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Member Since: Wednesday, August 05 2009 @ 08:51 AM CDT
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Homepage: http://myspace.com/theryeband
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The Rye are an extraordinary five-piece from the West Coast of Ireland. They present one of the freshest and most exciting approaches to Irish Music heard in recent times. Mike Farragher of the Irish Voice puts it thus: “The Rye play, in their words, ‘savage driven ceoil.’ They throw together modern rock melodies into a stew of expert traditional playing, turn-on-a-dime chops rarely seen outside a lower Manhattan jazz club, and an irreverence that ties the whole package together in a rowdy, exuberant bow!” A gig with The Rye is high-spirited, full-blown entertainment. "Not only does the band have that really fantastic ability to make even a stone statue tap its feet, they also have this amazing stage energy and presence that makes it difficult to turn away once they start performing...this band has talent dripping from their ears. They are each fantastic at what they do, and most importantly, they seem to enjoy that fact. (John O'Hara, The Galway Music Scene Review) Some highlights of The Rye's busy gigging schedule-over one hundred in 2008-include The Life Festival, support slots to Mary Coughlan, Delorentos, The Pale, two Germany Tours, including an open air gig for the St. Patrick's Day Celebrations in Munich with an audience of some fifteen thousand and headlining NCAD's Oxjam and Christmas Ball. Galway Bay FM has described The Rye as “the liveliest band to come out of the West of Ireland since the Saw Doctors.” “Come rain, hail or snow The Rye will put on a great performance, and it was obvious to see that they enjoyed playing as much as their audience loved listening and dancing to it” writes Breifne O’Rourke of the Cruinniú na mBád Festival in Kinvara. Their weekly appearances in The Cellar Bar in Galway were praised as “one of the most exciting residencies in Galway...as if the ship manned by The Pogues has been taken over by an equally unhinged crew.” (Jimi McDonnell, Tribune Life) "No one embodies the spirit of Jerry Garcia quite like the Rye, my new favorite band. They are on this disc with 'Big Dip,' a fiery instrumental jam that pits frantic fiddling against a stomping beat and wicked acoustic licks." (Mike Farragher, Celtic Pulse)
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I'm gonna feel so right billykirsch 11.25.09 Alternative Rock
You Were crissew 11.20.09 Acoustic Rock
Your's K.I.S.KISMET 11.20.09 Experimental
when its love egobandit 11.20.09 Psychedelic
What Will You Do? (w/Michael2) MJReunionNAR 11.20.09 Rhythm and Blues
There Was A Time w/ kevmikwa crissew 11.20.09 Rock
Ye Mariners All Komrade K 11.20.09 Folk (traditional)
Alma Mahler Sings to P. Diddy michaelkoppenheffer 11.19.09 Pop (Alternative)
I Break dadgarus 11.19.09 Rock
Deep Majesty kassia 11.18.09 Cinematic Soundtrack
Teeth 5GoneMad 11.17.09 Hard Rock
Next Time Around (w/jiguma) Ed Hannifin 11.16.09 Folk (contemporary)
NTBW PrototypeEightyOne 11.16.09 Hip Hop-Rap
The Harvest PrototypeEightyOne 11.16.09 Alternative Rock
Blues-marz falcef 11.15.09 Blues (traditional)
So Far (Out Of Reach) selters 11.13.09 Indie Rock
mississippi drink Gaylen75 11.10.09 Art Rock
JKCS041 Reinholt56 11.08.09 Ambient
Opus Seven (Unmarked Grave) IdleBel10 11.05.09 Cinematic Soundtrack
Ruins Tears IdleBel10 10.30.09 Ballad
Days Go By Calchas 10.28.09 Acoustic Rock
The Fruit Of Thy Womb - A Horror Tale maxruehl 10.26.09 Spoken Word-Poetry
Chunky Cheeze scofugate 10.24.09 Rock (instrumental)
beach rotate particledots_collab_box 10.21.09 Experimental
Lets Take a Holiday musichead 10.13.09 Pop (mainstream)
Symphonic Smackdown magnatone 10.12.09 Pop Orchestral
whats next egobandit 10.08.09 Psychedelic
Emerging Cocoons from the Serious Universe Outtaorbit 10.06.09 Ambient
Futura (revised) garodaro 10.06.09 Indie Rock
Draco PrototypeEightyOne 10.06.09 Hip Hop-Rap
Dodgy Doughnut lengold 10.05.09 Alternative Rock
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Adaptor springclock 10.03.09 Alternative Rock
Bamboo Calchas 10.03.09 Art Rock
Opus One (Movie Project) IdleBel10 10.03.09 Cinematic Soundtrack
