Dropkick Murphys Music

The Dropkick Murphys aren't afraid to fight you. On sale Friday, November 27 The Wandas + The Willowz + Guillermo Sexo + Art Decade | Monday, December 14 at the Middle East upstairs,... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . . Read Full Story

It's the time of year I really miss New England , and nothing more than warm evenings, listening to punk Celtic bands , on the banks of the Merrimack River . But even in that pastoral land of Northeastern sprawl, where many of the Irish dockworkers and tradesmen have fled urban blight , the stomp of the Dropkick Murphys awakens not just some traumatic second generation Irish-American immigrant angst, but a gritty defiance . However it is a defiance that still understands the importance of respect , and appreciates all the tragic lyrics of the Irish poets with the rotting livers, whose mouths are ... Read Full Story

This morning, fracas was enjoying her coffee and happened to notice a video on Canada’s MuchMusic station. It was Robert Plant, doing Tim Hardin’s If I Were A Carpenter , a song made famous by Bobby Darin, but probably best remembered for the version done by Johnny Cash and June Carter. It’s a well covered song, having also been done by The Four Tops, Joan Baez, a Bobby Darin & Stevie Wonder Duet, The Dropkick Murphys, Dolly Parton & Randy Travis, Small Faces, Willy Nelson & Sheryl Crow, Dan Fogelberg, Peter Noone, Rod Stewart, Bob Seger, The Hunters, John Holt and Poutine. Unfortunately, The ... Read Full Story

There are certain things that just make sense in the music industry in relation to geography. There is something special about seeing Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey, Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden, Reel Big Fish anywhere in California or Dropkick Murphys in Boston. Although St. Patricks day was still a week away, and we were not quite in Boston, the atmosphere inside the historic Webster Theater this past Monday night was truly incredible. Although the string of opening punk rock bands were un-rememberable to say the least, anticipation grew throughout the day as people continued to become as intoxicated as possible. During each ... Read Full Story

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