For those around here who think my path never crosses the paths of new music… well, you’d be *almost* entirely right. But I was contacted recently by David Meagher (Meagre Dave? It would be a great punk name…) about his band the Sons of Southern Ulster and their new album ‘Foundry Folk Songs’.
This is the lead track, ‘The Pop Inn’, and I guess anyone who lived in a small town in the 70s will know where he’s coming from. Where he’s *actually* coming from is County Cavan, a place known for pretty much nothing… except the Sons of Southern Ulster. So he’s made a difference already.
It really shouldn’t be my thing, but I like this, and I hope others round here will check them out. Website link attached.
Drat – “where nothing EVER happened”. Oh, for that edit function to return…
Not bad, enough jangly guitar to keep me interested
bein’ a bit harsh on Cavan there, Colin. There’s these lads, who kick up a nice little racket. And their ages combined probably don’t even total Ronnie Wood’s age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lajb3vcRHGI
Perhaps I should have said ‘Cavan is somewhere I know nothing about’. Rather like Leitrim, it’s a place I have tended to pass through to get somewhere else. I was simply believing Meagre Dave when he explained that nothing ever happened there.