Live At Farmer Phil’s Festival by Greenland Whalefishers
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The Norwegian Paddy Punk powerhouse Greenland Whalefishers is releasing one of the best damn live recordings that I’ve ever come across with ‘Live At Farmer Phil’s Festival’ on April 30th that has amazing sound that makes you feel like you are at the show along with the crowd singing along. ‘Live At Farmer Phil’s Festival’ is full of some of my favorite Greenland Whalefishers songs with “Hit The Ground”, “I Am Roving”, “July Morning”, “Loboville”, “The Wild Rover”, and more to make a total of 11 kick ass Paddy Punk songs which you heard on Paddy Rock Radio over the years. Greenland Whalefishers are noticeably influenced by the Pogues, however they picked up where the Pogues left off and are consistently setting the standard for Paddy Punk with every release.

I am proud to say that Greenland Whalefishers are one of the very few Celtic Punk bands that I listen to almost everyday for the past 11+ years of doing Paddy Rock. ‘Live At Farmer Phil’s Festival’ is one of the best produced Live Celtic Punk albums of all time, and will be a welcome part of your collection if you are lucky enough to get the LIMITED EDITION LP on blue vinyl with download card, or even download the album as MP3.

For more information on GWF go to:

Official website
Facebook Page
Myspace Page

Check out the Greenland Whalefishers perform “Hit The Ground” Live At Farmer Phil’s Festival:

Reels and Roses Live by In Search Of A Rose

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There are so many great bands that have come out of Germany over the years in Celtic Rock & Punk (Fiddlers Green, The Porters, Mr. Irish Bastard, The Ceili Family, Auld Corn Brigade, etc.) and In Search Of A Rose is of the best. Their latest release ‘Reels and Roses Live’ has In Search Of A Rose celebrating their 20th anniversary with twenty songs as well as a bonus track and doing so in their element… live on stage.

‘Reels and Roses Live’ is full of some kick ass trad and originals like Follow Me Up to Carlow, The Foggy Dew, When Will We Be Married, Brendans Blessing, Shamrocknroll, Rebel Town, and a ton more great Celtic Rockin tunes that will have you dancing, singing along, and spilling beer everywhere. 20 years of mastering their craft as Celtic Rock legends, In Search Of A Rose has produced one of the most exciting live Celtic Rock releases I have received this year and should be a part of your collection today.

For more information on In Search Of A Rose:

Check out the video for their live version of “The Foggy Dew” with special guests The Wakes.

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Survived St. Pat’s… then hung out with The Sandcarvers in Milwaukee this past weekend… survived that barely… and now after a couple gallons of Guinness… I am ready for a new podcast of the latest and greatest in Celtic Rock & Punk!!! Are you ready? I hope so!!

Here is the playlist:

Happy Ol’McWeasel – Sail Away

Enter The Haggis – Devil’s Son

Greenland Whalefishers – Elisabeth

Amadan – Five-Dollar Bill

The Real McKenzies – The Massacre of Glencoe

Ceann – Blame The Viking

Auld Corn Brigade – Our Flag

Kevin Flynn and the Avondale Ramblers – 5 Weeks 5 Days

The Biblecode Sundays – The Green & Red Of Harrow

Black 47 – American Wake – [Live]

LochNesz – My Sweet Betty

Mighty Ploughboys – 1981

The Kreellers – Sixth and Porter [Live]

Casey Neill – Paddy’s Lament

The Real McKenzies – Heather Bells

Wild Colonial Bhoys – The Streets of New York

The Elders - Wanderin’ Life & Times

Pogey – Johnnys Bottle

In Search Of A Rose – The Foggy Dew [Live]

The Fighting Jamesons – One More Drink

The Tossers – The Ballad Of The Thoughtful Rover

The Dubliners – Oro Se Do Bheatha’ Bhaile

Mudmen – Donegal Danny

The Narrowbacks – Dirty Old Town

Bastard On Parade – Infamous

The Sandcarvers – Girls of the Clare

The Tosspints – Whiskey Be My Savior

The Buccaneers – Ship Ya Outta Town

Horslips – Dearg Doom

Hoist The Colors – No Place Like Home

Young Dubliners – Brown Dog

The Fisticuffs – Fat Cats

Straight from the Southside of Chicago… Paddy Punk Rocker’s The Fisticuffs are on the road with some kick ass shows and playing of the best Celtic Punk songs you will ever hear. Get on out and check these crazy bastards live:

Friday, April 13th
Cobra Lounge
Chicago, IL
www.cobralounge.com

Friday, April 20th
with  Coke Dick Motorcycle Awesome
Oade’s Hidden Camel
Lansing, MI
www.reverbnation.com/venue/oadeshiddencamelbands

Saturday, April 21st
with Voice Of Addiction and more.
Cobra Lounge
Chicago, IL
www.cobralounge.com 

Thursday, April 26st
with Young Dubliners & The Tosspints
Reggie’s Rock Club
Chicago, IL
www.reggieslive.com/rockclub

Friday, May 4th
9th Street Pub
LaSalle, IL
www.9thstpub.com

Saturday, May 5th
Otto’s Niteclub & Underground
Dekalb, IL
www.ottosdekalb.com

Sunday, May 13th
Ultra Lounge
Chicago, IL
www.ultraloungechicago.com

For more information on The Fisticuffs – Click here

Wisconsin Celtic Rocker’s The Sandcarvers are on the road to Chicago, Michigan, Wisconsin, and throughout the Midwest!!

