Showing posts tagged “Tir Na Nog”
Andrew Ritchey ·
3 Feb 2010, 12:26 PM ·
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Since forming in 1968, the Tannahill Weavers have grown into one of the world’s premier conduits for traditional Scottish music. On the road six months of the year, an active touring schedule lets the band spread the sounds of Scotland—and often puts them in interesting, unexpected situations. While preparing for another U.S. tour at his home in the Netherlands, guitarist and singer Roy Gullane recalled two of those most interesting times.
For one show,the band
The Tannahill Weavers
decided to drive from the north of Scotland all the way to Vienna. But a planned rest stop in Stuttgart, Germany turned into an all night party when they happened into Scottish folk singer Hamish Imlach.
“By the time we got to Vienna, we were shattered.” Tired and with little time before the show, Gullane couldn’t find any sort of dressing room. “I found a room somewhere behind the stage to change my clothes, but couldn’t find the light switch. Undeterred, I carried on with the task, and had just wrestled my pants off when a door burst open, the lights went on, and hundreds of people started pouring past me. I was in the foyer.”
And then there was the festival in Germany with the 7:30 a.m. sound check. Continue reading »
Interviews and Long Cuts, You Should Do This Chatham Mills, Tannahill Weavers, Tir Na Nog
Spencer Griffith ·
17 Jul 2009, 3:24 PM ·
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Sure, there are plenty of great shows you could catch around the Triangle tonight, but none deserve your attendance more than a five-deep bill of top-notch local indie rock at Tir Na Nog. It’s more than just another great line-up trotted out by the downtown Raleigh pub that has become known for its weekly Local Band-Local Beer series: all proceeds from the $5 cover charge—totally a bargain for this stacked roster—benefit HopeLine of North Carolina, a twenty-four hour crisis line that fields calls on suicide, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault and substance abuse, amongst other issues. The non-profit also lends an ear to teenagers through a round-the-clock hotline and makes daily check-in calls to senior citizens who live alone.
Tir Na Nog’s Chris Tamplin explains the non-profit’s urgent need for funds: “Hopeline relies on public funding as well as private donations, and with the economy the way it is, a lot of people aren’t opening up their wallets to charities.” Tamplin added that Hopeline representatives will be in attendance to provide information about the organization’s programs, answer questions, and collect donations above and beyond the five-spot collected at the door. “Hopeline really needs the help. They’ve been around since 1970, and to lose an organization like this would be devastating to our community.”
Even if it wasn’t a benefit, this event would still deserve your attention. In the second spot, bouncy pro-pop/anti-folk scene leaders The Future Kings of Nowhere plays its last full-band show in the area before frontman Shayne O’Neill moves to New York City. They’re bookended by a pair of indie pop sets: synth-centric Terpsikhore noobs On Photon bats leadoff at 9:30 p.m., while Chapel Hill’s power-pop princes (and princess) I Was Totally Destroying It follows the Future Kings. Durham’s Hammer No More The Fingers are in the penultimate slot, pulverizing its pogo rhythms with power trio crunch, while Lonnie Walker wraps the night up, blending ramshackle Americana with raring indie rock.
You Should Do This Future Kings of Nowhere, Hammer No More the Fingers, I Was Totally Destroying It, Lonnie Walker, on photon, Tir Na Nog
Spencer Griffith ·
6 Apr 2009, 12:32 PM ·
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Manchild 4 Release (Double Negative, Des Ark, The Loners, Goner)
Tir Na Nog, Raleigh
Saturday, April 4
To celebrate the release of Brian Walsby’s fourth comic book, Manchild 4, Bifocal Media one-upped their Manchild 3 party—a doubleheader of Double Negative and The Loners at Tir Na Nog—by adding Goner and Des Ark to a stacked line-up, again at the downtown Irish pub. Though the event was competing directly with the second night of Viking Storm and a UNC/Villanova Final Four showdown, well over 200 local music backers, Raleigh barflies, and yes, Tar Heel faithful, passed through the green double doors for Saturday night’s rock sampler.
Kicking off the progressively heavier bill was Goner, whose fist-pumping synth anthems for grown-up sots in denial peaked during a mid-set spree that featured the pop spazz of Rock ‘N’ Roll Always Forgets‘ opening triumvirate: “Better Than Blue”, “Hella Jean” and the title track. Check video of that and each of the other bands after the jump.
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Hammer No More the Fingers: Tour Diary, Live Actions: Reviews Brian Walsby, Des Ark, Double Negative, Goner, The Loners, Tir Na Nog
Spencer Griffith ·
15 Mar 2009, 3:51 PM ·
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Pick Your Battles/Manchild 4 cover art
As reported last month, Raleigh drummer/illustrator extraordinaire Brian Walsby will soon deliver the fourth book in his Manchild series, Manchild 4: Riding Them Coat Tails, along with Pick Your Battles, a disc of live Melvins tracks. Thanks to an e-mail from Goner’s Scott Phillips, we’ve got the line-up for the April 4 release party at Tir Na Nog, which puts Goner on the bill alongside The Loners and Walsby’s Double Negative, both of which played the Manchild 3 release in October 2007. Doors are at 9 p.m., with Double Negative set to start things off around 10:30. Admission is $10 with a copy of the book/CD combo or $6 without. Walsby will also have artwork on display, which will be for sale. Jedidiah over at New Raleigh has a mighty fine preview, including the tracklist for Pick Your Battles.
UPDATE: Des Ark has just been added to this great, great bill.
Live Actions: New Bills Brian Walsby, Double Negative, Goner, The Loners, Tir Na Nog
Spencer Griffith ·
22 Feb 2009, 5:00 PM ·
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The boys from Valient Thorr, some of whom were in attendance at last night’s killer Double Negative/ Birds of Avalon/ Whatever Brains house show, will kick-off their pre-SXSW tour a week from tonight (Sunday, March 1) at Tir Na Nog. It’s a major coup in bartender Chris Tamplin’s bid to position the Irish pub as a legitimate rock venue in the absence of King’s. Chapel Hill’s Caltrop, whose Murat Dirlik helped Thorr cover Funkadelic for their Raleigh Undercover set a month ago, are slated to open the $7 show at 10:30 p.m.
Live Actions: New Bills Caltrop, Tir Na Nog, Valient Thorr