March of the Knids (space race) Pernicious_Knids 10.07.09 Experimental
If I Were Younger ConnieO 09.27.09 Ballad
Renfield(Char)Halloween 2009 rabittwhole 09.23.09 Art Rock
Sorry (Bracelet of Hope Version) blindsidedpoets 09.16.09 Folk (contemporary)
Here Comes the Rain Martin_Leroy 09.14.09 Fingerstyle Guitar
Way Down Inside Son-of-lavalamp 09.10.09 Experimental
States SmokeyVW 09.09.09 Film Scoring
shine w/ tres mybravedesign 09.07.09 Alternative Rock
tonight egobandit 09.04.09 Psychedelic
Program1 (Moviz) RadioChuck 09.01.09 Other
Big Hat Party Daugrin 08.26.09 Jazz (instrumental)
fat ninjas ste 08.26.09 Pop (Alternative)
Get Out Of My Brain You Damn Dirty Crickets (LIOLI 9) mr_mordenus 08.21.09 Experimental
Under The Wire RadioChuck 08.21.09 Cinematic Soundtrack
Dance Floor Medley - Lioli 9 sloparts 08.21.09 Experimental
In This Moment b0rn2w0rsh1p 08.26.09 Inspirational (contemporary)
Til No End CrazeeFlootGrrl 08.17.09 Ballad
Hill Country - Crazy Mule (Multi-collab) Rocha Malhada 08.15.09 Rock
Coming Into The Light johnwhitehead 08.12.09 Acoustic
no smoke ste 08.12.09 Pop (Alternative)
Metropolitanne PaddyNavinCaryatid 08.06.09 Indie Rock
tequila and soda ste 08.05.09 Pop (Alternative)
tequila and soda ste 08.05.09 Pop (Alternative)
Amazing Grace SlideOfHand 08.05.09 Solo Instrument
Happy Birthday Jack MarkHolbrook 08.05.09 Other
Simple Gifts (wRoxylee and kappy) Feter 08.04.09 Folk (traditional)
OSX86 part 1: (Deadmoo and Maxxuss) Marlon 08.06.09 Electropop
One Last Time obbster 07.31.09 Rock
At Dawn ThroughRivers 07.29.09 Acoustic Rock
One Day Away From You JonMShaw 07.27.09 Rock
Sea of Japan WharmtonRise 07.25.09 Cinematic Soundtrack
Better Men (Featuring Dajama, Awigze) MarkHolbrook 07.23.09 Rock
Houses Made of Glass w/ Char awigze 07.22.09 Experimental
Namio Loves Women namio 07.20.09 Other
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Burn Down Blues(Bob Rodgers) Feter 07.16.09 Blues (contemporary)
The Beast by Bud / Side B - The Redemption awigze 07.15.09 Psychedelic
Walk with You chronologic 07.11.09 Rock
Empyrean Rendezvous K.I.S.KISMET 07.02.09 Trip Hop
Trudy's Moods Daugrin 06.29.09 Jazz (instrumental)
Rust Red Rocks (Demo) PaddyNavinCaryatid 06.19.09 Indie Rock
MagnaFlight magnatone 06.12.09 Pop Orchestral
Father & Daughter PockBluesman 06.01.09 Ballad
Sex - LenGold&Becca Johnson (Diviner's Dub Mix) Diviner 05.31.09 Dub
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Tiny Mighty Whities Daugrin 05.19.09 Experimental
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The Johnny Song (Work in Progress) Tony_Traverso 05.04.09 Lo-fi
Love's Out of Hand(musichead) Char 04.10.09 Rock
Return of the Ancient Armada PrototypeEightyOne 03.19.09 Cinematic Soundtrack
Shiloh (Rev1) Bowman 03.11.09 Classical
Oxford City (w/ Luna Trick) Rebsie 03.09.09 Folk (traditional)
Instant Song MotherofMeursault 03.05.09 Shoegazer
it´s tv - time... doc_elvis 03.03.09 Acoustic
The Drunken Monkey TracyVosh 03.01.09 Experimental
Train again (Ride Maria Fumaça (more train) Rocha Malhada 02.21.09 Rock
Space Explorations 1.0 Elevator_Funk 02.15.09 Indie Rock
From Shetland to Syria v4 MJRF Doug Somers 02.14.09 Celtic
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The Song is Ended (w/ Michael Jay Klein & Alan McPike) LunaTrick 02.07.09 Jazz (vocal)
Still, She Weeps (Ember-CharMix) Char 01.29.09 Ballad
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Everything to lose MarkHolbrook 10.13.08 Alternative Rock
Ummm VicDiesel 09.19.08 Rock
Loss (Dadai poem read by RSchletty) Miller-Schletty 08.28.08 Spoken Word-Poetry
The Snark - Poem (MJ Coffee House) drakonis 06.21.08 Spoken Word-Poetry
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Celtic Suite Warren Smith 06.04.08 Celtic
