyme is the new single, available now through CDBaby, I Tunes, Amazon etc. for 99cents or 9SEK. It was recorded at Studio Ljudvalvet, Göteborg Sweden by Thomas Frank, assistant engineer was Andra Teodorescu. Overdubs and mix at Lucifer Rising. The Soundcloud version below is unmastered. The single version has been mastered by David Rogers at Buddha Sound Mastering in London and sounds even better.
Here's a recent re-mix of 'Five Star Soul' recorded with the Last Souls last winter. Getting a bunch of songs mastered at the moment for a new release. In the meantime.....here's this one.
Soundcloud - Five Star Soul
JULY 2014
Some dates for the summer..................
Thu Jul 10 GOTHENBURG (Sweden) Vasterhus (The Last Souls) short set
Sat Aug 2 ÅMÅL (Sweden) Marino, Street Festival (solo)
Thu Aug 28 NEW YORK (USA) Bar Chord (solo) + Jackson Lynch
Sat Aug 30 NEW YORK (USA) 68 Jay (solo) + Jackson Lynch
Fri Sep 5 NEW YORK (USA) Rod & Gun (solo) + Jackson Lynch + guests 9pm
Thu Sep 11 KAISERLAUTERN (Germany) Kokroaches (solo)
Fri Sep 12 NIEDERSCHOPFHEIM (Germany) Linde (solo) NOTE - CHANGE OF TOWN
Sat Sep 13 KARLSRUHE (Germany) Scruffy's (solo) 8pm
Sat Sep 20 ALINGSÅS (Sweden) Two Lads Pub (solo) 9pm
JUNE 2014
Tune in to Radio 88 Partille every Tuesday morning for my show. 88FM on the your solid state transistor radio. Live streaming on your computer gadget. On the 17th records and CDs in my bag from Mastica, Ray Charles, T Rex, Bob Dylan, The Movements, Spiders, Etta James, Eddie Cochran, Wreckless Eric, Vidunder and many more. 11am CET, 12 midday GMT.
Here's a link to the Livestream Radio 88 Partille
MAY 2014
Solo dates for May, 4 in Germany, 1 in Sweden. The radio show still goes out Tuesday mornings 11am CET, 10am GMT. Irish dates are being sorted out for July.
See you out there.......
Thu May 8 BERLIN (Germany) Tik Nord (solo) 9pm
Fri May 9 GREIZ (Germany) Peanuts (solo) 9pm
Sat May 10 BERLIN (Germany) Tipperary Pub (solo) 9pm
Sun May 11 BERLIN (Germany) Culture Container (solo) 9pm
Sat May 24 BOHUS (Sweden) Alla Smeders Dag (solo)
APRIL 2014
I'm on Radio again Tuesday 1st and 8th. Tune in to my Rockin' Roots Show on Radio 88 Partille at 11am CET (10am GMT).
88FM on the your solid state transistor radio. Live streaming on your computer gadget, I pad, I phone, lap top etc etc... HERE
FEBRUARY 2014
Tune in to my Rockin' Roots Show on Radio 88 Partille this Tuesday 11am CET (10am GMT). 88FM on the radio, or theres a livestream here. Radio 88 Partille.
An extra gig has been added in New York. Its Thursday 13 March at Hanks Saloon, Brooklyn, 46 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Jackson Lynch will be on the bill too.
JANUARY 2014
Turn on....tune in.....rock out! The Rockin' Roots Show on Radio 88 Partille goes out at 11am CET, broadcasting on 88FM. If your wireless cant pick it up (i.e. if you're not on or near the Swedish west coast) you can listen in to the live stream. Show # 1 is on Tuesday 21 January and I'll be playing the Johnny Burnett Trio, Fats Domino, Tift Merritt, The Winters, Hank Williams, Christian & the 2120's, Carl Perkins, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Jonathan Richman, Chuck Berry, Holly Golightly and many more. Here's the link to the live stream. Radio 88 Partille.
