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Well here we go again. It seems an awful long time since we were compiling all the votes into 2019's Best Of. Last year saw The Walker Roaders triumph but with this year being a lot quieter on the Celtic-Punk front thanks to the lockdowns around the world bands have found themselves unable to tour and promote new releases so have held onto them till things got better. Still that's not to say it was a complete wash out and as you can see from below their have been some absolute knock-outs during the year.
Remember this is only our opinion so feel free to comment, slag off or dissect our lists. The Readers Poll is back again this year so you can even vote on your favourite release of 2020 yourself. We don't pretend to be the final word as that my friends is for you…
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Was very close between the top three this year but Ogras seem to have been not only our favourites but also most of the Celtic-Punk medias too. A lot less albums may have come out during the year but still plenty more that didn't make the cut. Don't be down hearted if you are one of them it could just be that one of the judges hadn't heard that album. Again if we don't hear your album we can't review it so the massive majority here are ones that were sent in to us. We only need a download link (NO Spotify!) and we're happy. Out of the 30 albums 18 countries were represented including 2 from the Celtic nations Scotland #4 and Brittany #13 and our first from Hawaii!
1. OGRAS – No Love In The City
2. UNCLE BARD AND THE DIRTY BASTARDS – The Men Behind The Glass
3. FINNEGANS HELL – Work Is The Curse Of The Drinking Class
4. THECUNDEEZ – Teckle And Hide
5. KRAKIN' KELLYS – Burn Your Flag
6. THE GO-SET – Of Bright Futures And Broken Pasts
7. BLACK WATER COUNTY – Comedies And Tragedies
8. McSCALLYWAG – Songs For The Wicked
9. BATALLON DE SAN PATRICIO- Hermanos De Guerra
10. THE O'REILLYS AND THE PADDYHATS – Off The Leash
11. THE REAL McKENZIES – Beer And Loathing
12. THE MUCKERS – Irish Goodbye
13. CELT & PIPER – No Mercy
14. THE FEELGOOD MacLOUDS – Life On A Ferris Wheel
15. FEROCIOUS DOG – You
16. THE KONA ROGUES – Batten Down The Hatches
17. PADDY WAGGIN- Race To The Bottom
18. BLACK ANEMONE – Chasing The Sun
19. PADDY MURPHY – Rams Rebels Goats And Girls
20. THE STUBBY SHILLEAGHS – Glass To Mouth
21. CELKILT – The Next One Down
22. THE DEAD MAGGIES – More Than Just Ghosts
23. KELTIKON – The Black Boar
24. THE CELTIC SOCIAL CLUB – From Babylon To Avalon
25. BARBAR O'RHUM – Journal de B'O'R
26. JAMESTOWN BROTHERS – Rebels, Rogues And Regrets
27. SMZB – Once Upon A Time In The East
28. THE NEW RUFFIANS – Shenanigans
29. GRASS MUD HORSE – Beijing Bikini
30. NEVER SAY DIE – Punk Rock Pirates
Several bands have taken the chance during the lockdown to release compilations of sorts. While it would be a little unfair to include them in the main 'Best Of' section they still deserve a mention. Among these were two 30 year celebrations from two of Celtic-Punks most successful and popular bands in THE MAHONES – This Is All We Got To Show For It and FIDDLER'S GREEN – 3 Cheers For 30 Years. Both fully deserve a round of applause, a raise of the pint and a tip o' the hat! Band compilations included ANTO MORRA – Twenty, THE DEAD RABBITS – The Dead Rabbits, LEXINGTON FIELD – Here's To You Ten Years Of Fiddle Rock and LQR – Barrel-Aged. A couple of live albums THE STANFIELDS – Welcome To The Ball and ShamROCKS – FCP Live were both well received, you may have heard that a little known band THE POGUES put out a new album of previously unreleased material BBC Sessions 1984-86 and Quintessential Quarantunes was a 6-band compilation released in the Summer featuring the Bible Code Sundays and The Reels. MacSlons Irish Pub Radio also released volume 5 of Raise Your Pints the best Celtic-Punk sampler around of 19 of the Celtic-Punk scenes best bands.
You have to go back to the beginning of January for 1916's release and though many more would challenge it stayed top of the pile all year long. Some great debut releases here from bands that will I am sure go on to bigger things. This time last year I was crowing about Shanghai Treason and how much I was looking forward to seeing them play… well I still am!
1. 1916 – Meant To Be
2. SHANGHAI TREASON – It's Treason
3. BEAVER SECRET HANDSHAKE – Beaver Secret Handshake
4. KILMAINE SAINTS – Off The Wagon Acoustic Sessions
5. LEXINGTON FIELD – Win The Day
6. 7 STOUT CLAN – 7 Stout Clan
7. THE CLOVES AND THE TOBACCO – Jalan Pulang
8. LUCKY LAD GREEN – Get There Somehow
9. BRAVE THE SEA – The Murders Three
10. THE PLACKS – My Dearest Friend
BATALLON DE SAN PATRICIO- Hermanos De Guerra
This year's winner of Best Debut Album comes from a continent where Celtic-Punk appears to be booming! The South American scene has been dominated in the past by bands from Brazil and Argentina (last years winners in this category were Aires Bastardos from Argentina) but with Batallón de San Patricio from Guadalajara in Mexico things are changing with several bands popping up over the last couple of years. The last twelve months have seen Batallón de San Patricio garner favourable reviews from various singles and live streams. Hermanos De Guerra/ Brothers Of War is delivered entirely in Spanish and spans the length of Celtic-Punk from trad Irish up to Celtic-PUNK making it fully deserving of the award.
Always the hardest list to compile as it covers so much ground. Some of these bands play Trad Folk with a Punk Rock heart like Clover's Revenge while others didn't quite fit as Celtic-Punk releases but the winners are the Rose family from NY state otherwise known as The Wild Irish Roses. An album that took us by surprise and managed to please everyone.
1. THE WILD IRISH ROSES – Full Bloom
2. CLOVERS REVENGE – Truants And Absolution
3. 6'10 – Carried In Retrospect
4. RUNA – The Tide Of Winter
5. MAGGIES FLOCK – Party At The Cemetery
6. PYROLYSIS – Alotsie
7. PATRICKS – Rocky Road To Ireland
8. HUGH MORRISON – The Other Side
9. TC COSTELLO – The Bluebird
10. PEAT & DIESEL – Light My Byre
Now this section is tinged with sadness. There is no question which site has the biggest impact on the Celtic-Punk scene over the last year and while not strictly a web-site the CELTIC PUNK, FOLK AND ROCK FANS group on Facebook fully deserved this years award. Sadness because the group founder Mike Kilroe very sadly passed away at the beginning of the month. Created back in February 2019 it was around the time of last years ill fated St. Patrick's day and the subsequent Dropkick Murphys live stream show that membership of the group exploded and has now passed over 8000 members. If on Facebook they should be your first port of call, alongside us of course! We had a great interview with the founder of the group Mike back in May that you can find here and of course our thoughts go out to his family and friends.
We are not alone in doing these Best Of 2020 lists in fact all the major players in Celtic-Punk do them so click below to check out what they thought.
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So there you go. Remember we have never pretended to be the final word on things in fact have a look at the other Celtic-Punk media's Best Of's and I'm sure they are all pretty different. Our Best Of's, as usual, cajoled and bullied out of the admins from the London Celtic Punks Facebook page and then tallied up over a few pints in Mannions in north London. One important thing to note is that not all of us heard the same albums so like all the various Best Of's ours is also subjective.
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Nine years we've been doing these lists now. It seems incredible looking back at some of the previous winners and also-rans how so many bands are still with us from Year 1. If you would like to check for yourself then just click on the link below the relevant year.
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Alongside the Best Of polls we also run a special Readers Poll where you get to pick your favourite release of the year. This will be The Readers Poll's third year with Krakin' Kellys and Mickey Rickshaw previously champions! There is only room to list the Top Ten albums but there is an option to write in your favourite release of 2020. You are allowed to vote for up to two releases but not for the same artist.
The Poll will close at midnight on Sunday 31st January with the result announced soon after.
