Name: Robin Redbreast / Sligo Lasses by The Wick
Duration: 2 min 9 s
Description: This track is from the album Geronimo and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/swickham

Great lift! Really digging the trad stuff you're posting.

Paul Byrne was the drummer in 80s band In Tua Nua. This is his first solo single. Available from iTunes on Feb 28th 2014.

Paul Byrne - I've Got You

Swirling Lightly

Corsairs.......early 90's.......we were tight......

The Rhythm and The Blues

Unknown album (4/7/2017 11:08:43 PM)

Highway of Tears

Bucky Lindsey's ode to the hurricane of 1947. Inspired by true events.

01 Gros Vent

Bruce Channel is a singer and songwriter who’s number one hit “Hey! Baby” is one of the classic rock & roll songs of all time. Joined by Delbert McClinton who played the signature harp licks on “Hey! Baby”, Bruce toured the UK with the Beatles in the early sixties. He later moved to Nashville and found success as a songwriter including writing number one hits for Janie Fricke (Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby), T. G. Sheppard (“Party Time”) and John Conlee ("As Long as I'm Rockin' with You"). He’s a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Texas Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Crazy Chester Radio Hour is created and hosted by record producer Andreas Werner. This episode was recorded at Creative Workshop recording studio in Nashville. The theme song is performed by Jimmy Hall & Funky Chester and written by Andreas Werner (Crazy Chester Music, BMI). Used with permission.

Crazy Chester Radio Hour Episode #25: Bruce Channel

Just Got Lucky

This track is from the album Geronimo and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/swickham

Robin Redbreast / Sligo Lasses

Last of the Big Time Spenders

Better Days

Better days

Follow Me - DEMO

Soundway Records present Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & ‘80s - a treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings from East Africa. Spread out over two CDs and one triple LP, Kenya Special is accompanied by detailed liner notes, original artwork and photographs.It follows on from Soundway’s much acclaimed African ‘Special’ series that to date has focused on the highlife and afrobeat output from 1970s Nigeria and Ghana.

Kenya Special is a collection of 32 recordings (most of which were only ever released on small-run 45rpm 7" singles) that stand out as being different or unique as well as some classic genre standards. From Kikuyu language ‘liquid soul’, Luo benga and Swahili afrobeat to genre-bending Congolese and Tanzanian tracks recorded in Nairobi, Kenya Special sees Soundway yet again taking the less trodden path. Many of the tracks featured here are peppered with innovation and experimentation highlighting how diverse the music scene in Kenya was at the time. 

In 1970s Kenya the two threads of rumba and benga loosely dominated the music scene. Benga quickly became Kenya’s unique contribution to afro-pop; spreading like wildfire through the interior countryside with it’s fast, 4/4 machine-gun beat and intricate electric guitar layers. The Congolese take on Afro-Cuban rumba was introduced by touring bands many of whom settled in East Africa - influencing bands from Kenya and Tanzania to come up with their own take on this popular style. Alongside these styles were small ensembles and hotel-sponsored bands, playing a blend of music that often included rock ‘n’ roll riffs, elements of ‘afro’ music (influenced by West African musicians like Fela Kuti), and multiple other combinations from South African and Zambian guitar styles to disco, funk and Swahili coastal rhythms like chakacha.

Painstakingly compiled, assembled and researched over two years by a team of five people from five countries (Kenya included), Kenya Special is a collection that looks beyond the mainstream and brings new life and recognition to some little known gems and forgotten classics of Kenya’s past. 

The Rift Valley Brothers - Mu Africa (Kenya Special)

I am a travelled musician and fiddler living the the NorthWest of Ireland.  I play with the Waterboys..
Here are sounds, bits and pieces of demos, doodles , dreamscapes and scrapbook songs of my own.  All your feedback is most welcome indeed.

Robin Redbreast / Sligo Lasses

The Wick

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