04.02.10

Wegen der Streik in Öffenlichen Dienst Heute,
den 04.02.10,
fällt unsere Auftritt bei Acoustic Folks
in
Fritz Henzler Haus in Dortmund
leider aus!


!!Wir spielen am Samstag!!
den
06.02.10
in
Tír na n´Óg Irish Pub in Düsseldorf


01.12.09 Allee Center, Essen (18:30 - 20:00)
02.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Duisburg (17:30 - 19:00 Uhr)
03.12.09 Koe Gallerie, Düsseldorf (15:00 - 19:00)
04.12.09 Hegarty´s, Bremen
05.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Neukirchen-Vluyn (15:00 - 17:00 Uhr)
05.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Oberhausen (18:00 - 20:00 Uhr)
05.12.09 Biedemeier, Dortmund (21:30)
06.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Lünen (15:00 - 17:00 Uhr)
08.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Moers (17:30 - 19:30 Uhr)
08.12.09 The Irish Pub, Mainz
09.12.09 Limbeckerplatz, Essen (17:00 - 18:00 Uhr)
10.12.09 Koe Gallerie, Düsseldorf (15:00 - 19:00)
10.12.09 The Quiet Man, Bonn
11.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Werne
11.12.09 Murphy´s, Recklinghausen
12.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Rinteln (16:30 - 18:30)
12.12.09 Irish Pub WOB, Wolfsburg
14.12.09 City Center, Siegen (17:00 - 19:00 Uhr)
16.12.09 Limbeckerplatz, Essen (17:00 - 18:00 Uhr)
17.12.09 Koe Gallerie, Düsseldorf (14:00 - 18:00)
17.12.09 Malakov, Essen
18.12.09 Weihnachtsmarkt, Moers (15:00 - 17:00 Uhr)
18.12.09 Irish Pub Comeback, Dorsten
19.12.09 Allee Center, Essen (14:00 - 15:30)
19.12.09 Bottrop im Advent, Bottrop (16:00 - 18:00Uhr)
19.12.09 Tír na n´Óg, Düsseldorf
21.12.09 City Point, Kassel
22.12.09 Limbeckerplatz, Essen (18:00 - 19:00 Uhr)
23.12.09 Grüner Jäger, Lingen (mit Frank Sandfort)

05.11.09

Hi Folks,

We spent most of October struggling with colds and flu. Although this hasn’t affected our booking activities- the Christmas market booking is nearly complete and the calendar from Jan-March next year is nearly half full.
It has, however, slowed preparations for our Christmas CD to a halt. We have been working on the pre-production for recording but it is very doubtful that we will record the CD this year!
The single mixes are also incomplete but we are hoping to have something to hear within the next few days!
Our drummer Phil has so much work on in college that he wont have much time to rehearse or play gigs with us. This puts us in the unfortunate position of having to find another drummer. We don’t want to lose Phil and are working hard to find a solution to the problem!

Andrew Cadie (Broom Bezzums) in association with Neil Grant and Jens Ewald (9aMusic), came up with the interesting idea of producing an album of traditional German & Austrian folk songs and inviting english, Scottish and irish musicians, living in Germany to record the songs. Mark was asked to sing an Austrian title called “Fein Sein”. And so we headed down to Weilerswist last week to eat cake, drink coffee, catch up on old times and….oh yeah…do a bit of recording! Its was great to see Neil, Jens and Andrew again. Ulli Joosten from `Folker´ magazine was also there to interview us about the project! More details will follow!
  Mark                             Jens                                            The Band, Andrew Cadie, Ulli Joosten    Neil


Another highlight in October was our Irish/ Scottish Halloween gig in the Rohrmeisterei. As we look scary enough we didn’t have to pit on any costumes! It was great night thanks again to all in Schwerte!

There have been quite a few changes to the gig-guide so please check the list before heading to a gig or send us an e-mail!

Love to all

Mark, Martin, Frankie and Phil



Hey Leute!