Sláinte, The London Celtic Punks Crew- January, 2021
2020 ROUND-UP'S. THE MAHONES, RUNA, ALESTORM, MAGGIES FLOCK, BARBAR O'RHUM
Album Review, Canada, Celtic Metal, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Pirate Punk, Scotland January 10, 2021 Leave a comment
2020 was by and large a shitty year for music. Sure their were a few bright spots… off the top of my head the many Live Streams but it was never going to replace live gigs for the Celtic-Punk scene where live gigs are everything. Even in a year with much fewer releases we still couldn't keep up with everything! At London Celtic Punks we pride ourselves on giving detailed and extensive reviews but sometimes this isn't quite possible so here's the 'Round-Up's' of some of the records we missed first time round.
THE MAHONES – '30 Years And This Is All We've Got To Show For It'
Just a couple of weeks ago we reviewed the 30th anniversary album of German band Fiddlers Green and around the same time was released another album by a Celtic-Punk giant on the other side of the planet celebrating thirty years in the game this time from The Mahones. Yes 30 years. THIRTY. Hard to believe isn't it? Popular throughout the world they have recorded eleven studio albums, two live albums, an acoustic album and a compilation marking their 25 year anniversary and have covered more miles than British Airways! Here they have carefully chosen nineteen tracks of their best from across the 30 years of their career. The album is available as a ten track vinyl release (on green!) and also on CD and download with nine bonus tracks from True North Records. As for the songs they are everything you would expect. We may have heard them all before but their really is something for everyone here as The Mahones flit from raucous Irish Punk rockers to maudlin and sad ballads. The mix of songs is perfect and the balance between the harder songs and the ballads is as well. For a band that tours as much as The Mahones do 2020 must have been a particularly difficult year for The Mahones but already with dates released for 2021 (see you in London in February!) they are well prepared to take their 31st year by the throat when it arrives.
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RUNA – 'The Tide of Winter'
American Irish 'supergroup' Runa are one of the best Irish Folk/Trad bands around. This is due in no small part to the beautiful voice of lead singer Shannon Lambert-Ryan (who also plays quite a mean harp!) and that they also have the ability to weave other influences into their signature sound without you even noticing. Several LP's in Runa have become famous on both sides of the Atlantic now and continue their path with The Tide Of Winter. Now by rights this ought to have been done pre-Christmas but it slipped the net and we ran out of time. A beautiful, at times haunting and at others spirit lifting, collection of thirteen Christmas themed songs and carols. All the favourites are here ('In The Bleak Midwinter', 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'Silent Night') as well as a few new ones including a stunning version of 'The Wexford Carol' (also known as 'Enniscorthy Carol') recorded in its native Irish Gaelic.
It was in May 2019 that Runa got together for a weekend to get into the Christmas spirit and started working on arrangements for the album. Highlights beyond those already mentioned include the track 'Instrumental' which features the songs 'Hark the Herald / Dixie Hoedown / Red Prairie Dawn / O Come Emmanuel / Road to Cashel' seamlessly joined together with some amazing musical work from Fionán, Chery, Caleb and Jake. One for next Christmas I suppose but hopefully by then Runa's joyous album really will be something to celebrate.
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ALESTORM – 'Curse Of the Crystal Coconut'
From traditional Christmas folk music now to Heavy Metal! Founded in 2004 in Perth, Scotland by Christopher Bowes Alestorm are one of the pioneers and certainly the leading light of Pirate Metal! Basically the combination of Heavy Rock/Metal and Pirate music. Now Pirate music is often confused with Celtic music and for good reason too. The similarities are obvious to anyone with a pair of ears with plenty of the same melodies (and even some of the same songs) criss-crossing the genres. Alestorm have been together for fourteen years and they may have toned down the Metal side of their music a little but their popularity seems set to continue with this their sixth album. Now I don't claim to know much about this genre but it does seem to be growing and their have been a few high profile gigs in London over the last couple of the years with Alestorm headlining some of the towns biggest venues. Released in May on Napalm Records and recorded in Thailand this is as good a place as any to start if this genre interests you. Songs like 'Treasure Chest Party Quest', 'Fannybaws' and 'Pirate's Scorn' give you an idea but it is the epic eight minute 'Wooden Leg Pt. 2 (The Woodening)' that really stood out for me showing there's more to Alstorm than gimmick.
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MAGGIE'S FLOCK – Party At The Cemetery
The debut release from Dutch Celtic-Folk-Rockers Maggie's Flock. The six-piece band from Nijmegen / Arnhem that play a style of music that veers from Celtic-Rock to traditional Folk with more than a little Celtic twist. The band had the novel idea to release a video/song a month on You Tube from January 2020 through to December and then compile the songs into an album and release it. We have tracked these videos over the last year and it really is worth checking them (the Party At The Cemetery YouTube play-list) out yourselves as the work the band put into them deserves it. So quite a novel idea in quite the 'novel' year! The Netherlands has quite the cool Celtic scene and one of our gigs last year that Covid killed off was a Dutch Celtic-Punk double-header with Pyrolysis and The Royal Spuds. Musically Maggies Flock come across to me as a 'mature' Dropkick Murphys. I mean the Dropkicks sound of recent rather than their punky years. Catchy, tuneful songs with chugging guitars and superb whistles and accordion. 'The album opener 'The Poguey Club' is one of the many highlights here and you can tell this album has not been rushed into. The idea of releasing a song a month has worked perfectly here as the balance of songs is great and the music is not solely Celtic veering into more Folk-Rock/Punk at times. Personally I love me Tipp songs so I especially loved 'Travelling Laddie' but the fast 'Bored Beyond Death' is sure to get the toes tapping.
A lot of effort then and not just in the music with the vinyl version coming in a luxurious fold-out cover with all the lyrics while the CD has an extensive 24 page illustrated booklet.
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BARBAR'O'RHUM – Journal de B'O'R
Drawing in inspiration from sea-shanties, traditional music, Celtic-Rock and Celtic-Punk, Irish-Punk and Folk-Metal, Barbar'O'Rhum inhabit an area that sits somewhere between Alestorm and The Mahones. Founded in 2014 in the South-West Of France the band offer up their own style of music they call 'Rock 'n' Rhum'. The musical style here owes much to theatrics making them more a band you would want to witness live but they have captured the sound of the band here rather well and also the atmosphere too which I would think is a lot harder. From beginning to end it's an accessibly joyful Punk Rock stomp from album opener 'Pirate des Champs' which brings in some offbeat but delightful influences to eight minute epic 'Freres de Bitte' which brings down the curtain on the album and manages to capture all the various parts of Barbar'O'Rhum in one bombastic theatrical campy triumph. Yet in a album that lasts over an hour and the majority of the songs are around the five minute mark it's that opening track that stand outs head and shoulders and one listen to that will tell you all you need to know about whether you would like this album or not. Me I fecking loved it!
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So their you go our 'last' post of 2020. Apologies to all the bands that we weren't able to give each album the full London Celtic Punks treatment but was just not possible this time. Remember if you are in a band then we cant do a review if we haven't heard your release!
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ODDS'N'SODS. CELTIC-PUNK ROUND UP NOVEMBER 2020
Odds'n'Sods November 3, 2020 Leave a comment
We want to move away from just being 'ReviewReviewReviewReview' so we have started this monthly feature that comes out on the last day of each month. All news items that we otherwise miss will get a mention but I need YOU to be the eyes and ears if it's going to work so send over to us any band news, record releases, videos, tours (not individual gigs though yet sadly), live streams, crowd funders etc., to us at londoncelticpunks@hotmail.co.uk or through the Contact Us page and it will go in here!
We start off November's Odds'n'Sods with the shocking news that the classic FLOGGING MOLLY album Swagger celebrated its 20th anniversary (yikes!!!!) last month and it is now available remixed and remastered in a limited edition vinyl box set that includes a bonus LP, a never-before-seen DVD documentary plus full live performance, expanded lyric booklet featuring many unseen before photos and much more! Orders for the box set are now available at floggingmolly.com/swagger!
More news from FLOGGING MOLLY was the recent announcement that they will be returning to these shores next Summer for gigs in Manchester, Birmingham and north London. Tickets on sale here.
