The timing and venue of the launch makes sense on several levels as the song, called “The Winter Trail”, is a track where the band (along with frequent collaborator/mandolin virtuoso Mark Daly) leans more towards their Celtic side than their unique brand of punkish psychedelia.  The song will also be available for download on iTunes.  

Celtic Crush is a long-time staple of SiriusXM’s Spectrum channel, and is a grand tour of all things Celtic, from trad to Celtic rock, and everything that bridges the gap between the two.  It’s hosted by Black 47 leader Larry Kirwan, and can be heard via satellite throughout North America online throughout the world.

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12,000 music fans are annually making the trip to the birthplace of Ireland’s Greatest Rock ‘Blues Legend, Rory Gallagher’s hometown Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal for one of the big events on the Irish Festival Calendar, the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival. The line-up for the 10th Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival 2011 has been announced with the 4-day festival taking place in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal between Thursday 2nd and Sunday 5th June 2011. The Festival will feature the legendary Jan Akkerman and his band, yes the Dutchman who was lead guitarist and frontman to the renowned “Focus”, while also among the headliners are former lead guitarist with “Thin Lizzy” Eric Bell and his band, while reflecting the Folk ‘n Blues genre will be Martin Carthy. The Festival that recently received the National Festival Award for ‘Best Medium Sized’ Festival will also see the renowned “Sinnerboy” tribute band from Manchester make their final appearance anywhere, at this years event. Some 20 International acts from Norway, Holland, Germany, USA, UK and from throughout Ireland will all perform in Ballyshannon, including a first time appearance for “Rock Hospital” from Norway, the return of “Shinkicker” led by Chris Stuckey and the “Tony Dowler Band”.

Festival Chairperson, Barry O’Neill said “we are delighted with the Programme that we have assembled. Eric Bell and his band previously played the Festival in 2007 and he was amazing, indeed his performance that night of ‘Whiskey in the Jar’ has since had over 85,000 You Tube hits. Jan Akkerman is widely regarded as one of the leading Guitarists in the world, its fabulous that the man behind tune ‘Hocus Pocus’ is coming to play Ballyshannon. Rory Gallagher was a fan of Jan Akkerman and equally Jan was a fan of Rory. Folk Guitarist Martin Carthy will also perform at the headline Concert at the Rory Gallagher Theatre on Saturday 4th June 2011. Martin Carthy collaborated with Rory on the Album ‘Wheels within wheels’, its great that the 10th year of the Festival has these legends of music coming to pay tribute to Rory”.

There are many leading Irish Acts performing at the Festival including Pat McManus Band (ex. Mama’s Boys), “Johnny Gallagher & Boxtie”, “Seamie O’Dowd Band”, “Moonchild”, “Willie Byrne Band”, “The Skins”, “Dave McHugh Band”, “Preachers Son” (featuring Tabby Callaghan), “Zero Resistance”, “Messin’ with d’Gallagher”, “The Bollock Brothers”, “Odd Socks Revival”, “Brian Meakin Band”, “Bangin’ Yokes”, “Red Brick House” and solo blues artists Peter Price (UK) and Monica Heldal (Norway).

The organisers of the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival 2011 are expecting significant attendances at the 4-day Festival in June with Barry O’Neill paying tribute to those who continue to support the staging of the Festival, “it would not be possible without the ongoing work by the voluntary committee who put many hours of work into the Tribute Festival for many months, also our sponsors Guinness Ireland, Greenstar and the Ballyshannon Business Community and our key funders - Failte Ireland, Donegal County Council and Ballyshannon Town Council”.

The Rory Gallagher Festival takes place between the 2nd and 5th June 2010 in Ballyshannon. All Festival details & Tickets available at www.goingtomyhometown.com

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Gary was an internationally highly regarded guitarist, featuring prominently in many world’s top guitarists lists. He played a diverse range of styles - psychedelic, jazz-rock, melodic hard rock, heavy metal and blues rock. He started his career at the young age of 16 when he moved from his home town of Belfast to Dublin and joined Skid Row. His playing at that stage was very mature and complex - you would never think it was coming from a teenager! In his Skid Row days he got noticed by another guitar legend, and one of his own guitar heroes, Peter Green. Skid Row had opened for Fleetwood Mac in Dublin and Peter was so impressed with what he heard that asked to meet Gary and invited him back to his hotel to jam with him. While in Skid Row Gary met Phil Lynott who also briefly was a member. Gary had a long association with Phil as a member of Thin Lizzy and contributing to each other’s solo projects. Gary did a brief stint with Thin Lizzy in the early seventies was a member of the jazz rock outfit Colosseum II in the mid-seventies and was back with Thin Lizzy in 1978. In the 80s Gary was a leading heavy metal guitar hero and released a string of blazing solo albums. He turned back to his blues roots in the 90s and successfully reinvented himself as a bluesman.

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Best wishes for 2011 from Voodoo Loons!

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Yes the rumors are true. Cry Before Dawn will re-form for a tour in Ireland in 2011. It’s been nearly 20 years since the band played together. Myself [Brendan Wade],  Pat Hayes, and Vinny Doyle, will be joined by ace guitar player, Steve Belton (who played with the band for over 2 years). We are delighted to be playing again and can’t wait to get started. More news to follow.

announced dates:

8th April 2011 - Vicar Street, Dublin
14th May 2011 - Opera House, Wexford

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Per Voodoo Loons tradition, they plan to start putting a lot of free music out leading up to the release:

In preparation for the album the Loons are revamping their online presence.  They’ll soon be launching a new website, and have finally launched a Facebook page on which they’ll be providing sneak previews of the new album’s tracks throughout the mixing process (as they did last time on their MySpace page, which attracted more than 50,000 friends).  To launch the Facebook page, the band has prepared a new EP that will be available for free to all fans who “like” the new page.  Beginning 15 August Facebook users can visit the band’s new page, click the “like” button, and details will be sent on how to download the free EP.

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Contact:  mgmt@voodooloons.com

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In October 2009, Sixteen Layers were offered an invitation to play Indie Week in Toronto, Canada after winning the Dublin heat of Indie Week Ireland. Due to the huge success of their Indie Week showcases, the band will make a return to Canada in March 2010 for Canadian Music Week and a 3 week tour of Southern Ontario/Quebec.

Tickets for the fundraiser at the Sugar Club are €10 and available online at the band’s online store (www.sixteenlayers.com/shop.php) with a limited number available at the door. Doors are at 8pm. For more information on Sixteen Layers, upcoming events and the fundraiser, please visit www.sixteenlayers.com or www.myspace.com/sixteenlayers

Tour Dates:

Tuesday, March 9 – Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nite | The Horseshoe Tavern | Toronto ON
Wednesday, March 10 – CMW Showcase | The Bovine Sex Club | Toronto, ON
Thurs, March 11 – CMW Showcase | The Underground Garage | Toronto ON
Friday, March 12 – The Hard Luck | Toronto ON
Monday, March 15 – Corktown Irish Pub | Hamilton, ON
Tuesday, March 16 – The Bovine Sex Club | Toronto ON
Wednesday, March 17 – Ceilidh House | Hamilton ON
Thursday, March 18 – Call the Office | London ON
Friday, March 19 – The Chubby Pickle | Windsor ON
Saturday, March 20 – The Hideout | Toronto ON
Thursday, March 25 – le Divan Orange | Montreal QC
Saturday, March 26 – The Underworld Live | Montreal QC

More dates to be announced including upcoming showcase information for Canadian Music Week 2010.

For more information, contact:
hotklubproductions@gmail.com / info@sixteenlayers.com

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A 2CD limited edition of the album, containing all 14 original tracks plus the debut “A Little Piece of God” ep and various b-sides, will be released on 1st March 2010.

Details of the confirmed shows are below with more to be announced shortly.

05th March 2010 - London, The Luminaire
06th March 2010 – Birmingham, The Flapper
07th March 2010- Guildford, The Boileroom
10th March 2010 - Dundalk, The Spirit Store
12th March 2010 - Dublin, Whelans
13th March 2010 - Cork, The Pavilion

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Folks, we’re sorry to let you know that there will be a delay in the release of the record. We collected the CDs from the manufacturer on Friday and the overall quality is just not up to scratch. When it comes down to it, artwork either matters or it doesn’t - we choose to believe that it does. We know some of you may already have a copy of the CD so if you hold onto them we’ll exchange it when we resolve the problem. In the meantime as a thank you for your patience, here’s track three from the record,
This Slaves Freedom Cries, PRAY IT LOUD. [click here to listen to track]

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