Wir haben uns fast den ganzen Oktober mit Erkältungen und der Grippe herumgeschlagen.
Allerdings hat das nicht unsere Buchungsaktivitäten beeinflusst und somit sind die Weihnachtsmarkt-Buchungen nahezu komplett. Der Kalender ist für Januar bis März nächsten Jahres schon halbvoll. Allerdings hat es die Vorbereitungen zu unserer Weihnachts-CD gebremst und diese zum Halten gebracht! Wir haben an einer Vorproduktion für die Aufnahmen gearbeitet, es ist jedoch zweifelhaft, dass wir die CD noch dieses Jahr aufnehmen werden!

Die Single- Abmischungen sind auch noch nicht ganz fertig aber wir hoffen innerhalb der nächsten paar Tage etwas Hörbares zu haben!

Unser Schlagzeuger Phil hat soviel mit seinem Studium um die Ohren, dass er wenig Zeit zum proben oder für Auftritte mit uns hat. Das bringt uns in die unglückliche Situation, uns einen neuen Schlagzeuger suchen zu müssen. Wir wollen Phil nicht verlieren und bemühen uns redlich um eine Lösung!

Andrew Cadie (Broom Bezzums) in Verbindung mit Neil Grant und Jens Ewald (9a Music), hatte die interessante Idee, ein Album mit deutschen und österreichischen Folksliedern zu produzieren. Dazu lud er englische, schottische und irische Musiker ein, die in Deutschland leben, um mit ihnen die Lieder aufzunehmen. Mark wurde gebeten, ein österreichisches Lied, mit dem Titel „Fein sein“ zu singen. Und so haben wir uns letzte Woche auf den Weg nach Weilerswist gemacht, um Kuchen zu essen, Kaffee zu trinken über alte Zeiten zu quatschen und…ach ja… ein bisschen aufzunehmen! Es war toll Neil, Jens und Andrew wieder zu sehen. Ulli Joosten vom Magazin „Folker“ war auch dort, um uns zu dem Projekt zu befragen. Mehr Einzelheiten folgen demnächst!

Ein anderer Höhepunkt im Oktober war unser irisch/ schottischer Halloween-Auftritt in der „Rohrmeisterei“. Da wir ja schon beängstigend genug aussehen, mussten wir auch keine Kostüme anziehen! Es war ein toller Abend, vielen Dank nochmal an Alle in Schwerte!

Es gibt wieder einige Veränderungen in der Liste der Auftritte, also überprüft diese noch mal, bevor Ihr Euch auf den Weg zu einem Auftritt macht oder schickt uns eine email!

Alles Liebe…

Mark, Martin, Frankie und Phil



29.10.09

Hi Folks,

just a quick note to inform you that we´ve had to change the dates of the following gigs!

12.11.09 in The Blues Bar in Bamberg, to the 7th of January 2010.
13.11.09 in the Isle of Inishfree in Freiburg to the 29th of January 2010.
18.12.09 in The Irish Pub WOB, to be announced!We wil now be playing in Dorsten on this date!
Love to all

Mark, Martin, Frankie & Phil

Hallo Leute,

wir müssten, leider, die folgende Terminänderungen vornehmen!

12.11.09 in The Blues Bar in Bamberg, verlegt auf den 07.01.2010.
13.11.09 in the Isle of Inishfree in Freiburg verlegt auf den 29.01.2010.
18.12.09 in The Irish Pub WOB, noch nicht sicher!Wir spielen am 18.12.09 in Dorsten!

LG

Mark, Martin, Frankie & Phil



03.10.09



Hi folks,

Over the last few weeks we have been busy catching up on all the work that piled up over the holidays.
Apart from the paperwork and booking, recording has also been continuing. The vocal tracks are complete and Frankie has also been a busy little body recording guitar tracks!
We are still missing a few takes and Frank will be in the studio again to finish recording before mixing and mastering can commence.