One of the best and productive scenes in Celtic-Punk is the one in Indonesia and one of the best of a great bunch is THE CLOVES AND THE TOBACCO who play Irish music just as if they were raised on the Emerald Isle itself. There's not many who play Celtic-Punk and Irish music with this much talent and passion. Enjoy their great new video a bit subdued for them but still outstanding. 'Denting Gelas Akhir Pekan' from their new album Jalan Pulang.
The new album from Doyle Duff and his band has landed. Mistakes Were Made by ST. DOYLE AND THE LAST CALL PHILHARMONIC is available for download below.
Dutch Celtic band MAGGIE'S FLOCK continue to release a song a month through 2020. Autumn is upon us! Check out this atmospheric beauty!
BEAVER SECRET HANDSHAKE are from Helskini and have a EP out on YouTube and Spotify.
RUNA have released a cover of Hoagy Carmichaels auld hit 'Buttermilk Sky'. The video was filmed in the French Quarter of New Orleans and I defy anyone not to enjoy it. Shannon has after all one of the best voices in Irish music.
THE PLACKS one of the brightest new bands in the scene released a new video/single 'Sail Away' about the Highland Clearances. Shot in Dunoon and Gourock and filmed in the first week of September. It's been likened to an ad for Visit Scotland! Available for download for the princely sum of a fifth of a pint of beer here in London or under half a pint in Bonnie Scotland!
There was a time when SMZB were the sole Celtic-Punk band in China but since the arrival of Grass Mud Horse we could even start to claim their is some sort of scene now!! SMZB have a new album out of Punk with Pipes and its bloody great. Try and support this great band.
Speaking of GRASS MUD HORSE they have released a download only version of their debut album Beijing Bikini featuring ten songs never released before. These songs are from the band's first year and are described as "very eclectic" and is made up of songs written in their first year together before they settled in as one of the best Celtic-Punk bands around.
Not Celtic-Punk but I really enjoyed the debut track from Scots band BRòGEAL. As they say themselves 'four wise boys on that folk noise fresh outta Falkirk' and it really is quite superb Celtic music. Send the lads a 'like' over at their Facebook Page as they just getting started.
Remember if you want your release featured then we have to have heard it first!
THE CUNDEEZ – Teckle An Hide
THE STUBBY SHILLEAGHS – Glass To Mouth (review later this week!)
ST. DOYLE AND THE LAST CALL PHILHARMONIC – Mistakes Were Made
SMZB – Once Upon A Time In The East
THE CLOVES AND THE TOBACCO – Jalan Pulang
STEVE WHITE AND THE PROTEST FAMILY – The Debased Street Music Of The Vulgar
KILMURA – Hybris
Even doing this we still come across stuff we missed from the past that is worth another look. This time it's something again a bit different… well a lot bloody different! Irish Meet the Blues by ANTONI O'BRESKEY is the first and as far as I know the only album ever recorded on piano where traditional Irish music meets Blues and Jazz. For Antoni "musical cultures are not defined by borders, but by historical roots that reach deeply across all areas of the globe."
Another interesting band we just came across is 'The American Irish band' BEGORRAH. Celtic Punk/Metal band that formed in 2010 in New York City by music veterans Kevin Patrick Corrigan and Shane O'Connor. Begorrah have two albums out Molly B'gee in 2012 and Tough Guy Prayer in 2017 that you can listen to and download on Bandcamp.
Aussie band FOX'n'FIRKIN have a new song out 'Get On The Boat' urging us to get behind a fellow Brisbane Punk band they are mates with called Flangipanis. It's out on Folk Til Ya Punk Records and is available for download here.
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ALBUM REVIEW: RUNA- 'Ten: The Errant Night' (2019)
Album Review, Folk, Ireland, Irish-American, USA March 9, 2019 Leave a comment
Innovative and award-winning Celtic Roots band, Runa draw on the diverse musical backgrounds of its band members and offer a modern, referential and refreshing approach to traditional and more recently composed Celtic material.
Hear the world premier of Ten: The Errant Years tonight, Sunday, March 10th, on the Live Ireland (here) radio station on The Bill And Imelda Show. The show will begin at 18:00 GMT. So be sure to tune in and join the ever growing ranks of RUNAtics!
Runa have graced these pages a couple of times before and though you won't ever find them supporting the Dropkick Murphys (mores the pity as that would be one hell of a gig!) they are, and remain so after Ten: The Errant Years, one of the favourite bands over here at London Celtic Punk HQ. With four studio albums behind them Runa celebrate their tenth anniversary with their first release since 2016's imaginatively titled live album Live. Over the years their prominence has risen and risen to the point now where the guests on Ten read like a who's who of the Folk and Country scene in north America. With several Grammy award winning musicians on board for this album, including legendary Irish singer, Moya Brennan; nine-time All-Ireland Irish fiddle champion, Eileen Ivers; Nashville session musican, Jeff Taylor; and Nashville singer-songwriter and Harmonica player, Buddy Greene, and many more, then Ten already sets the bar high before you have even listened to it.
Traditional Irish folk music has never stood still. Ever. Change may have been slow at times but it always came and always despite those who would never accept any deviation to what had become before. As Ireland's people spread reluctantly across the world they took with them their music and so Irish music evolved. From the 1940's onward it was seen as the music of the farming communities and the working-class and held in low esteem until The Clancy Brothers shot to fame in the 1950's and introduced it to an audience well outside of the Irish community and suddenly it become very popular. The Dubliners moved it further on with their Guinness soaked ballads of the 60's with the Irish showbands and Celtic-Rock of the 70's taking us up to The Pogues and their beer soaked ballads of the 80's and the more modern development of Celtic-Punk. Outside the island of Ireland Irish music has soaked up the influences of wherever Irish people have washed up and fully embraced it. In the States that means pushing the boundaries of Irish folk into Country and Americana and Bluegrass. Runa do all this but in a much more subtle way than any Celtic-Punk would and it has been very successful too with them being awarded several honours including Top Group and Top Traditional Group in the Irish Music Awards and three Independent Music Awards including Best Live Album, Best World/Traditional Song, and Best Bluegrass Song. They even wound as #1 in the 2014 London Celtic Punks Best Trad/Folk Album of the year for Current Affairs.
Runa from left to right: Canadian Cheryl Prashker on percussion, Jake James of New York on the fiddle, vocalist and step-dancer, Shannon Lambert-Ryan of Philadelphia, Caleb Edwards of Nashville on mandolin and Dublin-born Fionán de Barra on guitar, bass, vocal and bodhran.
Together they have set the Irish folk music scene alight and will continue to I am sure with the release of Ten. The songs here represent the progression of Runa from a traditional Irish folk band to what they call themselves 'Celtic Roots'. Music that not only takes in the other Celtic nations but also their adopted home on the other side of the Atlantic. Ten begins with Glasgow-Irishman Paul McKenna's track 'Again For Greenland'. It's the usual story of an Irishman going off somewhere leaving his beloved back home on the shore.
"We leave our sweethearts and our wives,
All weeping on the pier;
Cheer up my dears, we'll soon return,
'Tis only half a year."
The rumble of the bass at the beginning gives way to Caleb's amazing mandolin and Shannon's ever amazing vocals which lead everything along and adds so much to the music. It's for albums like this and bands like Runa that the dictionary folk invented the word 'catchy' so to spare me repeating it for every song just assume that every song here is and bloody well is too!'
Commemorative plaque in Mexico City unveiled in 1959: "In memory of the Irish soldiers of the heroic St. Patrick's Battalion, martyrs who gave their lives to the Mexican cause in the United States' unjust invasion of 1847"
'John Riley' tells of the Irish adventurer who left Galway during the famine years and winded up enrolled in the American army where he ends up fighting in the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. Treated terribly by the US army and suffering from the common anti-Irish and anti-Catholic discrimination of the time John led a number of fellow Irish Catholics who decided to defect to the Mexicans, where they formed the Saint Patrick's Battalion in the Mexican Army, fighting bravely in several battles though eventually being all but wiped out in the The Battle of Churubusco on the 20th August, 1847. Their memory is still celebrated widely in Mexico today. The song speeds along at a decent pace and Buddy Greene's harmonica certainly livens it up along with the beat of Cheryl's percussion. A sad story but one of many times through history the Irish proved themselves in battle. Though Shannon's voice is intrinsic to Runa's sound the band naturally excel with pure Irish trad and with the superb 'Kelly Man Reels' Jake plays amazing fiddle to the opening two reels written by Fionán before ending the track with the Scots reel 'A Trip To Strathbogie'. 'The Green Fields Of Canada' sees Shannon tell another tale of Irish emigration though unusually as Andy Irvine, who recorded the song with Planxty, says
"Unlike most emigration songs, the émigré in this one appears to believe he has done the right thing".