11am Central European Time
10am Greenwich Mean Time
5am Eastern Standard Time
8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time
an so on ..............
Irish gigs with The Racketeers in February and US gigs with Jackson Lynch in March.
Fri Feb 21 CLONMEL O Keefes
Sat Feb 22 ENNIS Tom Steeles
Tue Mar 11 NEW YORK Barchord
Thu Mar 13 NEW YORK Hanks Saloon
Sat Mar 15 NEW YORK 68 Jay
See the GIGS page for times, addresses etc
DECEMBER 2013
I've been remixing some tracks recorded with The Last Souls at Ljudvalvet, Göteborg. When finished we'll add them to Soundcloud.
Here's one from a few months back - No Reason, No Rhyme. Slick Andy on drums, Dick Tator on bass. Engineer - Thomas Frank.
Soundcloud - No Reason, No Rhyme.
THE DECEMBER DETOUR 2013
Wed Dec 11 LEEUWARDEN (Netherlands) Paddy Ryans - 22.00
Thu Dec 12 AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) Monumentje - 20.30
Fri Dec 13 DUSSELDORF (Germany) Solaris 53 e.V. - 21.00
Sat Dec 14 RUPELMONDE (Belgium) tGildenhuis - 21.00
Sun Dec 15 ANTWERP (Belgium) Korsakov - 21.00
Wed Dec 25 ALINGSÅS (Sweden) Two Lads Pub - 21.00
NOVEMBER 2013
Last year I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with Lady Olivia Robertson at her home in Clonegal Castle. I had the notion of recording an instrumental piece and the idea was that Lady Olivia, High Priestess of Isis, would do a spoken word piece on the track. She was hip enough to give the project the thumbs up. We recorded in her study and also in the subterranean temple. The resulting track was released earlier this year on the limited edition CD "Wicked Wind Coming."
Here's a youtube link to the track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhtj-Y9xvk
Olivia passed into spirit on November 14. She truly was a remarkable lady.
Here's a link to an Olivia tribute on The Fellowship Of Isis Central Website. https://sites.google.com/site/fellowshipofisiscentral/tribute-to-olivia-robertson
Last year I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with Lady Olivia Robertson at her home in Clonegal Castle. I had the notion of recording an instrumental piece and the idea was that Lady Olivia, High Priestess of Isis, would do a spoken word piece on the track. She was hip enough to give the project the thumbs up. We recorded in her study and also in the subterranean temple. The resulting track was released earlier this year on the limited edition CD "Wicked Wind Coming."
Here's a youtube link to the track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhtj-Y9xvk
Olivia passed into spirit on November 14. She truly was a remarkable lady.
Here's a link to an Olivia tribute on The Fellowship Of Isis Central Website. https://sites.google.com/site/fellowshipofisiscentral/tribute-to-olivia-robertson
LADY OLIVIA ROBERTSON.
APRIL 13 1917 - NOVEMBER 14 2013
We're playing The Odessa Dublin, Halloween night. Thursday 31 October. Burlesque star Alice in Wonderpants and belly dancer Kat Adams will be joining us. Doors open at 8.30. Clarence Winter is special guest, and we hit the stage 9.30. Dont be late ! Tickets available here.
http://entertainment.ie/show-/Odessa-Club-and-Restaurant/Eamonn-Dowd-and-The-Racketeers-plus-very-special-guests/events-2699029.htm
I've a secret solo gig on Friday at midnight (text me at 0046736871171 and I'll tell you where it is) and Saturday November 2 we're in Fitzpatricks in Wicklow Town.
"I Think I know A Place We Can Go Now" was recorded in 2011 at Arad Studios Dublin and although its been on the set list for a while its never been released. Here it for your listening pleasure. Its going to be deleted by New Year. Soundcloud - I Think I Know A Place We Can Go Now.
http://entertainment.ie/show-/Odessa-Club-and-Restaurant/Eamonn-Dowd-and-The-Racketeers-plus-very-special-guests/events-2699029.htm
I've a secret solo gig on Friday at midnight (text me at 0046736871171 and I'll tell you where it is) and Saturday November 2 we're in Fitzpatricks in Wicklow Town.
