Upcoming Events
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Hi: Come on up to only borough on the mainland Saturday April 20 for a Larry Kirwan Rock & Read - Return to the Bronx - at Bronx Music Heritage Center, 1301 Louis Nin� Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10459 (2 or 5 trains to Freeman Street) 7:30pm http://www.whedco.org/arts/bmhclab/297Make sure you're booked in the Blackthorne Resort, East Durham, NY 12423 for Memorial Day Weekend 518-634-2541 Black 47 will be performing their usual Friday/Saturday sets at the Blackthorne and headlining the East Durham Irish Festival on Saturday May 25 www.eastdurhamirishfestival.com/index.html |
| IRELAND TRIP 2013 |
THE GATHERING 2013
Going to Ireland October 16-22 with Larry Kirwan?
Want to party with Oscar? Come to Ireland in October. We're going back for The Gathering when many Irish by blood, or spirit, will return. We'll visit Dingle, The Ring of Kerry, The Lakes of Killarney, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Dublin and take part in a special Gathering celebration in Wexford with a solo gig at the Wexford Arts Center after.
Extend your trip, if you wish, and travel on to UK or Europe.
For more information call Joe, John or Michele at Hammond Travel 866-486-8772 or [email protected]
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| Upcoming Black 47 Gigs |
 Tickets on sale for these shows- Apr 20 BMHC, Bronx, NY (LK solo)
- Apr 25 Lincoln Library, Springfield, IL (LK solo)
- Apr 26 Lincoln Library, Springfield, IL (LK solo)
- May 19 Connolly's, NYC (Benefit Ray Kelly)
May 24 Blackthorne Resort, E. Durham, NY
May 25 E. Durham Irish Festival, NY (evening show)
May 25 Blackthorne Resort, E. Durham, NY (night show) - June 15 Fran's Pub, New Hope, PA
Aug 31 Blackthorne Resort, E. Durham, NY
Sept 7 South Buffalo Irish Festival, NY
Sept 22 Red Bank Guinness Oyster Fest, NJ
Oct 19 Wexford Arts Center, Ireland (LK solo show) - All Tour Dates & Full Details
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Celtic Invasion CD
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Celtic Invasion recently released by Valley-Entertainment is getting great reviews. The CD contains songs by The Waterboys, Black 47, Shilelagh Law, Hothouse Flowers, Pat McGuire, Runrig, Barleyjuice, Celtic Cross, Peatbog Faeries, Garrahan's Ghost, Blaggards, and John Spillane. CD available at www.black47.com digital downloads/CD & reviews at www.celtic-invasion.com
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Black 47 Blog
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Our Lost Sisters - The Amalgamationists
I first became aware of their existence in faded penciled sketches from the dance halls of New York's Five Points neighborhood.
Perhaps it was their happy faces that made the young Irish women and their African-American dancing partners seem so natural and unaffected. Only later did I discover that these particular inter-racial couples were called Amalgamationists....
Read more at: Black 47 Blog
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ROCK & READ with LARRY KIRWAN
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For a digital edition of Rockin' The Bronx click HERE. Also available at bn.com, smashwords, scribd; & at www.black47.com in hard copy (autographed)
The Bronx is burning in 1980-82. John Lennon is being stalked, Bobby Sands is dying, but life goes on in the immigrant bars of Bainbridge Avenue as Sean arrives from Ireland searching for his girlfriend, Mary. He finds a lot more, including Danny McCorley, a hard-hitting, book-loving, construction worker with a shadowy past in the Irish Republican movement and a secret...
Upcoming Larry Kirwan Solo Gigs
Apr 20 City Lore & BMHC, Bronx, NY
Apr 25/26 Lincoln Library & Museum, Springfield, IL
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A FUNKY CEILI
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Taking a long journey - throwing a party?