A beautiful song tinged with sadness as the Irishman promises to himself that when he makes it big
"If ever friendless Irishmen chances my way:
With the best in the house I will greet him and welcome"
Next up is the modern day Scottish folk song 'Thaney' written by Karine Polwart of Malinky. Upbeat and again Cheryl's innovative use of percussion adds so much to the sound of the song. 'Great Lakes Of Pontchartrain' is an American ballad telling of a man who falls in love but the love is unrequited. Thought to have originated in the southern United States in the 19th century it is perhaps most famous for its recording by the legendary Planxty in 1974. 'Firewood Set' is another grand set of reels with the opening track written by fiddle player Jake and June Apple and finishing with the trad 'Chinquapin Hunting' and the switch from fiddle to mandolin is absolutely seamless. 'The Banks Of Newfoundland/ Jerusalems Bridge/ Crowleys' begins with the first of the three tracks with another sad tale of emigration. Written in 1820 the subject matter belies the tune in these songs and with two fantastic reels added onto the end it's pure upfiting. More than half way through Runa now play a glorious cover of the David Francey penned track 'Saints & Sinners' which could almost have written for them. They follow this with the long forgotten Hoagy Carmichael and Jack Brooks penned 'Ole Buttermilk Sky'. Written in 1946 for the Western movie 'Canyon Passage' it's pure hokum and a welcome and jolly interlude. 'Torn Screen Door' is a beautiful song featured here in a stunning video below. Sung unaccompanied by music this style is known across the world as acapello but in Ireland it is called sean nós (Gaelic for 'in the old style') and is considered the ultimate expression of traditional singing. Usually sang as a solo but not always, here Runa tell the all too common story of hardworking working class folk losing it all.
In true sean-nós style the words are considered to have as much importance as the melody as in 'Torn Screen Door'. With ten years under their belts it's only natural that people have come and gone but Runa always welcome them back for more, as on their last album Live, and the following few songs have a handful of ex-members joining in, like on 'Runa Alumni Set' which flips from folk to jazz to trad Irish and back again all seamlessly and is an absolute pure joy to listen to. Just three songs to go and on 'An Buachaillín Bán' Runa are joined by Clannad's Moya Brennan as well as Fionán's brothers Cormac on harp and Eamonn on flute for a beautiful and gentle version of this Gaelic language song. 'Dance In The Graveyards' again shows the bands versatility with a cover of the North Carolina-based roots-rock band Delta Rae's 2012 hit and the curtain comes slowly down on Ten: The Errant Years with the trad Appalachian spiritual 'Bright Morning Stars'. Slow and mournful and a superb way to end things.
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Runa have an amazing way of interpreting work and with the songs here ranging from centuries old to modern times the selection is as varied as you could wish for while still having Runa stamped all the way through it like a stick of seaside rock. There are no boundaries for Runa as they continue to expand on their Celtic sound and even throw in such gems/surprises as 'Ole Buttermilk Sky' among the sometimes haunting and tragic melodies and themes from Ireland and Scotland giving such a refreshing take on Celtic traditional music. It is no wonder that Runa are well received everywhere they go and their reputation as one of the best and inventive folk bands of this modern era is well deserved.
Jealousy (2009) * Stretched On Your Grave (2011) * Somewhere Along The Road (2012) * Current Affairs (2014) * Live (2016) *
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ALBUM REVIEW: RUNA- 'Live' (2016)
Album Review, Americana, Best Of's, Compilation, Country, Ireland, Live Album, Traditional, USA July 14, 2016 Leave a comment
Timeless, flawless, innovative and award-winning Irish-American Celtic roots music.
After four superb studio albums the brilliant Runa release a live album, imaginatively titled Live, that captures perfectly the sound of this amazing band. With a pedigree second to none, made up of vocalist and step-dancer, Shannon Lambert-Ryan of Philadelphia, Dublin-born guitarist, Fionán de Barra, Cheryl Prashker of Canada on percussion, Dave Curley of Galway on mandolin, vocals, bodhrán, and step-dancing, and Maggie Estes of Kentucky on the fiddle they are surely bound to hit the heights again with this album and they have deservedly earned their reputation as one of the most innovative and unique Irish bands of recent times.
Live begins with Set one and opening track the eerie 'Ain′t No Grave' written by Claude Ely in the 1930's. Claude was a evangelical preacher, faith healer and singer-songwriter who helped popularise the music of the Appalachian mountains and was one of the fore-runners of the birth of rock'n'roll. Great percussion here keeping a fantastic beat while Shannon's beautiful voice confers the greatest respect for Claude's music. The opening song contains all those elements that make Runa such an interesting band. Based in the music of the celtic nations there is so much going on here that to simply call it celtic music does not give you anything like the full story. 'The Hunter Set' is the first of many traditional reels on Live and is utterly brilliant. First appearing on their last album Current Affairs it is a lively fiddle led collection of tunes centred around hunting from across North America.
Follows is another old song 'Bedlam Boys' but this time from the 1720's! First published in 1720 in Thomas D'Urfey's Pills To Purge Melancholy and has changed only slightly since. Most notably recorded by Steeleye Span and Martin Carthy the song relates to ex-inmates of Bedlam which was the name given to the famous insane asylum, St. Mary Bethlehem hospital in London.
"Still I sing bonnie boys, bonnie mad boys,
Bedlam boys are bonnie
For they all go bare and they live by the air,
And they want no drink nor money"
In the 18th century it became a popular diversion to visit the hospital to watch the antics of the poor inmates. Admission was one penny and the hospital realized an income of four hundred pounds a year from visitors. The song 'Fionnghuala' is a beautiful acapello version of the Scottish Gaelic song that was originally sung by working women to break the monotony. Most famously recorded by the Bothy Band on their 1976 album Old Hag You have Killed Me. Guitarist Fionán de Barra takes over vocal duties and Runa's version doesn't stray too far from the Bothy Band's but would find it hard to top. Shannon gives an interesting intro to 'Mae Colven' about a Scottish women turning the tables on her would be murderer. Excellent fiddle and a real thigh slapper that gets the audience here really involved and singing along.
"False Sir John's a wooing gone
To a maid o' beauty fair
May Colven was this lady's name
Her faither's only heir"
'Paddy′s Lamentations' will be known to many having been recorded numerous times and having featured on the soundtrack for the hit film Gangs Of New York. Dating back to the American Civil War (1861-65) it tells of an Irish soldier conscripted into Lincoln's Union Army crippled in the fighting far away from home where he wishes to return but knows in his heart he never will.
"Then myself and a hundred more to America sailed o'er
Our fortunes to be making we were thinking
When we landed in Yankeeland they shoved a gun intae our hand
Saying, Paddy you must go and fight for Lincoln
General Meagher to us said, If you get shot and lose your head
Every mother's son of you will get a pension
In the war I lost my leg, all I've now is a wooden peg
By my soul it is the truth to you I mention
Now I think myself in luck to be fed on Indian buck
In old Ireland the country I delight in
And with the devil I do say, Oh Christ curse America
For I'm sure I've had enough of your hard fighting"
One of the saddest of the Irish emigration songs it is unusual in that songs of that time were written by the people escaping the 'famine' back home and extolling the virtues of the 'land of liberty'. To put it glibly 'out of the frying pan and into the fire'. Truly not every man is a king in the US of A. Fionán takes over the lead vocals again and his whispered hushed tones fits perfecting the sadness in the song. 'Farewell to Tarwathie/ The Last Leviathan' has two parts, the first a traditional Scottish whaling song while the second part, written by Andy Barnes. The stereotype of whale fishermen is a of a hairy chested, hard working, hard drinking, hard fighting men of the sea and while, no doubt the description fitted many of them, they often showed a strong liking for gentle ballads like these. The first parts tells the whalefishers story while part two tells of how closely we came to the extinction of this majestic animal.
