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Homeland is Mick Hanly at his very best, always striving to find the ultimate album as the vehicle that will express his innermost thoughts and allow them to sing out to whoever will listen, he paints a beautiful picture on this album of his beloved Ireland, a land of storytellers, singers, songwriters, musicians, a land with spectacular landscapes to pull inspiration from, full of warm, welcoming people, it's a country that punches way above it's weight in the music world, and Mick Hanly has been right up there with the best of them for a couple of decades now.
Born in Limerick, he was inspired by mid-50s rock ‘n’ roll and the Liverpool beat group scene of the Sixties. He soon turned his attention to American folksingers such as, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, and emerging singer songwriters, Paul Simon, James Taylor and Canadian songstress, Joni Mitchell. However on first hearing Planxty he immediately fell in love with this fresh take on Irish traditional music. Together with Michael O’Domhnaill (ex Skara Brae) he formed Monroe, and supported Planxty on several tours during 1972 / 73, subsequently releasing Celtic Folkweave, before O’Domhnaill left to form the Bothy Band in 1975.
He spent two years in France and on his
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Excitement brews ahead of Horslips return to Limerick
THERE is a giddy air of excitement as Horslips prepare for their first gig in Limerick in 35 years, one of only a handful of gigs the seminal Irish band have played since 1980.
That giddiness is palpable as three of the current line-up - brothers Johnny and Ray Fean and Barry Devlin - join the Limerick Leader for a chat ahead of the Live at the Big Top show in the Milk Market this Friday night that will also feature Jim Lockhart and Charles O’Connor.
A recent publication documenting the history of the band, from foundation to break-up in 1980, during which they played some 2,000 gigs and released ten albums makes for interesting reading.
An accompanying online listing of gigs reveals that, in Limerick, while they played the Savoy regularly, they also played the City Theatre, the Stella Ballroom and the Jetland and, somewhat unlikely now to think, the Confraternity Centre on January 6, 1972.
“That was right at the start,” says Barry Devlin. “Reform were there, Don O’Connor asked us to play a tune that I don’t think we knew how to play! I think that was our first gig in Limerick.
“I remember it very well. It was a great night, no one had seen the band in Limerick before but we had started to get a reputation of some
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No Sweat (band)
No Sweat | |
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| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 1986–1991[1] |
| Labels | London |
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Singles
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Post break-up
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