"I Think I know A Place We Can Go Now" was recorded in 2011 at Arad Studios Dublin and although its been on the set list for a while its never been released. Here it for your listening pleasure. Its going to be deleted by New Year. Soundcloud - I Think I Know A Place We Can Go Now.
POSTER FOR SAMHAIN IRISH DATES 2013
Found these photos from last weeks gig in Castricum, The Netherlands.
http://jorindephotography.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/eamonn-dowd/
AUGUST 2013
Sun Sep 1 SALZBURG (Austria) Shamrock 9pm
Mon Sep 2 SALZBURG (Austria) Shamrock 9pm
Tue Sep 3 MUNICH (Germany) Kilians 9pm
Thu Sep 5 ANTWERP (Belgium) Radio Centraal (live radio show/performance/interview) 2pm
Thu Sep 5 ANTWERP (Belgium) Bar Nadar 9.30pm
Fri Sep 6 ENSCHEDE (Netherlands) Molly Malone 11pm
Sat Sep 7 DUSSELDORF (Germany) Solaris 53 e.V. 9pm
Sun Sept 8 CASTRICUM (Netherlands) De Bakkerij 9.30pm
Mon Sep 9 AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) Monumentje 9pm
Mon Sep 2 SALZBURG (Austria) Shamrock 9pm
Tue Sep 3 MUNICH (Germany) Kilians 9pm
Thu Sep 5 ANTWERP (Belgium) Radio Centraal (live radio show/performance/interview) 2pm
Thu Sep 5 ANTWERP (Belgium) Bar Nadar 9.30pm
Fri Sep 6 ENSCHEDE (Netherlands) Molly Malone 11pm
Sat Sep 7 DUSSELDORF (Germany) Solaris 53 e.V. 9pm
Sun Sept 8 CASTRICUM (Netherlands) De Bakkerij 9.30pm
Mon Sep 9 AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) Monumentje 9pm
JULY 2013
"Wicked Wind Coming" is available at all the July gigs as well as mail order from this site and downloads from I Tunes, Amazon etc. No, its not on Spotify and wont be. More scribbling on the blog. See the link above.
AUGUST 2013
There's a new Racketeers CD on the way . "Wicked Wind Coming" is a 7 track limited edition release featuring Wicked Wind / You Know The Price / Time Is All We Have / Black Isis / Everything Is Free / Anything You Want / The Trip To Clonegal / Lady Olivia.
You may know 'Wicked Wind' and 'You Know The Price' (of everything) from recent gigs. And we've been playing Gillian Welch's 'Everything Is Free' for a few years now. It was time to get these tracks onto plastic. 'Time Is all We Have' was available before but only as a very very limited edition lathe-cut 7 inch single. I think there was only about 20 copies cut. 'Anything You Want' is brand new while 'The Trip To Clonelgal' is a rambling instrumental that segues into 'Lady Olivia', a spoken word piece by Lady Olivia Roberstson that I recorded in Huntington Castle, Clonegal last October. Olivia is High Priestess Of The Fellowship Of Isis. At 96, she still travels the world and has more energy than many people a quarter of her age. In keeping with the general vibe, we've re-cycled 'Black Isis' from 1996. This song first saw the light of day on the long out of print 'By Hook Or By Crook' album, and it's never been available for download until now. AVAILABLE SUNDAY JUNE 23 2013
LIMITED EDITION CD in 6 page full colour fold-out sleeve. First 33 copies come with additional grey card hand-stamped, wax-sealed cover.
