Hey folks!

Hope you're enjoying "Bound Far Away!" Order your copy online or download it today on iTunes!

We're booked pretty solidly for the next few months and keep finding new gigs every week! Check out our upcoming events to make your arrangements to come hear us play!

Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
Stratford, CT - McCoy's Pub - 10 PM - Info

Friday, Feb 10, 2012
Berlin, CT - Hawthorne Inn - 5 PM - Info

Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012
Farmington, CT - Get Your Irish Up For MS! - Marriott Hotel - Time TBA - Info

Friday, March 2, 2012
Berlin, CT - Hawthorne Inn - 5 PM - Info

Saturday, March 3, 2012
West Hartford, CT - The Sounding Board Coffeehouse, Universalist Church of West Hartford - 8 PM -Info

Sunday, March 11, 2012
South Windsor, CT - Wood Memorial Library - 2 PM - Info

Friday, March 16, 2012
Hartford, CT - Arch St. Tavern - 8 PM - Info

ST. PATRICK'S DAY - SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012
Worcester, MA - Fiddler's Green - 4:30-8:30 PM

Saturday, March 24, 2012
Hartford, CT - Center Church - 7 PM

Stay tuned for any more upcoming news. We love you!

Stay thirsty, our friends.

- Greg

Happy Holidays from the band!

Hey folks,

Long time, no update. Apologies! For those who don't know, our next record is currently being edited, mixed and mastered by our buddy Jake, who produced our last record, "Sunshine and Shadow." We've heard almost half of the record and it sounds really great - we're going down to visit him in NYC next weekend to have a listen.

We performed with my Junior Choir and the rest of Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus out of Torrington (link) and it was an absolute blast. I am so thrilled that two of my passions could come together to create a wonderful project - we did "The Parting Glass" with the choir, and if a video ever surfaces online, I will post it to this blog.

We'll be playing a few times before the new record comes out (by Christmas, if all goes well), and we'll have the CD available for pre-order soon. We think it'll be called "Bound Far Away" and we have some thoughts about the record design, but nothing is set in stone yet.

I'll try to get a video at our next rehearsal of one of our new songs...we've added "Leaving of Liverpool" to our rep and we're working out arrangements of "Rant and Roar," "Four Green Fields," and "Whiskey in the Jar," as well as a new instrumental set.

Greg, Dave, and Chris J lost power all week due to the storm. Chris V never lost power. Jeff moved. We haven't heard from Matt in a while, but he's down south and probably didn't get hit as hard as those of us in West Hartford.

- G

Jake spends a lot of time looking at this.

Slammers n' pogz

We're going to the studio this weekend with our good friend Jake! He's going to record us making pretty music over the course of the next two weekends. Stay tuned for updates on our progress. We still don't have a name for the record, but we're pretty set on which songs we'll be recording. Old songs in our rep that never got recorded (The Blacksmith, Oldstrumentals), some more recent songs that have been played out for a while (Step It Out Mary, Johnson's Motor Car), and some brand new songs (Tell My Ma, Hector the Hero). Plus, David's dad will be guesting on fiddle for a few songs.

It'll be cool. I hope to get some footage from in the studio...but we're on paid time and it might be a little trickier.

- G

We played at Pipes in the Valley. It was fun.

Tour blog entry - Raleigh, NC

And the video blog entry from our last day on tour! It's good to be home.



- G