"My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding
My heart it has been rent and I am crying
For the beauty around me pales and I am screaming
I am the last of the Great Whales and I am dying"
Set One comes to an end with 'The False Knight Upon The Road' an English folk song first put down on paper in 1947 telling of a meeting between a young boy and a false knight (the devil in disguise). The child gets the better of him and damns him back down to hell. Steeleye Span, Oysterband, The Blue Velvet Band have all recorded the song and here Runa give it as good as anyone with Shannon's vocals shining out. So ends Set One and begins Set Two.
All rested Runa return to rapturous applause and kick off their set with 'Jewels on The Ocean/ Michael Connell′s Reel' is another two parter staring with a slower traditional instrumental before going into Liz Carroll's upbeat fiddle led song that again gets the audience going. Liz is an award winning Irish American fiddler and composer born to a Irish musical family in Chicago, Illinois. next up is 'The King′s Shilling' and although it may easily be taken for another ancient traditional song it was i fact written by Ian Sinclair, guitarist and fiddler with Scots folk group trio Mirk, in the 1970's. The King's shilling was the coin used to induce young men to join the army. By accepting it was regarded as a binding agreement to join up. 'A Stór, A Stór, a Ghrá' is a bitter love story from Donegal sung by Shannon in Irish.
Reminding me of Irish-American legends Solas it soon swirls upwards into a sprightly and frisky song that belies it's sad words.
"Mhí mise lán den tsaoil is bhi cion amuigh is istigh orm
Nach mór a dáthraigh an saol nuair nach bhfuil eion ag duine ar
bith orm? / At one time in my life I was dearly loved by everyone
Haven't times changed when no one cares a whit for me?"
'Seinn O Ho Ro/ The Holy Ground' is a two part track opening with the slow and sad trad Scots song normally performed unaccompanied while 'The Holy Ground' is not the tub-thumping ("Fine girl you are!") version beloved by Irish pub dwellers worldwide but another less well known song written by Gerry O'Beirne about a man who leaves Ireland and ends up in the America southwest, eventually dying fighting and dying for the Mexican Army in the San Patricio Battalion (St Patrick Brigade).
"There the winds of change they blew so far
Of liberty and revolution
And it seemed that each man heard in his breast
the drumming of a nation"
Beautiful and poignant and full of emotion the voice of Shannon dominates with the band fading into the background somewhat except for Fionán's guitar and some wonderfully understated backing vocals.
Set Two ends with more Irish songs and 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley' is up next. written by Robert Dwyer Joyce (1836–1883) it tells of a rebel fighting in the 1798 rebellion preparing to go into battle against the British and explaining to his true love that he may not return.
"Twas hard the mournful words to frame
To break the ties that bound us
Ah, but harder still to bear the shame
Of foreign chains around us
And so I said, 'The mountain glen
I'll seek at morning early
And join the brave united men'
While soft wind shook the barley"
Needless to say, this is Ireland after all, it all ends in tragedy and utter sadness. Barley came symbolise the spirit of Irish nationalism which could not be destroyed and would always be reborn stronger than ever before. Runa dispel the blues next with the utterly fantastic 'The Star of Munster Set' based around three songs- Drums, Gan Aimh and The Star Of Muster- which begins with a sort of duelling banjo piece with Cheryl's percussion and drumming and Fionán's bodhran going hell for leather before some spirited fiddle and mandolin step in. 'Fear a Bhata/ Aoibhneas Eilís Ní Cheallaigh/ Filleadh An Bhadora' is a three part song with the first part ('The Boatman') written by Sìne NicFhionnlaigh in the late 19th century who was courting a young fisherman from Uig. The second part is a traditional Irish jig and the final part is written by Fionán. The album comes to an end with another three parter 'Jealousy/ Dan Breens's/ Crooked Road To Dublin'. It begins with what Shannon calls their 'relatively happy song', written by American artist Claudine Langille it's followed by a loving tribute to my Grandad's favourite politician and gunman (and neighbour) Dan Breen and ends in a burst of fiddle and positive exuberance bringing the end to this great album and sending the audience out singing.
Jealousy (2009) * Stretched On Your Grave (2011) * Somewhere Along The Road (2012) * Current Affairs (2014)
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LONDON CELTIC PUNKS PRESENTS OUR BEST OF 2014!
Album Review, Australia, Barcelona, Best Of's, Brazil, Brittany, Canada, Catalonia, Chicago, Denmark, England, EP Review, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, London, Netherlands, Piedmont, Russia, Scandinavia, Single Review, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, USA January 5, 2015 Comments: 5
TOP TWENTY CELTIC PUNK ALBUMS OF 2014
Last year our 'Best Of' list was completely dominated by bands from these shores but this time there's a much more international flavour to 2014's Best Album's list. Again Irish influenced bands dominate but the absolute standout album for me was without a doubt Uncle Bard And The Dirty Bastards from Italy who nailed their fusion of punk rock and traditional music completely. With their own roots and influences included along with some amazing uilleann piping they are deserved winners of the Best Album spot. Kitchen Implosion join them in what has been a great year for Italian bands. Sure not all of these twenty bands are celtic-punk in the dictionary definition of the phrase but sod that anyway. These are what we liked and they all fit in in some way. Twenty bands from thirteen countries (Italy, England, Sweden, Brittany, Canada, Ireland, USA, Australia, Brazil, Catalonia, Germany, Switzerland and Belguim) which only goes to show the international appeal of the celtic-punk scene these days. A special mention for London Irish band Creeds Cross superb debut album. Only just caught them live and they were awesome so hoping to see much more of them around town in 2015.
As ever we have reviewed some, though not all of these albums, so click (here) after the title and you will be re-directed to our review.
We compiled the 'Best Of' lists together from the scraps of paper handed to me by the various admins from the London Celtic Punks facebook page.
1. UNCLE BARD AND THE DIRTY BASTARDS- 'Get The Folk Out!' (here)
2. CREEDS CROSS- 'Gods And Fighting Men (here)
3. ROVERS AHEAD- Always The Sinner, Never The Saint (here)
4. LES RAMONEURS DE MENHIRS- Tan Ar Bobl (here)
5. THE MAHONES- The Hunger And The Fight
6. BLOOD OR WHISKEY- Tell The Truth And Shame The Devil (here)
7. THE ROUGHNECK RIOT- Out Of Anger
8. BASTARD BEARDED IRISHMEN- Rise Of The Bastard (here)
9. JAY WARS- Carry Me Home (here)
10. THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY- Letters from the Road Less Travelled
11. 6'10- The Humble Beginnings Of A Rovin' Soul (here)
12. LUGH- Quando Os Canecos Batem (here)
13. SIGELPA- TerraMorte (here)
14. KITCHEN IMPLOSION- Pretty Work Brave Boys! (here)
15. THE KILKENNY KNIGHTS- Bradys Pub Tales (here)
16. BEYOND THE FIELDS- The Falcon Lives (here)
17. THE YOUNG DUBLINERS- 'Nine (here)
18. KELTIKON- Agenbite Of Inwit (here)
19. FM 359- Truth, Love And Liberty (here)
20. THE BLACK TARTAN CLAN – Scotland in Our Hearts
a special special mention for three absolutely brilliant compilation albums too. Can't really include them in the Best of charts so heres all three in no particular order at all as they are all 11 out of 10!
a class album with 4 songs per band and an absolutely beautifully put together record. THE PORTERS/ THE JUDAS BUNCH/ THE MAHONES/ MALASANERS 4-WAY SPLIT DOUBLE ALBUM- 'Welcome To The Folk Punk Show' (2014) here
a mostly Russian compilation paying tribute to all (lets just face it they are!) our favourite celtic-punk band- 'Ex-USSR Tribute To The Dropkick Murphys' (2014) here
this ought to be the number one album of the year to be honest. a fecking amazing compilation of Indonesian celtic-punk bands.the quality is amazing throughout.absolutely stunning. I cannot recommend enough!! 'Wind From The Foreign Land- Indonesian Celtic-Punk Compilation' (2014) here
TOP FIVE CELTIC PUNK EP'S OF 2015
No question which EP deserved this and Russia's Middle Class Bastards just blasted us away with their follow up to their 2013 album. Superb use of bagpipes and brass instruments combined with fast but tuneful punk rock. A bit unfortunate for Black Water County who looked nailed on to win this for most of the year with their fantastic 2nd EP. The Breton band The Maggie Whackers released their EP back at the start of the year while The South Sea Ramblers from South Africa literally released theirs just a couple of weeks ago while LQR from Holland slipped theirs out in time for St Patricks Day… ooh err missus! So spread out across the year but these are the ones that left their mark. Looking forward to hearing more from them all and long players must be arriving soon I hope.