As you may have noticed, the delays have moved our schedule back considerably. We would like to have the singles finished earlier but, as the results of the hard work show, our patience has really paid off!
The release dates will be announced when everything is down and dusted!!
Now that one set of recordings is finished we can concentrate on our next project-the christnas CD! We have a few strenuous weeks coming up and we´re not entirely sure if the Christmas project will be finished before the Christmas markets begin. We will keep you posted!
Apologies to all the Myspace fans, as our space has been, due to a shortage of time, sorely neglected. We will try a little harder in the future!

As usual there have been several changes and many additions to the giguide, so please check our calender before heading out to a gig or send us an e-mail!

Talk to all soon! Love to all!!

Mark, Martin, Frankie & Phil

Hey Leute,

In den letzten Wochen waren wir sehr damit beschäftigt , die Dinge abzuarbeiten, die sich während des Urlaubs aufgetürmt hatten!
Neben dem Papierkram und den Buchungsanfragen, laufen die Aufnahmen im Studio weiter.
Die Gesangsspuren sind schon vollständig und Frank hat fast alle Gitarrenspuren eingespielt, es fehlen allerdings noch einige , so dass er noch mal ran muss, um die Aufnahmen zu vervollständigen ,bevor Thomas „mischen und mastern“ kann.

Wie Ihr wahrscheinlich bereits bemerkt habt, hat die Verzögerung der Aufnahmen unseren Zeitplan für die Single-Veröffentlichung ziemlich nach hinten verschoben!
Wir hätten die Single gerne früher fertig gehabt aber wie sich das Ergebnis unserer harten Arbeit nun präsentiert, hat sich die Geduld wirklich bezahlt gemacht!
Das Erscheinungsdatum wird veröffentlicht, wenn alles in trockenen Tüchern ist. Jetzt, da wir einen Teil der Aufnahmen beendet haben, können wir uns voll auf unser nächstes Projekt, die Weihnachts-CD, konzentrieren! Wir haben ein paar straffe Wochen vor uns und sind nicht hundertprozentig sicher, ob wir das Projekt zu Ende bringen können, bevor die Weihnachtsmärkte anfangen! Wir werden Euch aber weiter auf dem Laufenden halten.
Entschuldigung noch mal an alle „Myspace“-Fans, weil wir unsere Seite aufgrund von Zeitmangel, so vernachlässigt haben! In Zukunft werden wir uns mehr um Aktualität bemühen!

LG

Mark, Martin, Frankie & Phil
12.09.09

Hi Folks,

we´ve been chilling out on holidays for the last few weeks and are only now getting back into the swing of things!

As you can probably tell from the photos, we had a really good time at the Folk Festival in Langenfeld.


We would like to, once again, thank Mark´s brother Andrew for filling in for Frankie! A very big thank you also goes out to to Karl Beckers from Montecarlo Musicmanagement, Georg Heoff from the Schaustall in Langenfeld and last but not least the all the techs and Festival crew who worked very hard to make the day unforgetable!!



Thank you all!!

Our recording work is still continueing but has been greatly delayed due to heavy schedules on all sides.
The main vocals,acoustic guitars, bass and drums are down on all four tracks. Mark will be in the studio again next week to record harmonies and the remaining acoustic guitar. Frankie´s will be next up to record the lead guitar.



Booking for the christmas Markets is in full swing and we have also started booking for 2010.
Work on our christmas CD should be starting in October.
04.08.09

Hi Folks,

it´s been relatively quiet on the gig scene over the lasst few weeks and so we´ve using our time constructively to set up our new rehearsal room!
The Preparations for the Folk festival in Langenfeld featuring Mark´s brother Andrew are in full swing!


Recording work on our planned singles has also commenced. The studio work in Schwerte with Thomas Kässens is very relaxed and we should have a few rough mixes within the next couple of weeks!

Playing outside in the summer is also avery pleasant experience! Our gigs in the Schlacthof in Soest and last week in Bad-Neustadt a.d.Saale were no exceptions!


16.07.09




01.07.09

Hi Folks,

June has been a very busy month for uswith many a highlight!
We played quite a few Open-Airs and in one or two new venues!


The three day stint in Kiel at the Kieler Woche was fantastic, it was like being on holidays in Italy!