Hit them up at one of these shows from some crazy times with one of this nation’s best Celtic Rock bands!!!

Thursday, April 12th 9:30 p.m.
The Horseshoe
4115 N. Lincoln Ave – Chicago, IL
www.reverbnation.com/venue/horseshoechicago

Friday, April 13th 9:00 p.m.
Hamilton Street Pub
308 S. Hamilton St – Saginaw, MI
www.facebook.com/HamiltonStreetPub

Saturday, April 14th 8:30 p.m.
The Bar / The Avenue
427 W. College Ave – Appleton, WI
www.meetatthebar.com/appleton_ave.html

Saturday, April 28th 9:00 PM
House of Guinness
354 West Main Street
Waukesha, WI
www.houseofguinness.com

Friday, May 4th   9:00 pm
Copper Irish Pub
Celtic Rock Weekend!
1607 Park Place Boulevard
St. Louis Park, MN
cooperpub.com

For more tour dates click on over to their website at: www.thesandcaravers.com

To all our thousands of fans overseas… your time has come…

THE MAHONES EUROPEAN TOUR 2012 STARTS THIS SUNDAY!

08.04. Schijndel – Paaspop Festival (Netherlands)
11.04. Wien – Ost Klub (Austria)
13.04. Budapest – Barba Negra Music Club (Hungary)
14.04. Altenkunstadt – Nepomuk (Germany)
15.04. Berlin – Punk & Disorderly Festival (Germany)
17.04. Essen – Anyway (Germany)
18.04. Paris – Les Combustiles (France)
20.04. Buchs – Krempel (Switzerland)
21.04. Iragna – Meeting Center (Switzerland)
22.04. Massa – Swamp Club (Italy)
23.04. Roma – Traffic Live Club (Italy) +
24.04. Montecchio (VI) – E20 Underground (Italy)
26.04. Ljubljana – Gala Hala Open Air (Slovenia)
27.04. Novi Sad – Fabrika (Serbia)
28.04. Bucharest – Fabrica Club (Romania)
29.04. Maribor – MC Pekarna (Slovenia)
30.04. Prague – Music Club Ujezd (Czech Republic)
02.05. Aurich – Rock’n’Roll Pub Sixties (Germany)
03.05. Marburg – KFZ (Germany)
04.05. Mons – On Air Studio (Belgium)
05.05. Copenhagen – Copenhagen Ink Fest (Denmark)
08.05. Madrid – Ritmo y Compas (Spain)
09.05. Vigo – Fabrica De Chocolate (Spain)
10.05. Oviedo – t.b.a. (Spain)
11.05. Alsasua – Squad (Spain)
12.05. Bozen – DingsDo Festival (Italy)
30.06. Bonfeld – Folk Im Schlosshof (Germany)
03.07. Newcastle – Trillians (Great Britain)
05.07. Derby – The Old Bell (Great Britain)
06.07. London – Islington O2 Academy 2 (Great Britain)
07.07. Bath – Green Park Tavern (Great Britain)
12.07. Waterford – College (Ireland)
13.07. Dundalk – Garrisons (Ireland)
14.07. Kilcullen – The Hideout (Ireland)
20.07. Breitungen – Bretinga Festival (Germany)
21.07. La Louvère – Power Festival (Belgium)

Check out this video of Drunken Lazy Bastard by The Mahones ‘Live’ @ Double Door Chicago on 2/21/12:

The Irish Music Awards are now taking votes for your favorite Celtic Rock bands, etc. The Irish Music Awards is an annual awards presentation hosted by the Irish Music Association to honor the best of the best in Irish Music. The Irish Music Awards promote and support Irish Music, and musicians worldwide.

Paddy Rock fully supports their efforts and check them on out and get your band at the top of the list! Good luck there Paddy Rockers!!

Go to http://www.irishmusicawards.com for more info!!

It’s been in the works for quite some time now… and finally… it is available for FREE!!!

Click here to get the Paddy Rock app in the Android Market place!!

This is our first App for Paddy Rock… and so far here is what the app will do:
It allows for you to see the latest on what is going on at Paddy Rock and will let you know if there is a new Podcast up, a new music review, or any other cool news you need to know about coming up.