1. MIDDLE CLASS BASTARD- Rebel To The Core (here)
2. BLACK WATER COUNTY- Fellowship Of the Craic (here)
3. THE MAGGIE WHACKERS- Naoned Whisky (here)
4. LQR- A Touch Of Liquor (here)
5. SOUTH SHORE RAMBLERS- Bare Knuckle Blackout
TOP FIVE TRAD ALBUMS OF 2014
As the blog is for (mostly) celtic punk so it is that we only review stuff that isn't celtic punk if we really really (really!!) like it. All these rocked our boat and we loved them all to bits. Hard to decide which order they should go in but this is how we ended up. Turned out to be an all Irish list with I DRAW SLOW from Dublin with beautiful alternative country sounds and both Cork's THE BUACHAILLS and London's THE CRAICHEADS going head to head with both bands playing similar styles of music while Irish-American supergroup THE ALT's debut album was a worthy runner-up to fellow Irish-Americans RUNA's brillliant fourth album.
1. RUNA- Current Affairs (here)
2. THE ALT- 'The Alt (here)
3. THE CRAICHEADS- Brewed in London (here)
3. THE BUACHAILLS- At Your Call (here)
5. I DRAW SLOW- 'WhiteWave Chapel (here)
BEST CELTIC PUNK WEB-SITE OF 2014
once again there is no question who gets this
keeping the whole wide world up to date with what's going on and who is doing who within celtic punk (and more!) while also supplying us with regular free downloads and free compilations. Waldo you're great. Keep it up mate!
Apart from the ones we put on which were all amazing and showcased some amazing performances from JAY WARS and THE DEAD MAGGIES from Aus, THE GREENLAND WHALEFISHERS from Norway, a couple of benefit gigs for Mad Dog out The Popes (hope youre back on your guitar highkicking soon pal!), BLACK WATER COUNTY played their London debut and went down a fecking storm, me O's mates STEVE WHITE AND THE PROTEST FAMILY were as superb as ever and released a fantastic album. One of the major highlights was discovering the quintessential London Celtic Punk in ANTO MORRA and we look forward to working with him again in the future. We teamed up with fellow Londoners of Urbankelt and will be doing so again too.
I also saw DAVID ROVICS for the first time, THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG's amazing 30th anniversary show was incredible, NECK and their sadly ended residency at TChances which had us all pissed on Polish lager on Sunday afternoons for the first 6 months of the year, FLOGGING MOLLY in Reading in June which showed they havent lost a thing and are as great as ever, THE POGUE TRADERS were the best Pogues tribute band I ever seen. Disappointing was missing so many gigs where I just didnt have the cash especially The Pogues various outings. THE STANFIELDS from Canada seemed like a decent bunch of lads but their London gig was a total rip-off. The pre-gig ticket price was £7-50 which more than doubled to £15 on the door on the night. Oi bands watch out for charlaten promoters won't you? Rebellion music fest brings loads of decent bands over to play but that means that they all end up playing in the same week so I had to forgo THE GO-SET's return to London. Missed out on THE WOLFE TONES London gigs too due to work. All three of them! THE LAGAN have been brilliant. Far far too many of their gigs to go into detail so we have choosen the whole of St Patricks Weekend as our Number One! With NECK playing three gigs over the weekend and both THE BIBLE CODE SUNDAYS and THE LAGAN playing on the same day as well it seen a clean sweep of all the London bands done. Afterwards sick days were phoned in, headache pills were taken and the best St Patricks in donkeys was had.
Now were just looking forward to catching THE DROPKICK MURPHYS 'Celtic Invasion ' Tour in Dublin and London this year round St Patricks Day.
Sláinte, The London Celtic Punks Crew- 2015
Of course all these things are very subjective so don't be dismayed if your album ain't here. What appeals to one don't neccessarily appeal to another. It would be impossible to keep up with the multitude of celtic-punk related releases so these are the best of of what we actually did get to hear. All the various sites in the celtic-punk family had different winners so to see what they thought check out the Best Of lists of the following sites…
IRISH PUNK
PADDYROCK/GRINNNING BEGGAR
MacSLONS IRISH PUB RADIO
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ALBUM REVIEW: RUNA- 'Current Affairs' (2014)
Album Review, Ireland, Scotland, Traditional, USA September 11, 2014 Comments: 2
Runa were formed in Philadelphia in The USA in 2008 and consist of vocalist and step-dancer, Shannon Lambert-Ryan of Philadelphia, Dublin-born guitarist, Fionán de Barra, Cheryl Prashker of Canada on percussion, Dave Curley on mandolin, vocals, bodhrán, and step-dancing, and Maggie Estes of Kentucky on the fiddle. The band often performs with world-renowned, guest musicians, including Ross Holmes (Mumford & Sons, Cadillac Sky, Chessboxer) on fiddle, Matt Mancuso (Cathie Ryan Band) on fiddle, and Isaac Alderson (The Yanks, Comas) on the uilleann pipes, flutes, and whistles.
'Current Affairs' is their fourth studio album and maintains the high standards they've set themselves. They play highly energetic and graceful, acoustic melodies with their fusion of music from Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and the United States. Reminiscent of Irish-American legends Solas the bands Irish-American roots shine through drawing inspiration from the celtic tradition and the modern realities of being Irish in America today.
Thirteen tracks that come up just a few seconds short of a hour and if its class Irish music you want then this is the place. 'Current Affairs' begins with the track Pete Seeger made famous 'The Banks Are Made Of Marble', written by a New York apple farmer Les Rice in the 1930's celebrating the struggles of the working class. Kicking off with acoustic guitar and harmonica before the band join in. Sadly the band recorded the song the night Pete Seeger died and it's as good a tribute to him as would be possible. 'The Wife Of Ushers Well' is a sad song of a mother's loss breaking into reels half way through before returning to the song. 'The Hunters Set' is a collection of tunes centred around hunting from across North America and begins with the fiddle before the whole band finish the song with a almighty racket! 'Henry Lee' is a tune with its roots in the celtic nations and their offspring in the Appalachians and is one of the album's standout tracks telling the tale of a jilted lovers revenge. The guitar playing is exemplary and leads the song in a quite jazzy way. Amos Lee's 'Black River' is a slow ballad capturing the simplicity of the human spirit. This is followed by a beautiful collection of songs with dual vocals in both Scots gaelic and Irish. Its great to hear our native languages and it's a true testament to the band. 'The False Knight Upon The Road' is a traditional song about a young boy who meets someone who tries to trick him. Claude Ely's gospel song 'Ain't No Grave' has been covered by artists as diverse as Johnny Cash and Norah Jones but never quite like this. Starting as a mournful ballad, fiddle jumps in and the song becomes upbeat with its story of overcoming life's trials. 'Who Will Sing Me Lullabies' was written by Kate Rusby who is already gaining legendary status on these shores so its great to see her influence spreading across the broad atlantic. The word beautiful crops up a awful lot in this review and I can frankly find no better word for what I'm hearing. Kate is I'm sure honoured to have Runa cover this song. 'The Ruthless Wife' is the story of the death of vocalist Shannon's great-grandfather James Allen Lambert in Philadelphia back in 1922. A proper murder ballad of a policeman (what else could he have been…) killed in the line of duty and a real ladies man. Instrumental 'Land of The Sunshine Set' is a set of reels and tunes that gives the whole band a chance to shine and shine they do with each instrument getting a good airing and is as perfect as they come. 'Rairies Hill' is a traditional Scots love song from Dundee and breaks into a lovely upbeat section in the middle. 'The Last Trip Home' brings the album to a close with a slow and, yes, beautiful song based on the plight of plough horses in the north of england when they had become 'obsolete'. A truly horrible word used to describe us all when we are no longer needed and stand in the way of what they call progress.
