Saturday, September 18, 2010

King Laoghaire - Irish band [and ballad database] in Vänersborg, Sweden

http://www.kinglaoghaire.com/site/home/

I surfed onto their website because they had two variants of "Toon of Kelso"/"Ould Woman of Wexford" - noticed they've also recorded at least one Norwegian reinlander and have a nyckelharp player ... 600-plus songs in their Ballad Archive from "Galway Girl" to "Óró, Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile" ...
KING LAOGHAIRE is a group of six people who share a mutual interest in traditional Irish/Scottish ballads and dance music. Based in Vänersborg, Sweden, the band first started in 1991 as an acoustic experiment in a rockbands (the Ex-Junkies) regular repertoire. In early 1992 the acoustic side of the band had taken over.

Founding members were Peter Andersson, tenor banjo & vocals; Markus Svensson, nyckelharpa; Leif Andersson, guitar and Martin Rahmberg, guitar & vocals. ...

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