18 Up-Tempo favorites including Funky Ceili, Maria's Wedding, Different Drummer, Izzy's Irish Rose, Oh Maureen, Five Points, Czechoslovakia, Losin' It, Uncle Jim, Black Rose, Staten Island Baby, Bells of Hell, Paddy's Got a Brand New Reel, Bodhrans on the Brain,Who Killed Bobby Fuller, Sadr City, Those Saints, I Got Laid on James Joyce's Grave available at www.black47.com |
| Green Suede Shoes... Now on Kindle! | |
For a digital copy of Larry Kirwan's memoir, Green Suede Shoes... Click HERE to get the Kindle Edition today! Also on sale at www.black47.com in paper book form (autographed)
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Black 47 - Android app on AppBrain
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http://www.fredroid.com/black47androidapp.html Fab Freddie Parcells, trombonist extraordinaire, has created a Black 47 Android App. Download it now for access to the complete Black 47/Larry Kirwan cycle of 18 albums with a song available for streaming from each. Get an exclusive history of the band along with a list of gigs (and a new-gig alert), access to B47 Blog, videos and photostream.
Put a widget on your iGoogle home page that shows a list of upcoming Black 47 gigs. |
Black 47 Facebook
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20 DIFFERENT SHIRTS
including
James Connolly t-shirt
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Back in stock. A favorite Black 47 t-shirt in Medium, Large X-Large & XXL
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Shamrock Logo Ladies T-Shirt
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Back in stock. One of the all-time favorite Black 47 fitted ladies t-shirts in Small, Medium, Large & X-Large
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Fire of Freedom
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The most popular Black 47 CD. Produced by Ric Ocasek/Larry Kirwan contains the hit version of Funky Ceili, James Connolly, Rockin' The Bronx, Livin' in America, and many more. "Finally Music that says something again......"
Time Magazine
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SHOPPING
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GET YOUR BLACK 47 SAINT PATRICK'S DAY GIFT
FOR T-SHIRTs/CDs/DVDS DIGITAL DOWNLOADS BOOKS - go to SHOP at www.black47.com
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Pirate T-Shirt
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Avast, me hearties!! The Pirate T-Shirt in Medium, Large X-Large & XXLarge
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WEAR IT LOUD!!
ROAD SIGN And All Other T-SHIRTS
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WEAR IT PROUD!!
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Online Special!
All 12 Black 47/Larry Kirwan CDs + Black 47's 2 DVDs:
$160 Euros, Sterling & other foreign currency orders accepted & shipped promptly. Go to the SHOP at
black47.com.
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Also at the SHOP a full selection of T-shirts & hoodies to suit your sexy savior faire.
DIGITAL DOWNLOADS at SHOP www.black47.com
most of the catalogue of Black 47 / Larry Kirwan Albums.
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Want to keep up-to-date on Black 47 Gigs? Go to:http://www.black47setlists.com. and find out what we're playing plus reviews of performances. Bob Silkowitz has gathered set lists from as far back as 1992 (including names of songs we've performed but never recorded, and much other information). �����
Check out the chords and lyrics of all Black 47 songs and covers performed over the years (often with annotated comments from the rehearsal sessions) at REEL BOOK. Including: Long Lost Tapes of Hendrix, Izzy's Irish Rose, Celtic Rocker, James Connolly, Funky Ceili, 40 Shades of Blue, Mychal, Green Suede Shoes and hundreds of other Black 47 originals!
And here's another useful link for lyrics-seekers:
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ELVIS MURPHY'S GREEN SUEDE SHOES is the CD companion to the book / memoir (Green Suede Shoes') by Larry Kirwan.
This is a collection of story-songs, telling of an Irish immigrant's hopes and dreams upon arriving in America, and all the highs and lows that accompanied his integration into the big bold worlds of the United States and Rock & Roll. Both CD and book available in a combo Rock & Read package at www.black47.com |
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www.irishecho.com
Check out Larry Kirwan's controversial weekly column on politics, music, literature and life page 5, Irish Echo. Now read on your iPad & iPhone!
The Spectrum Ch. 28 on Sirius & XM Every Saturday
Celtic Crush is available throughout all of the US and Canada. It features music from the 8 Celtic nations and their related cultures.
Hear Larry interview, The Waterboys, Dropkick Murphys, Finbar Furey, Flogging Molly, Rosanne Cash, The Swell Season, Dolores Riordan, Lisa Hannigan, Hothouse Flowers, Ray Davies, Sinead O'Connor, Steve Earle, Moya Brennan, Richard Thompson, L�nasa, Bell X1, Damien Dempsey, Andy Irvine, Iarla �'Lion�ird, Martin Hayes, etc.
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