We rounded the month off with a TV appearence on NRW-TV with Horné goes Music!


16.06.09

Bloomsday in Kulturrat Abgesagt!

Hi Folks,

we have received the sad news that Gerd Kivelitz, the driving force behind the Kulturrat in Bochum, has become very suddenly ill and all appointments in the Kulturrat in Bochum have been postponed until further notice!
We wish Gerd a very speedy recovery!!
For further information you can contact the Kulturrat at the following telephone number:
0234 - 862012.

As you can see in the photo above, the sun was shining brightly at the Rü-Fest in Essen last saturday. Allthough our timeslot had been changed at short notice, we played one set in the afternoon and one in the early evening!
It was good to be back on a big stage and our preparations for the event paid off well!
We´d like once more to thank the great audience, all the boys and girls from Fritzpatricks and the guys from New Noise, who looked after the technical side off things, for making the day so memorable!!

On the 26th of June Mark and Martin will be appearing on the NRW-TV show- "Horné goes Music".
The show will be streamed live on the net and as soon as we have a date for the Broadcast, we´ll let you know!
For more infos check the following website:

Here´s the Link to our Spot in the " Bandecke"! Thanks for your support!!

10.06.09




Hi Folks,

We have finalized details with Thomas Kässens and recording on two singles will commence in July!
And work on the Christmas CD will also start at the end of July.
Just yesterday we found out that we are opening the Rü-Fest on Saturday and will be appearing between 16:30 and 18:30 Hrs.

That´s about all for now, see you all soon!!

Love to all

Mark, Martin, Frank & Phil

05.06.09

Hi folks,

Summers at the door and we´re really looking forward to the Rü-Fest in Essen on the 13.th of june!
We´ve finished work on our new rehearsal room and have started gathering our recording equipment to commence work on our christmas CD which was supposed to happen last year!

Üur meeting with Thomas Kässens was a success and recording on two radio singles will commence in July.

Our summer gigs in the Irish Pub in Mainz have been cancelled amd the next gig in Mainz will be in September!
As usual- Check the Gigguide befor heading out to a gig!!

love to all

Mark, Martin, Frankie & Phil



24.05.09

Hi Folks,

we´ve, more or less, spent the last few weeks in the car touring around!
Our band gigs last week (in Topos-Leverkusen and in the Pogs-Rhyedt), were very successful in preparation for our big day at the Rü-Fest in Essen on the 13.06.09. We have been moved to an earlier timeslot and will play between 7pm and 9pm.

The rehearsal room renovations are almost finished and we have a meeting with Thomas Kässens next week to finalize the production deal for the new album. Once we have the details ironed out, recording can commence.

Our search for an internet distributer is almost at an end and we should have more details next week!
Booking has also been continueing and the autumn/ winter calender is filling up nicely.
As usual- please check the gig guide for any changes before heading out to a gig.

Love to all Mark, Martin, Frankie & Philipp


12.05.09

Mark & Martin in The Music Live Club in Hamburg
Thanks to Inka for the photo

Hi Folks,

Apart from all the usual things that keep us busy and out of trouble we are in the process of setting up a new rehearsal room in Herne. This should give us the chance to work on our ideas and develope our new songs! We will have to wait and see if the neighbours enjoy our music as much as we do!

It´s our great pleasure to inform you all that our gigs this Thursday in Topos Levekusen and in the Pogs in Mönchengladbach-Rhyedt on Saturday, will be band gigs with Phil and Frankie!!

We have managed to fill a few holes that have developed in our calender! We will now be playing on

Mark´s solo gig on the 12.05.09 in The Irish Pub, Göttingen Has also beenCANCELLED!
He will however be playing on Wedensday the 13th as planned!

Hi Folks,

just a quick news update before easter!
The gig at the Kreuzviertal Festival on the 28.03 was fantastic and we even made it into the papers!


We will not be playing for the DGB with Frankie on the 1st of May. This sudden change of plan is due to internal problems in the DGB.
We wish you all a very happy easter!

Love to all

Mark, Martin, Frankie & Phil