![]() ![]() The Louth outfit were confirmed for ESNS 2023 festival this week, alongside The Scratch. The Mary Wallopers' laughter and banter at the beginning and end make it special, adding their charismatic flair to an upbeat tune. Although the song is effectively about a man's destruction through drink, it is upbeat and celebratory. It tells the tale of a man who sells all his possessions, and even his wife, to pay for drink and tobacco. A cover of the 1974 Dubliners song of the same name, the trad song was popular amongst sailors before pub and folk musicians made it their own. ![]() The Dundalk balladeers "elevating traditional Irish folk for a new era," as none other than The Guardian wrote today, have shared their self-titled debut album today, featuring concluding track 'All For Me Grog'. Everything has a conclusion, so she finds time with her loved ones before something spoils it.Īfter relocating from Dublin to Clare during the pandemic to write Protector, recording took place in a small house in County Kerry, at the foothills of the Annascaul, with Brendan Jenkinson (producer, keys, bass, synth, clarinet), Brendan Doherty (drums), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (string arrangements) and Conor O'Brien (horn arrangements). ![]() The track explores her move out of the Irish capital during lockdown, and the uncertainty of life. " Everyone out for themselves/Do you know where this story ends/I know everything has an end/So I see all my family and friends," she croons, as gentle percussion and keys back her warm lyrics up. Taken from her new album Protector, out today via Partisan Records, 'Chariot' opens with gentle indie-rock guitar riffs, almost Americana-sounding, before her soft voice enters the fray. ![]()
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