You may know 'Wicked Wind' and 'You Know The Price' (of everything) from recent gigs. And we've been playing Gillian Welch's 'Everything Is Free' for a few years now. It was time to get these tracks onto plastic. 'Time Is all We Have' was available before but only as a very very limited edition lathe-cut 7 inch single. I think there was only about 20 copies cut. 'Anything You Want' is brand new while 'The Trip To Clonelgal' is a rambling instrumental that segues into 'Lady Olivia', a spoken word piece by Lady Olivia Roberstson that I recorded in Huntington Castle, Clonegal last October. Olivia is High Priestess Of The Fellowship Of Isis. At 96, she still travels the world and has more energy than many people a quarter of her age. In keeping with the general vibe, we've re-cycled 'Black Isis' from 1996. This song first saw the light of day on the long out of print 'By Hook Or By Crook' album, and it's never been available for download until now. AVAILABLE SUNDAY JUNE 23 2013
LIMITED EDITION CD in 6 page full colour fold-out sleeve. First 33 copies come with additional grey card hand-stamped, wax-sealed cover.
LISTEN TO SAMPLES HERE ON SOUNDCLOUD
https://soundcloud.com/eamonndowd
LISTEN TO SAMPLES HERE ON SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/eamonndowd
Olaf Tyaransen at Hot Press reviewed "Things Aren't The Way They Used To Be." Here's an extract.
" No stranger to the highways and by ways of Europe, Canada and the US, Dubliner Eamonn Dowd is one of the great survivors of
Irish rock ‘n’ roll – so old-school that he released an album on cassette just a few years back...... Featuring 12 tracks, this rough and ready country/garage collection is so raw you can practically smell the stale fags and booze. Against a basic backing of guitar, bass, drums and the occasional harmonica, Dowd growls his songs of wandering, revenge, obsession, regret and the occasional party...... On ‘When I First Came To Town’, he sounds like early period Nick Cave......His memorable version of Eddie Noack’s country murder ballad ‘Psycho’ sticks in the mind like blood on a barroom floor......... this wonderfully raw album won’t let you forget the way they once were – and will definitely appeal to rockers of a certain vintage. "
OLAF TYARANSEN - HOT PRESS
Olaf Tyaransen at Hot Press reviewed "Things Aren't The Way They Used To Be." Here's an extract.
" No stranger to the highways and by ways of Europe, Canada and the US, Dubliner Eamonn Dowd is one of the great survivors of
Irish rock ‘n’ roll – so old-school that he released an album on cassette just a few years back...... Featuring 12 tracks, this rough and ready country/garage collection is so raw you can practically smell the stale fags and booze. Against a basic backing of guitar, bass, drums and the occasional harmonica, Dowd growls his songs of wandering, revenge, obsession, regret and the occasional party...... On ‘When I First Came To Town’, he sounds like early period Nick Cave......His memorable version of Eddie Noack’s country murder ballad ‘Psycho’ sticks in the mind like blood on a barroom floor......... this wonderfully raw album won’t let you forget the way they once were – and will definitely appeal to rockers of a certain vintage. "
OLAF TYARANSEN - HOT PRESS
MAY 2013
Keith Hargreaves at Americana UK gave "Things Aren't The Way They Used To Be" a good review. Here's an extract.
"An album brimful of intent and spirit that starts out snarling and finishes with a defiant spit, and in between a series of 10 self penned songs about revenge, murder and obsession as well a couple of judicious covers ‘Tell Old Bill’ a folk classic and ‘Psycho’ the Eddie Noack classic.
So what’s it like? Well...... It is everything you would expect from a man who fronted a wild and hard rocking touring band for over 15 years. It is raw and full of guitars, spite and spittle..................This man must be immense live and after listening to this any one would know that a night with Eamonn Dowd on stage would be a full on experience. Plus, anyone who can write a chorus that goes “she went out galavanting, she went out galavanting” gets my vote every time".
Check out this page page of regularly updated random photos from the road, studio and generally anywhere that looks interesting.
http://www.eamonndowd.com/random-road-photos.html
Keith Hargreaves at Americana UK gave "Things Aren't The Way They Used To Be" a good review. Here's an extract.
"An album brimful of intent and spirit that starts out snarling and finishes with a defiant spit, and in between a series of 10 self penned songs about revenge, murder and obsession as well a couple of judicious covers ‘Tell Old Bill’ a folk classic and ‘Psycho’ the Eddie Noack classic.
