New York Town (2004)

Product Summary UPC: 00076605228620 Release Date: 2/10/2004 Buy.com Sku: 63501241 Item#: MGFVPX Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. San Patricio Brigade - (with Eileen Ivers) ~ Black 47 2. New York Town - (with Suzzy Roche) ~ Black 47 3. Orphan Of The Storm ~ Black 47 4. Fiona's Song - (with Rosanne Cash/Eileen Ivers) ~ Black 47 5. Staten Island Baby - (with David Johansen) ~ Black 47 6. Mychal ~ Black 47 7. Livin' In America - (with Mary Courtney) ~ Black 47 8. Brooklyn, Goodbye - (with Suzzy Roche) ~ Black 47 9. Black Rose - (with Rozz Moorehead) ~ Black 47 10. Blood Wedding - (with Christine Ohlman) ~ Black 47 11. I Won't Take You Home Again, Kathleen ~ Black 47 12. Fatima - (with Ashley Davis) ~ Black 47 (P) 2004 Larry Kirwan (C) 2004 Gadfly Records   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Black 47: Larry Kirwan (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion); Andrew Goodsight (vocals, guitar); Thomas Hamlin (vocals, drums, percussion); Joseph Mulvanerty (flute, low whistles, Uillean pipes); Geoffrey Blythe (tenor & soprano saxophones); Fred Parcells (vocals, tin whistle, trombone). Additional personnel: Suzzy Roche, Rosanne Cash, David Johansen, Mary Courtney, Rozz Moorehead, Christine Ohlman, Ashley Davis (vocals); Stewart Lerman (guitar, melodica, keyboards, percussion); John Gordon (guitar, mandolin, keyboards); Eileen Ivers (fiddle). Recorded at Water Music Recorders, Hoboken, New Jersey; Righteous Sound, New York, New York. Personnel: Larry Kirwan (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion); Fred Parcells (vocals, tin whistle, trombone); Andrew Goodsight (vocals, bass guitar); Thomas Hamlin (vocals, drums, percussion); Christine Ohlman, David Johansen, Robert Moorehead, Morning-Star Courtney, Rosanne Cash, Ashley Davis, Suzzy Roche (vocals); Jon Gordon (guitar, mandolin, keyboards); Stewart Lerman (guitar, harmonica, keyboards, percussion); Eileen Ivers (fiddle); Geoffrey Blythe (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone). Audio Mixer: Stewart Lerman. Recording information: Jon Gordon Music Productions; Righteous Sound, New York, NY; Walter Music Recorders, Hoboken, NJ. Photographer: Arthur D. Chapman. The Next Big Thing hype that followed Black 47 everywhere about ten years ago has long since slouched off to dog the heels of some other band, and its major-label contract expired years ago, and one of its most accomplished and distinctive members (piper and occasional Gaelic toaster Chris Byrne) has departed as well, but Black 47 continues unfazed as one of America's several good answers to the Pogues. Unlike other rock'n'reel groups that rely on traditional Celtic tunes and songs for the basis of their repertoire and muscle them up with modern beats, Black 47 is a showcase for original material, all of it from the pen of the occasionally inspired songwriter and consistently terrible singer Larry Kirwan; on this album, the band is also joined by such folk-rock, alt-rock, country-rock, and Irish legends as Rosanne Cash, David Johansen, Eileen Ivers, and Suzzy Roche, most of whom are responsible for the album's highlights. These include "Fiona's Song," on which Cash plies her dark, gorgeous voice and Ivers embroiders everything with haunting fiddle, and the two songs that feature the eternally good-humored Suzzy Roche ("New York Town," "Brooklyn, Goodbye"). David Johansen's talent is wasted on the jaunty but banal "Staten Island Baby," but "Black Rose" and "Blood Wedding" (both remakes of tracks from Black 47's early EMI years) make up for that misstep. Not essential, but not bad at all. ~ Rick Anderson   Technical Info Release Date : 03/24/2005 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 286 Label : Gadfly Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00076605228620    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray