No Crows in Belsele

No Crows is een allegaartje van muzikanten met verschillende achtergronden en specialiteiten. Met een scherpe neus voor fijne muziekskes baseren ze hun repertoire niet enkel op folk, maar plukken ze ook uit de klassieke muziek, jazz en wereldmuziek

‘t Ey, koutermolenstraat 6b, 9111 Belsele
zo 26/09/10 om 16:00

Prijs € 12 (Leden van ‘t Ey krijgen (zoals steeds) 2 euro korting. (Een lidkaart tot het einde van het jaar kost in september nog 4 euro.))

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Sligo based group NoCrows are making waves in the folk and world music circuit this year with appearances at two major European festivals starting with Glastonbury’s acoustic stage last June, sharing the stage that day with such luminaries as Ray Davies (The Kinks), Fairport Convention, Jason Mraz and Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers).

The band, which plays a unique blend of Irish traditional, classical and world music, is a quartet of Sligo musicians from very different backgrounds: Steve Wickham (of Waterboys fame) on violin and vocals, moved to Sligo from his native Dublin in the early nineties and has been an integral part of Sligo’s music scene ever since. Mallorcan maestro Felip Carbonell, on Spanish guitar and vocals, has resided in Strandhill for over 15 years, as has Swiss multi-instrumentalist Anna Houston, who is as comfortable playing cello in Sligo Baroque Orchestra as banjo and mandolin in local trad sessions. The quartet is completed by double bassist Eddie Lee, the band’s only Sligo native, who has been part of Sligo’s modern music scene, performing with rock, soul, folk, jazz, world and classical groups since 1981.

NoCrows repertoire is truly global as their music ranges from Portugal to Moldova, from Brittany to Russia, from Venezuela to Greece and beyond. Always on the lookout for a good tune, the band borrows from the classical oeuvre as it does from jazz, trad, folk and world music.

The group has two CDs on their own label Crows Records and Dervish’s Whirling Discs. Their live debut CD, Live at the Strand was recorded in late 2006 and released in 2007 to critical acclaim. (“Swing rarely felt this good”- Siobhan Long of The Irish Times). Last year’s Magpie, described by The Irish Times as “A beautifully wrought selection of instrumental music” caught the public imagination once more. “I think Magpie is one of the reasons why the band has started to gain international recognition”, says Eddie Lee, “it’s an album we are very proud of and contains original material written by each member. We have been mixing genres for a few years now, so, in a way, Magpie is NoCrows just beginning to discover our own voice.”

NoCrows, who played in Mallorca, Switzerland and Belgium in 2008, also played some of Europe’s biggest folk festivals this year, Dranouter Folk Festival and Dranouter aan Zee in Belgium, sharing stage with Buena Vista Social Club among others.

Irish, German, Belgian and Swiss dates follow in the autumn before the band records its next CD. In the meantime members of the band can be heard performing an acoustic session every Wednesday, in what they describe as the band’s’ “birthplace”, ‘Shoot the Crows’ pub in Sligo. The band’s two CDs, distributed by Claddagh records, are available in good record stores and online at Townsend Records (UK) and CD Baby (worldwide).