So what’s it like? Well...... It is everything you would expect from a man who fronted a wild and hard rocking touring band for over 15 years. It is raw and full of guitars, spite and spittle..................This man must be immense live and after listening to this any one would know that a night with Eamonn Dowd on stage would be a full on experience. Plus, anyone who can write a chorus that goes “she went out galavanting, she went out galavanting” gets my vote every time".
Check out this page page of regularly updated random photos from the road, studio and generally anywhere that looks interesting.
http://www.eamonndowd.com/random-road-photos.html
APRIL 2013
A review of a recent gig at St. Gaudy in Berlin.
http://www.indieberlin.de/music/gig-review-irish-stompfolk-rocker-eamonn-dowd-does-his-thing-in-st.-gaudy.html
Some Press from Germany.
http://www.indieberlin.de/music/eamonn-dowd-classic-foot-stomping-garage-country-rock-in-intersoup-and.html
http://www.indieberlin.de/music/gig-review-irish-stompfolk-rocker-eamonn-dowd-does-his-thing-in-st.-gaudy.html
Some Press from Germany.
http://www.indieberlin.de/music/eamonn-dowd-classic-foot-stomping-garage-country-rock-in-intersoup-and.html
MARCH 2013
Been asked at short notice to play Åmål at Cafe X/O this weekend, Saturday 16 March.
A page of regularly updated random photos from the road, studio and anywhere that looks interesting is added here.
http://www.eamonndowd.com/random-road-photos.html
A page of regularly updated random photos from the road, studio and anywhere that looks interesting is added here.
http://www.eamonndowd.com/random-road-photos.html
FEBRUARY 2013
New album 'Things Aren't The Way They Used To Be' is available now. Mail order CD's from this site to any place on the planet. Downloads available now from I-tunes, and in a couple of weeks Amazon, Catapult and all the usual places. There's a soundcloud sample of the whole album on the 'home' page of this site if you want to check it out. The Racketeers aren't with me on this one, but that doesn't mean it's all acoustic either. Hope you like it.
FEBRUARY 2013
Just heard the news that I'm on a track on the new Nikki Sudden 6XCD Box Set - 'The Boy From Nowhere Who Fell Out From The Sky.' Pre-orders are available now from Easy Action.
NOVEMBER 2012
We're playing two Irish gigs this December. Thursday 13 in Cobblestone Joes, Little Ellen Street Limerick and Saturday 15 in Sin E, Upper Ormond Quay Dublin. Al Cowan on drums, Les Keye on bass and vocals and Clarence Winter on pedal steel.
OCTOBER 2012
Make It Magazine is very cool indeed. It features a broad range of indie talents across the artistic spectrum from around the globe. Issue # 3 is giving away a free download EP featuring Great North, Mike Bell and The Belltones, Rolla Olak, The Anuskas, The Star Department....and surprise surprise - ourselves. The track they've got is 'The Women Around Here'. Ok, you probably have it, but why not check out the other bands.
Read the magazine here http://issuu.com/zebrainatophatpress/docs/mim_issue3
The Make It Mag website is here http://www.makeitmag.com/
Read the magazine here http://issuu.com/zebrainatophatpress/docs/mim_issue3
The Make It Mag website is here http://www.makeitmag.com/
OCTOBER 2012
As part of Göteborg Kulturkalaset 2012 I've been asked to play at Teater Trixter, Andreegatan 13 this Friday 12 October. Should be on
at 9. Free admission too.
at 9. Free admission too.
JULY 2012
Summertime means tour-time, kicking-off with 7 gigs in Ireland reunited with The Racketeers - Les Keye on bass, Al Cowan on drums and Clarence Winter on pedal steel. Clarence will also be playing a solo set on all shows, and in Carlow we'll also be joined by Niall T Vita. After that I've solo gigs in Sweden, Austria and Czech Republic.
