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Time to Stop the Yawning $15.00 Recorded live in Tehachapi, CA, summer of 2009. Add To Cart
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"Brilliant, and I'm loving it....
Best effort from the West Coast Celts
for years..."
--Shay Clarke, Blarney on the Air, Chicago;
Irish American News

"A one-band music festival"

--Ken Swiatek, WJJW Radio

DAVE SOYARS' Top Ten of 2007  

 

Sligo Rags - The Whiskey Never Lies (Indie) - Another great record from the local Irish scene, from the Long Beach/Orange Country favorites. Bluegrass, Classical and World Beat influences abound in addition to the Celtic ones, but best of all the original songs sit comfortably side-by-side with the traditional ones.  Engagingly played and sung with humor and skill.

 

"Simply great music that is superbly executed."
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine

Every song is a gem, ably complemented by arrangements that preserve the music's Celtic origins while playing with flavors of other genres, including bluegrass and country.  Purists might cringe at such license, but believe me when I say it works.

--Carol Elaine Cyr, The Irish News

Indeed the purpose of art is to tell universal truths and the beauty of this CD is that it does just that...This is one of the best CDs by a stateside band I've heard so far.
--Celtic Beat Magazine

The trio plays up a storm on this debut release...Great energy and fine singing here.
--Mary DesRosiers, Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine,

The music is of high quality throughout, and the CD comes with the fullest recommendation for purchase and repeat listening.
--John McLaughlin,www.wmucradio.com

The CD has a definite traditional flavor, but also offers some more contemporary titles, and fans of both worlds will be pleased with the songs from the other’s genre... The Star of the County Down will have you going for the repeat button. Go ahead, once, but don’t fail to go on to the other tracks.
--Rob Williams, the Fenians

As Irish-trad bands go, you’d pretty much have to journey to Sligo to find anything better. We’ve actually been to Sligo, too, five years ago on a drive from Limerick to Belfast; the town wasn’t all that, but for road tunes, we sure would have preferred to have this record along instead of the sleepy Enya tape we picked up at the Waterford crystal factory gift shop.
--Rich Kane, Orange County Weekly

We've been spinning the band's latest CD, "The Night Before the Morning After,' which ranges from rollicking reels to the sort of sad that only the Irish can deliver. Both sounds go well with a nice Harp or a not-so- nice Guinness.
--Tim Grobaty, Long Beach Press-Telegram

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