The CD comes in a gatefold sleeve with descriptions of all the songs and has had as much care and attention lavished on it as the music that's inside. As mentioned Runa remind me of Solas but not in any sort of derivative way. They have their own sound and ways and this album would be a welcome addition to anyones collection. With its elements of Americana and bluegrass as well as celtic it's perfect for those quiet times when all you want to do is relax and contemplate life and its tragedies and celebrations.
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Feeding the Growing Appetite for Video Surveillance Data
Increasing amounts of data and new models for analysis move solutions closer to proactive tools than merely reactive.
AI-enabled VMS promises to bring more reliability, better proactive responses, and fewer false alarms than traditional video analytics. And as AI systems progress and learn, they will become better tools for overall security and predictive behavior monitoring.
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Improvements in technology have positioned VMS at the center of the movement to shift video surveillance from a reactive solution to a more proactive tool.
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Derek Rice
KEYWORDS security dealers / security integrators / security systems
Video management software (VMS) is evolving from a pure security solution into a tool that also provides insight on operations and more. This means more automation is coming into play, and the increased adoption of analytics has created a democratization within the marketplace.
End users have access to more data than ever before — not only raw data, but actionable intelligence, as well.
"We're no longer just talking about video surveillance; more data is being combined with video coming directly from other systems or data coming from the edge from cameras," says Kyrillos Mossad, partner relation and integration manager, Hanwha Techwin America, Ridgefield Park, N.J. "There's a lot more demand for data to converge with video."
As a result, users of today's video management systems are able to respond quickly to critical events as well as understand how their organization operates and how their customers behave.
Also contributing to this trend is an increased use of geolocation in monitoring and response.
"Map-based surveillance is making it possible for operators to get a better picture not only of what is happening but also where it is happening," Villeneuve says. "Having access to all cameras as well as other security entities or sensors all on a single dynamic map is providing a better and more logical way of using a VMS. We're definitely seeing more and more people rely on that kind of video rather than the standard monitoring style."
One of the biggest benefits of all this data analysis is the ability to act proactively with greater insight into situations. While the focus of video has long been on crime deterrence and post-event investigation, documentation and potential prosecution, today's open-architecture VMS and integrated technologies are changing the conversation and moving it closer to prevention, says Ken LaMarca, vice president of sales and marketing, OnSSI, Pearl River, N.Y.
"At the center of these integrations are leading-edge open architecture VMS that sit at the center of PSIM systems and enable analysis of incidents with correlation to data from access control, video analysis and other systems, creating meaningful events that may help prevent future incidents."
"This growing science of what is being called 'predictive analysis' is becoming a larger focus for video surveillance systems and is a major driver of the move toward prevention," LaMarca explains.
The Role of AI
At the heart of VMS' ability to deliver advanced data analysis and enable proactive intervention is automation and, increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI). According to Troy Wideman, regional marketing manager, Bosch Security and Safety Systems, AI brings together the forensic aspect of recording to work hand-in-hand with proactive tools.
"It is the AI that provides the data for forensic searches as well as for proactive monitoring," he says. "This same data is constantly being monitored to allow notifications of critical incidents as they happen and to draw the user's attention to those events. This same data then can be used to pull up recorded video to further analyze the occurrences."
Lately, there has been much more demand and for AI-based analytics used for forensics or real-time identification across multiple cameras, says Brian Carle, director of product strategy, Salient Systems, Austin, Texas.
"More specifically, facial recognition has garnered interest in a number of applications, as well as search analytics, which detect and classify objects found in recorded video, then allow for filtering to more quickly identify events," he says.
While AI technology is nascent in today's VMS solutions, Dean Drako, CEO, Eagle Eye Networks, Austin, Texas, believes it will grow significantly in its applications over the next decade.
"We will be able to more intelligently automatically flag issues that will need attention or anomalies," he says. "AI will be able to learn what is normal and then when something out of the ordinary happens bring it to the forefront for attention."
GPU Advances
One of the advances that is driving greater use of AI in VMS is graphics processing unit or GPU. Primarily used for accelerating the creation and output of images to a display device, these technologies offer a parallel processing structure that makes them more effective and efficient for processing images than traditional central processing units (CPU).
"AI-based analytics require an extreme level of computational capability to operate in video applications. GPU and other co-processing technologies have made such technologies practical," Carle says. "Prior to the advent of widespread GPU integration, a computer's CPU would perform all the processing of video, albeit with lower efficiency and higher cost. Now with GPU, the hardware component of the analytics deployment is lower cost and capable of processing a higher number of cameras."
GPUs have been used in IT platforms for high-performance computing for multiple generations of products for applications for developers, design, research, gaming and video applications.
"GPU that are used for computational purposes and not graphical purposes — what are termed general-purpose GPUs — are now helping AI models operate much more efficiently and in a shorter period of time," Mossad says. "There are VMS now that are capable of leveraging the GPU and CPU to decode video, making it a little bit more efficient on the system's CPU. And now GPUs are being used as computational devices to something similar to what a CPU does, but much more robust and much more powerful."
So far, says Jeff Whitney, vice president of marketing, Arecont Vision Costar, Glendale, Calif., AI has failed to live up to its promise, but continued GPU advancements could change that in the future.
"The initial AI systems that we see in the market today are limited in capabilities. While they may make great demos and can show the potential for replacing the basic video analytics found in many cameras today, real-world applications are more challenging. AI is a very compute-intensive application and thus can benefit in a properly designed complete system that can leverage GPU technology," he says.
Still, there are currently GPU technologies that allow traditional computing machines to offload video decoding and rendering to external resources, which enables AI processing to be performed up to 50 percent more efficiently, says James Hoang, partnering and integration manager, Speco Technologies, Amityville, N.Y.
Privacy & Cyber Security
With all the data that's being compiled and analyzed by VMS, network security has become even more critical, particularly in light of GDPR and other data privacy regulations that are emerging.
"There is more consciousness developing on the cyber security side of things because systems integrators and end users are putting more and more value into the evaluation of cyber security tools that will provide the appropriate level of security required to protect their physical or digital assets," says David Lim, commercial lead product line manager, video, Genetec. "More and more, the tools that handle personal data should be secured by default and by design."
Another area of cyber concern is the increasing move toward cloud-based VMS.
"Cloud recording…brings with it inherent security issues about where the video is stored, who could access it — such as hackers — and for how long," says Bosch Security and Safety Systems' Troy Wideman.
One way VMS can help with this is by managing updates that will ensure software and devices are prepared to address emerging cyber threats.
"With cyber security being one of the industry's biggest and most threatening challenges, the ability to automatically push software patches and updates to customers is critical to ensure they have the latest protections and functionality," says OnSSI's Ken LaMarca. "Additionally, system hardening with the use of AES encryption and TLS 1.2 provides robust cyber security protection."
In the end, it is up to the integrator to make sure their customers' solutions are properly secured to meet internal requirements and external regulations.
"This speed-up allows the analysis of more complex images and at a faster rate, resulting in AI data that is more reliable and can be acted on in real-time. This is much improved over years past," he says.
According to Tim Palmquist, vice president Americas, Milestone Systems, Beaverton, Ore., GPU and data management acceleration are exciting areas now, with innovations in the technology enabling the computing power to support machine learning and AI.
"The innovations in this area will disrupt the status quo in our industry as well as others and enable amazing innovation in the marketplace," he says.
Due to the previous limitations of hardware processing power, machine learning or AI could only deploy shallow learning of very large data sets. This shallow learning is like looking at data in just three dimensions, says Keven Marier, director of technology business development, Milestone Systems.
"With recent, significant advances in processing power of GPUs, we can now utilize a deep learning approach where we can look at data in many more levels or dimensions, hence the word 'deep,'" he says.
Given the role VMS play in data aggregation, namely to develop broad support for all relevant devices, which is especially important in the Internet of Things age, GPU will be helpful on that front as well, Marier says.