Thu Jul 12 DUBLIN (Ireland) Leeson Lounge (the racketeers) 8.30pm
Fri Jul 13 ENNIS (Ireland) Brandons (the racketeers) 11pm
Thu Jul 19 GALWAY (Ireland) Monroes (the racketeers) Fringe Arts Festival
Fri Jul 20 DUBLIN (Ireland) Sean MacD's Pub, 69 Harolds Cross Rd.(solo) 9pm
Sat Jul 21 CARLOW (Ireland) Pembroke Club d'Art (the racketeers) 9.30pm
Thu Jul 26 DUBLIN (Ireland) Leeson Lounge (the racketeers) 8.30pm
Fri Jul 27 PORTRUSH (N.Ireland) Atlantic Bar (the racketeers)
Sat Aug 4 ALINGSÅS (Sweden) Two Lads Pub 9pm
Sun Aug 19 SALZBURG (Austria) The Shamrock 9pm
Mon Aug 20 SALZBURG (Austria) The Shamrock 9pm
Wed Aug 22 PRAGUE (Czech) Mon Ami, Kodaňská 47 - 8pm
Thu Aug 23 PRAGUE (Czech) The Globe, Pštrossova 6 - 8pm
Thu Jul 12 DUBLIN (Ireland) Leeson Lounge (the racketeers) 8.30pm
Fri Jul 13 ENNIS (Ireland) Brandons (the racketeers) 11pm
Thu Jul 19 GALWAY (Ireland) Monroes (the racketeers) Fringe Arts Festival
Fri Jul 20 DUBLIN (Ireland) Sean MacD's Pub, 69 Harolds Cross Rd.(solo) 9pm
Sat Jul 21 CARLOW (Ireland) Pembroke Club d'Art (the racketeers) 9.30pm
Thu Jul 26 DUBLIN (Ireland) Leeson Lounge (the racketeers) 8.30pm
Fri Jul 27 PORTRUSH (N.Ireland) Atlantic Bar (the racketeers)
Sat Aug 4 ALINGSÅS (Sweden) Two Lads Pub 9pm
Sun Aug 19 SALZBURG (Austria) The Shamrock 9pm
Mon Aug 20 SALZBURG (Austria) The Shamrock 9pm
Wed Aug 22 PRAGUE (Czech) Mon Ami, Kodaňská 47 - 8pm
Thu Aug 23 PRAGUE (Czech) The Globe, Pštrossova 6 - 8pm
JUNE 2012
I've been asked to play at the Andra Langatan Street Festival this Sarurday, 2pm at the Klubb Honky Tonk On a Truck at 2A Andra Langgatan.
APRIL 2012
Im playing 4 solo gigs in The Netherlands next week. Also a few dates in Ireland are confirmed for July. (see the gigs page)
Fri May 11 LISSER (NL) Nexxt1
Sat May 12 HAARLEM (NL) Beachclub De Oerkap 5pm
Sat May 12 ALKMAAR (NL) Café Mervs 10pm
Sun May 13 EGMOND ANN ZEE (NL) Joeb 2pm
Fri May 11 LISSER (NL) Nexxt1
Sat May 12 HAARLEM (NL) Beachclub De Oerkap 5pm
Sat May 12 ALKMAAR (NL) Café Mervs 10pm
Sun May 13 EGMOND ANN ZEE (NL) Joeb 2pm
JANUARY 2012
We're playing a few gigs this February. The Racketeers line-up is Les Keye on bass, Al Cowan on drums, taking over from my good friend Chris Teusner who has re-located to his native Oz. Clarence Clark AKA Ed McGinley will be joining us on pedal steel. We've already a few rehearsals under our belts and its sounding good. I'm over in Dublin for rehearsals / recording etc Feb 1 - 5. Clarence Clark will be playing a solo opening set on each of the Irish dates and Debra Wallace will be special guest in Ennis. Should be fun. Full details on the gigs page. See you there.