Here are some screen shots of the app for ya to check out. Not too bad for our first one!!! Go ahead and give it a whirl.

St. Patrick’s Day is almost here and it’s time to break out the dancing shoes, Irish Whiskey, and get ready to sing along with some of your favorite Celtic Rock & Punk songs!!

Here is the playlist:

The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Tossers – Buckets of Beer

Connemara Stone Company – Give us a Stout

The Mahones – A Night On the Lash

Shane Macgowan and the Popes – Paddy Public Enemy No. 1

Murder The Stout – Six O’Clock Swill

Sir Reg – Drink Up Ya Sinners

Paddy and the Rats – Irish Washerwoman

Happy Ol’ McWeasel - Hairy Grizzly

Bastards On Parade – Whiskey you’re the Devil

Fighting Jamesons – The Irish Rover – Live

The Gobshites – Irish

The Sandcarvers – Tullamore Dew

The Skels – Pints of Whiskey

Dropkick Murphys – Peg O My Heart

Great Big Sea – The Night Pat Murphy Died

Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers – The Minstrel Boy

Mudmen – Donegal Danny

The Killigans – The Holy Ground

Wild Colonial Bhoys - No Place I’d Rather Be

The Mickey Finns – It’s Not the Whiskey

The Tossers – Goodmornin’ Da

Barleyjuice – Tartan is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair

Flogging Molly - The Rare Ould Times

The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey

Kilmaine Saints – Wearing of the Green

Lexington Field – Galway Bay

Fiddler’s Green – Scolding Wife

Greenland Whalefishers – Drunk Vs Love Sick

Black 47 – Uncle Jim

Sir Reg - Boloxology

Finnegan’s Hell – Molly Maguires

The Mahones – Drunken Night in Dublin

The Fisticuffs – The Potter’s Field

Blaggards – Big Strong Man [Yakety Sax]

The Rumjacks – Shadrach Hannigan

The Broken Shillelaghs – Boys of the Old Brigade

The Sandcarvers – Reilly’s Daughter

The Galway Hooker Band – Raise Me Glass

Uncle Hamish and the Hooligans – Slainte M’Hath

Blackstairs Rebel - Grace

The Tossers – Seven Drunken Nights

Birmingham Six – Johnsons Motorcar

Amadan – Leaving of Liverpool

Dropkick Murphys – Fields of Athenry

The Porters – Fiesta

Mr Irish Bastard – I smell the blood

The Finn MacCools – Dirty Old Town

The Dubliners – McAlpine’s Fusiliers

Neck – Give Ireland Back To The Irish

CRAIC – Ishkabaha

Dropkick Murphys – The Rocky Road to Dublin

The Ramshackle Army – Rue The Day

The Mahones – Drunken Lazy Bastard

The Pogues – Poor Paddy On The Railway

The Tossers – Siobhan

Young Dubliners – Rosie

The Sandcarvers – Rowdy’s Pub

Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers – You Don’t Want Me

The Mickey Finns – Paddy Lie Back

Larkin – Merry Ploughboy

Neck – Everybody’s Welcome To The Hooley

The Mighty Regis – Paddy Don’t Live In Hollywood

Circle J – Diggers

Barleyjuice – Pour That Whiskey

The Killigans – Liquor Store

Great Big Sea – Lukey [Live]

Brick Top Blaggers – How Many Times

Charm City Saints – Dicey Riley

The Tossers - Whiskey Makes Me Crazy

The Mahones – Girl With Galway Eyes

Darby O’ Gill & The Little People – Wild Rover

PaddyRock.com is back at it again for 2012 and DJ John B is taking it on the road this time to Bloomingdale, IL to our good friends at Ballydoyle Irish Pub and as always our favorite place to party at the Abbey Pub right here in the city of Chicago with The Sandcarvers and Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers!!! Come on out and listen to some great music, check out the pipers, and the Irish dancers!!!

Here is the schedule:

First:

The Sandarvers – 3:00 PM
Ballydoyle Irish Pub & Restaurant
Stratford Square Mall
Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108
www.ballydoylepub.com
Second:

Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers – 8:00PM
The Sandcarvers – 11:00 PM
Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace – Chicago, IL 60618
www.abbeypub.com
$10 admission
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Paddy Rock is also proud to announce, much to do to the constant emails from you hundreds of thousands of listeners, that we will be bringing you once again the #1 streaming Paddy Rock Radio show with over 12 hours of Celtic Rock & Punk music streaming 24/7 for your listening enjoyment, and on Friday, March 16th…. the unveiling of the 4 hour Paddy Rock Podcast that will have you all kicking back pints of Guinness along with your host DJ John Bowles!!!

Break out the Irish whiskey and the dancing girls!! Paddy Rock is on the air and bringing you the perfect soundtrack to your Paddy Rockin’ St. Patrick’s Day Party where ever you may be!!!