Few bands have left as distinctive a mark on the musical landscape - or in honing my own musical tastes - as Horslips. Emerging in the early 1970s, they more or less created ‘Irish Celtic Rock’, drawing from Irish traditional music and blending it with British/American rock to craft a sound that was both timeless and..
Madfish to release Horslips – ‘At The BBC’ multi-disc set
Few bands have left as distinct a mark on the musical landscape as Horslips. Emerging in the early 1970s, they more or less created 'Celtic Rock', drawing from Irish traditional music and British/American rock, crafting a sound that was both timeless and radical. The BBC captured the band in the 1970s and again during their unexpected..
Celtic Legacy – Redux (Eternal Legacy Records)
For those of you who don't know this band (me included) Celtic Legacy are an Irish rock band that originally formed in 1997, very much in the mould of Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore. The gang were initially a covers band called Stomp, dating from 1994 before developing their own material in a style that..
Davey Dodds – Toadstool Soup (Coalshed Music)
In another life, on another planet, Davey Dodds used to be the front man of the prog-rock band Red Jasper. His individual style of song-writing gave the band a unique character. They were signed to the Dutch record label S I Music but when that folded in 1994, Davey quietly drifted away from the music..