Sat Feb 11 GÖTEBORG (SE) Bistro Bellman, Linnegatan 38A (the renegade two) 10pm
Thu Feb 23 DUBLIN (IE) Leeson Lounge ( the racketeers)+ Clarence Clark 8.30pm
Fri Feb 24 ENNIS (IE) Brandons (the racketeers)+ Clarence Clark + Debra Wallace 10pm
Sat Feb 25 COOTEHALL (IE) Forge MJ Henry, Co. Roscommon (the racketeers)+ Clarence Clark 9pm
Sat Feb 11 GÖTEBORG (SE) Bistro Bellman, Linnegatan 38A (the renegade two) 10pm
Thu Feb 23 DUBLIN (IE) Leeson Lounge ( the racketeers)+ Clarence Clark 8.30pm
Fri Feb 24 ENNIS (IE) Brandons (the racketeers)+ Clarence Clark + Debra Wallace 10pm
Sat Feb 25 COOTEHALL (IE) Forge MJ Henry, Co. Roscommon (the racketeers)+ Clarence Clark 9pm
OCTOBER 2011
A review of the Weiher-Rock Festival in Friedelsheim, Germany. Journalist Hans Kraus claims I was the highlight. (I didn't pay him
to say that)
to say that)
SEPTEMBER 2011
The humble cassette tape arises, vampire-like from it's cold dusty grave. Dead Formats Vol 1 - Red Tape comes in a bright red shell
(the magnetic tape is brown of course) 8 brand new tracks + re-mixes and oldies. 24 tracks in total. Available at up-coming gigs. Dead Formats Vol 2 will be on 1/4 inch reel to reel, Dead Formats Vol 3 on Wax Cylinder, Volume 4 .....sheet-music....SOLD OUT
Wed Sep 7 SOLINGEN (DE) Pest Projekt Gallery 8pm
Thu Sep 8 AMSTERDAM (NL) Cafe De Baroness 8pm
Fri Sep 9 ALKMAAR (NL) Cafe Odeon 8pm
Sat Sep 10 ANTWERP (BE) venue t.b.a.
Sun Sep 11 AMSTERDAM (NL) Monumentje 5pm
(the magnetic tape is brown of course) 8 brand new tracks + re-mixes and oldies. 24 tracks in total. Available at up-coming gigs. Dead Formats Vol 2 will be on 1/4 inch reel to reel, Dead Formats Vol 3 on Wax Cylinder, Volume 4 .....sheet-music....SOLD OUT
Wed Sep 7 SOLINGEN (DE) Pest Projekt Gallery 8pm
Thu Sep 8 AMSTERDAM (NL) Cafe De Baroness 8pm
Fri Sep 9 ALKMAAR (NL) Cafe Odeon 8pm
Sat Sep 10 ANTWERP (BE) venue t.b.a.
Sun Sep 11 AMSTERDAM (NL) Monumentje 5pm
AUGUST 2011
To coincide with the German/Dutch tour we've put out a new 5 track E.P. 'They Didn't Like My Songs When I played That Rock 'n' Roll' CD comes with a novelty limited edition transparent 7 inch hand-cut lathe single. The single was cut by Peter King in Christchurch, New Zealand from the same polycarbonate roofing plastic that he has used to cut records for Sonic Youth and The Beastie Boys. The sleeves were printed in the U.K, the CD's were manufactured by Duplication Ireland in Castlebar, County Mayo and the songs were recorded in Dublin and Göteborg. Thats a lot of running around! It's not available to download, and there's only two places you can buy these slices of plastic. From this website or from my stage-side cardboard box. We will post to anyplace on the planet. It's yours for 5 Euro including postage. SOLD OUT
1. They Didn't Like My Songs When I Played That Rock 'n' Roll
2. Bad To The Bone
3. Shabby Dress (re-mastered)
4. The Women Around Here
5. Kissed You Twice
1. They Didn't Like My Songs When I Played That Rock 'n' Roll
2. Bad To The Bone
3. Shabby Dress (re-mastered)
4. The Women Around Here
5. Kissed You Twice
Tue Aug 16 BERLIN (DE) Secret Gig 9pm
Thu Aug 18 BERLIN (DE) Soul Cat
Fri Aug 19 HEIDELBERG (DE) Dubliner 10pm
Sat Aug 20 LUDWIGSHAFEN (DE) Irelands Own 9pm
Sun Aug 21 FRIEDELSHEIM (DE) Friedelsheim Festival- near Mannheim
Wed Sep 7 SOLINGEN (DE) Pest Projekt Gallery 8pm
Thu Sep 8 AMSTERDAM (NL) Cafe De Baroness
Fri Sep 9 ALKMAAR (NL) Cafe Odeon 9pm
Sat Sep 10 ANTWERP (BE) venue t.b.a.