A couple areas where GPU technology is becoming increasingly useful are for H.265 decoding and manipulation of data sent back from AI-capable devices. However, the cost of GPU technology can significantly increase the price of a system, which could be a factor in turning customers away from certain solutions, Wideman says.
"We must learn to explain why customers may need this in their systems," he says.
Without question, VMS are leading the charge in helping video surveillance systems become more proactive, which is good on many levels. Proactivity can increase safety and security, and it makes sense that security systems should allow for this shift in application. Advancements in AI and other technologies will place VMS at the center of the massive and growing amount of data that is being generated by security and non-security systems alike. Integrators who recognize these trends and help their customers take advantage of them will be well-positioned for success as VMS evolve and improve.
For more on video management systems, visit SDM's website where you'll find the following articles:
"VMS Integrations in Action"
www.SDMmag.com/vms-integrations-in-action
"Securing VMS Against Cyberattacks"
www.SDMmag.com/securing-vms-cyber-attacks
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'Duck Dynasty' Daughter Sadie Robertson Already Speaks About Kids With Fiance Christian Huff
By Victoria Moghaddami - June 13, 2019 03:14 pm EDT
Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson was recently engaged to fiancé Christian Huff and the reality star is already speaking out about how she and Huff want "a lot" of kids. But just don't think it will happen immediately.
"That's probably years down the road," the 22-year-old told PEOPLE.
Robertson grew up with several siblings, but Huff only has one brother.
"We definitely want kids, and a lot of kids," she added. "I grew up with six in our family and Christian just has one brother, but he has so many cousins."
She admitted that "family is definitely really important to us," but the newlyweds are "not in a rush for that."
Robertson and Huff have been dating the last ten months and he decided to pop the question on one of her family's farms in Louisiana. The two were celebrating both of their birthdays — they share the same birthday week, in fact, the day he proposed was his actual birthday — when he decided to get down on one knee in front of friends and family for the surprise proposal.
"I knew that we were getting engaged soon because I knew he had talked to my dad [Willie Robertson] and we had talked about it, but I did not know it was coming at the party," the motivational speaker admitted. "It was the most perfect thing ever!"
"He proposed to me and of course I was so excited," she added. "I literally screamed 'yes' and he picked me up and it was absolutely perfect."
The two plan on saying "I do" sooner rather than later. They're also branching off and celebrating their own way by having a night wedding.
"We both want a night wedding because we love going on walks at night," she said. "We love the stars, we love just what it looks like at night, and we love lots of lights, so we want it to be all lit up at night."
Robertson broke the news by uploading a professionally produced video to social media — which has been viewed over over 2.7 million times — that showed the couple pulling up to a romantic setup on the farm, before he got down on one knee. After she said "yes," the video showed a collage of footage of the two celebrating with smiles, laughs and hugs.
Huff is currently finishing up his last year at Auburn University where he's studying business management. As of now, the two are still trying to figure out the details of where they want to walk down the aisle at considering they have lots of options.
"We're still trying to figure out details, but we have a lot of places to choose from considering I live in Nashville, my family's from Louisiana, his family's from Florida, he goes to Auburn," she said. "We have an endless opportunity of where we can pick."
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Is a Homeowners Association Required to Accept Partial Payments?
In Huntington Continental v. J.M. Trust (Cal. App. Sup. Ct.; January 13, 2014)(222 Cal. App. 4th Supp. 13.) the Appellate Division of the Orange County Superior Court held that the Davis-Stirling Act compels associations to accept partial payments from homeowners to reduce the amount of the homeowner's unpaid assessments. Associations are concerned that this decision will allow homeowners to avoid foreclosure by keeping their delinquent account under the $1,800 Civil Code requirement. As collection counsel for associations, my question is this: is this really such a bad decision for associations?
It has long been industry practice by associations or their management companies to reject partial payments from homeowners once the account has been turned over for collection to a collection agency or law firm. Some collection agencies or law firms also reject those partial payments. A better practice is accept the partial payments and advise the homeowner that in doing so, the association is not waiving any of its legal rights or remedies in collecting the remainder of the debt. The benefits: 1) collecting money for the association for the benefit of all owners; and 2) avoiding criticism from the court for not accepting partial payments from financially struggling owners.
On Feb. 24, 2014, the Court of Appeal ordered the case transferred for rehearing and decision. While we await the Court's decision, it is important to note that Huntington Continental is only binding in Orange County at this time. Therefore, it is still the board's decision whether to accept partial payments in other counties. It makes sense to accept money owed and offered by a homeowner, when the association needs that money, as long as it can continue to pursue the remainder of the debt in an action for money damages. Associations interested in developing a policy for the acceptance of partial payments should consult with their association's legal counsel.
Steven Roseman, Esq. is the founder and managing partner in the law firm of Roseman & Associates, APC. During the past nineteen (19) years, Mr. Roseman has represented homeowners associations and their boards. His representation includes legal guidance, enforcement and compliance with their governing documents, fiduciary duty responsibilities, updating governing documents, contract drafting and negotiation, loss prevention, and director and officer defense and representation. Mr. Roseman is a specialist in the field of Construction Defect litigation and is a well-seasoned trial lawyer with a number of jury trials to his name. He has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in recoveries for clients in complex litigation, ranging from insurance bad faith, construction defect litigation, and enforcement of governing documents.
Mr. Roseman is an active member of the two most prominent trade groups – CAI and CACM. Mr. Roseman lectures extensively on behalf of these groups, including CAI's ABC Essentials Course, and is on the faculty of CACM's CCAM manager certification and High Rise manager certification. In addition, he serves on the Mediation Steering committee for CAI-GLAC, the Education committee for CAI-OC, the Legal Steering Committee for CACM Law Journal, and finally serves as a delegate for CAI's California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC).
Interesting blog post discussing a 2014 published case in which the Appellate Division of the Orange County Superior Court ruled that the Davis-Stirling Act requires a homeowners association to accept partial payments from a homeowner in order to reduce the amount of the homeowner's unpaid assessments.
Good post. That is an interesting case.


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Professor David W. Blight is an expert on the US Civil War. He discusses how Americans differ in their perception of the war. Will this change in the presence of an African-American president? How will the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the war differ from the 100th anniversary in 1961?
David W. Blight is a Yale University professor, author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (2001), and Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.


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Bandung is provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. Located at main island of Indonesia, the Java Island on a highland plateau 768 meters above sea level, at 6°55' S 107°36' E. Bandung is located 180 km southeast of Jakarta and lies at an altitude of 770 m above sea level so that it is much cooler than the coastal Indonesian capital, Jakarta. The daily average temperature ranges from 20-28oC. Bandung has several recreational areas. Among them are tea plantations, both to the north and the south of the city, the scenery of which is indeed beautiful. The city is also rather hilly. In the past, the city was famous for its tree-lined boulevards, fashionable shops and elegant architecture so that it was then called the Paris of Java. Some remnants of the golden era of Bandung are the Gedung Sate, Villa Isola and the ITB campus. You can also find a multitude of architecturally unique old houses on the major streets of the city. The city actually was planned to become the capital of the Netherlands Indies in the Dutch colonial era. Today, Bandung, the capital of West Java, is described as a city of education. In and around Bandung there are three state universities, and a lot of private ones. These universities attract a large number of students from all around the country every year. This large number of students adds to the diversity of Bandung people. Most people speak Bahasa Indonesia here but at home and on informal occasions they usually speak Sundanese. English is also widely spoken at major shops, hotels and universities. Bandung has a population of over 2 million covering an area of 9,000 hectare. Eventhough it is rather crowded, it is actually large enough to give you the feeling of a real city, but small enough to be cozy and friendly.


Acer subsidiary Packard Bell has introduced a new Android tablet in Europe. If the Packard Bell Liberty Tab looks familiar, that's because it appears to be a rebranded version of the Acer Iconia Tab A500. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
The tablet features a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display and runs Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. It has a front-facing 2MP camera and a 5MP camera on the back. The Packard Bell Liberty Tab also has Dolby Mobile audio with built-in stereo speakers.
The Liberty Tab features WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G connectivity. It will be available in Europe starting in June.
But Europe is already getting the ICONIA Tab in a few days….