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Music Background Review from wildysworld.blogspot.com Category: Music The Rye – The Rye 2006, The Rye Galway, Ireland is home to one of the more impressive and energetic Celtic acts you’re likely to come across. The Rye take the energy (and to a degree, the sound) of The Pogues and combine it with the lyrical acuity of Tom Waits. Add in some of the tightest, most impressive ensemble play on the West Coast of Ireland and you have not just a band but a musical experience. The Rye’s debut EP, The Rye, was released in 2006, but unless you’re a denizen of the pubs of Ireland you’ve likely not heard of The Rye. It’s too bad, but it’s not too late. Trust me; you want to add The Rye to your library. The Rye opens with Banana Song, with lead vocalist Kevin Melly sounding like Shane McGowan, complete with nearly indecipherable lyrics. It’s a great tune, and lively; I just wish I could make out much of what he’s singing here. Square Peig is a wonderfully complex reel that will have you up and dancing. Lonely Mary is a sad but sweet love song full of loss and the fear of loss. Polcat Blues is a great acoustic Blues/Rock hybrid that will get your toes tapping and that you’ll be humming for days. The Rye closes out with the memorable instrumental Katie Lie Over. Melly is a memorable and distinctive vocalist, and fans of The Pogues really will do a double take when they hear him. Anna Falkenau plays the meanest Irish fiddle since Ashley Mac Isaac’s quart-a-show days. The rest of the band, Alan Walsh (guitar, banjo, vox); Barry Wallace (bass, banjo) and Dessie Harrington (drums) are top notch. I finished up listening to The Rye wishing for more, and also that they’d be playing a date here in Buffalo very soon. The CD is great listening, but this is a band with the potential to own an audience. They just need the opportunity. Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5) You can learn more about The Rye at http://www.therye.ie/. You can purchase a copy of The Rye at www.cdbaby.com/cd/therye.
Music Skills THE RYE AWAKEN MUSIC REVIEW The Rye is a raw and energetic 5 piece, hailing all the way to the U.S. from Ireland. Their sound is no doubt Irish, full of danceable percussion, Celtic ferocity, and enough auxiliary instrumentation to put a smile on anyone's face. Their self-titled 6 track e.p. is raw enough and "live" enough, that you'll feel like you're sitting in the same room with these guys. Its a true delight. The strongest track is Fishin', a funky, bluesy, Irish song working from a simple riff that spouts stellar musicianship. The band clearly works together to create this song. So if you're into Irish music or just want something a little different, check out The Rye (www.therye.ie). Rating: 4 of 5 stars Ross Christopher/Awaken Music Review Feb 09
Music Hardware Connaught Tribune Interview: Ireland's ease and contentment with itself is reflected in much of the anodyne and unchallenging music on daytime radio. In an increasingly homogenised society the rough edges are being smoothed away. Praise be, then, for The Rye , whose trad with a twist might just shake us out of our 'semi-d' stupor. Lead vocalist Kevin Melly formed the band just over two years ago. "I just started looking at every angle, from music shops to putting in ads, anything at all, just looking for musicians," says the affable Donegal man. Alan Walsh, The Rye's guitarist and banjo player, was the first to join the fold. Introduced to Melly as a piano player, Walsh explains how he joined the band: "I called down to Kev's house and I brought the guitar cos it's handier than bringing the keyboard. Then I kinda liked it and forgot about the keyboard- it's too heavy to be lugging aroung anyway!" Drummer Ciaran Kelly had met Kevin during a Vtos course and The Rye's line-up was completed when violinist Anna Faulkner joined. "I went into Ti Colis' one day and asked Aengus behind the bar 'do you know any fiddle players.?', remembers Melly, "I wanted someone who was open minded, I didn't want to go down a trad rock road. Aengus said 'sure throw up an ad.' It was a month after, the ad was hanging off the wall, and Anna just rang me up when I was out one night. I said ring me in the morning cos I'm not gonna remember this at all!" From the get go, Kevin had a good feeling about his new band: "There was a mad energy there straight away," he says, "Our first gig was a burst of energy; it just felt kinda special." The Rye's Thursday night residency in The Cellar has helped the quintet establish themselves as a fearsome live act. "We've been doing that for about a year and half," says Kevin, "It was a pure fluke getting in there, some band couldn't play and I just happened to