Sun Sep 11 AMSTERDAM (NL) Monumentje 5pm
Thu Aug 18 BERLIN (DE) Soul Cat
Fri Aug 19 HEIDELBERG (DE) Dubliner 10pm
Sat Aug 20 LUDWIGSHAFEN (DE) Irelands Own 9pm
Sun Aug 21 FRIEDELSHEIM (DE) Friedelsheim Festival- near Mannheim
Wed Sep 7 SOLINGEN (DE) Pest Projekt Gallery 8pm
Thu Sep 8 AMSTERDAM (NL) Cafe De Baroness
Fri Sep 9 ALKMAAR (NL) Cafe Odeon 9pm
Sat Sep 10 ANTWERP (BE) venue t.b.a.
Sun Sep 11 AMSTERDAM (NL) Monumentje 5pm
FEBRUARY 2011
Tell Old Bill is the new single released on vinyl / CD / download. The record is a strictly limited edition black lathe cut by Dion and Megamike at Perthectionist in Australia. These records are not pressed, each one is cut in real time! Every 7inch comes with a free CD (CD’s are not sold separately )and it's available as a download for 99 cents.The song is a re-working of the old American folk song, covered by many but Dave Van Ronk’s version is a particular favourite. I learnt it from the playing of Jackson Lynch who is part of the new folk revival currently happening in New York, so it seemed fitting that Jack should play on the record. The B side is a new song of mine called ‘Come On And Get It.’ SOLD OUT
Thu Feb 10 LONDON (UK) Ace's And Eights
Fri Feb 18 CARLOW (IE) Castle Tavern
Sat Feb 19 DUBLIN (IE) Sweeney Mongrel
Sun Feb 20 TRAMORE (IE) Murph's
Sat Feb 26 GÖTEBORG (SE) Henriksberg
Wed Mar 9 SOLINGEN (DE) Galerie Pestprojekt
Thu Mar 10 AMSTERDAM (NL) Cafe De Barones
Sat Mar 12 ANTWERP (BE ) Den Hopsack
Sun Mar 13 AMSTERDAM (NL) Monumenje
Thu Apr 7 BERLIN (DE) Soul Cat
Thu Apr 14 BERLIN (DE) Artliners
Fri Apr 15 GREIZ (DE) Peanuts
Tue Apr 19 BERLIN (DE) East Of Eden
Thu Apr 21 WEIMAR (D) Smugglers
Fri Feb 18 CARLOW (IE) Castle Tavern
Sat Feb 19 DUBLIN (IE) Sweeney Mongrel
Sun Feb 20 TRAMORE (IE) Murph's
Sat Feb 26 GÖTEBORG (SE) Henriksberg
Wed Mar 9 SOLINGEN (DE) Galerie Pestprojekt
Thu Mar 10 AMSTERDAM (NL) Cafe De Barones
Sat Mar 12 ANTWERP (BE ) Den Hopsack
Sun Mar 13 AMSTERDAM (NL) Monumenje
Thu Apr 7 BERLIN (DE) Soul Cat
Thu Apr 14 BERLIN (DE) Artliners
Fri Apr 15 GREIZ (DE) Peanuts
Tue Apr 19 BERLIN (DE) East Of Eden
Thu Apr 21 WEIMAR (D) Smugglers