walk in that night and ask them for a gig." "It's a residency for playing original music," he adds, "I don't know of many bands getting away with that in Galway." "We're lucky that we've a lot of friends and people who like what we do," says their drummer Ciaran, "but you do see a lot of surprised faces too." "It's almost a cult following we have," continues Alan, "So many times people have said 'I didn't even know this was down here'. The Cellar's seen more as a cover venue." The raucous nature of The Rye in full flow has led to some memorable(and half forgotten!) nights. "Every night is just mental, there's always a great buzz" enthuses their front man, "Anything goes. No one takes themselves too seriously, everyone's just diddle-eying like mad!" "Two weeks ago I fell off the drum stool backwards and pulled down the backdrop on top of me" says Ciaran. "I turned around and it was like the negative of a Halloween ghost," Kevin recalls, "You could just see a black drape with two arms coming out the side trying to hit anything at all. Professional to the end!" Blasting out what they describe as 'savage-driven ceol', the twist and turns a Rye gig can take is the result of relentess rehearsing. "We do practise a lot and work hard to get tight," says Ciaran, "We could be playing 12 bar blues, then go into a ska break down, then in to a dance beat. We rehearse so much that in live shows you kind of have the freedom to play around. It's like the old blues saying : 'never play the same thing the same way, twice.'" "Feel free to do whatever you want when you want to do it" is Kevin's ethos in The Rye, "When you have that idea behind you things take a different kind of route." Rehearsals take place in Kevin's attic in Renmore. "We play full on, in my bedroom. The neighbours' are absolutely sound," says the Donegal man" The people next door are retired – they've come in to the Cellar to see us play!" "The boys in another house near me were having a party and 'said any chance ye could turn it up a wee bit, we're on a session. Leave the windows open and bang it out!'" The Rye were recently invited to play at the Life Festival in Lough Cutra, Gort. "It was the third day and everyone was dying" recalls Kevin, "We went on about 4.30 or 5. It was chilled out music til we came on and went ' ein, do, troi, ceathar! . Everyone got into, got back into form." "We were playing at the bottom of a hill," says Declan, "There was people a foot away from the stage going mad and then you could see two people way up the back, jigging away." Playing at festival is a much different experience to a regular pub gig, as The Rye's drummer explains. "Sometimes people can be little apprehensive letting go but at a festival there's music going all day, on a drop of a penny they're ready to go mad!" Kevin enjoyed reaping the VIP benefits: "The highlight for me was the hammocks backstage, we'd four of them in an army tent!" Having regular gigs but limited resources has led The Rye to come with a novel way of plugging their shows. Upon getting their food, customers of a local pizzeria will see a flyer for Thursday in the Cellar. "Alan had this great idea of making one with some of our lyrics on it, explains Ciaran, "We had this idea to think outside the box, literally!" "The song we picked for the flyer is called 'The Big Dip'" says Kevin, "I'm thinking people are gonna be sitting there thinking that The Rye have written a song about dip. I'd just like to clear that up! People are gonna be singing this song, dipping pizza into barbecue sauce!" "The 'big dip' is the comedown after the session or whatever you're at," Kevin says about the song, "You get up in the morning and you're surprised how you're not dying; around 11 or 12 the big dip hits you , depression kicks in. You look at it with regret but further down the line you realise if I didn't make that mistake that door wouldn't have been open for me. Sometimes these mistakes are the things that put you on the right path." "It's not a depressing thing though, it's a buzzy tune from start to finish. Don't think about it, beat it out and it'll be all right in the morning!" The Rye's fusion of trad, blues, ska and whatever else makes them one of the most vital bands on the Galway scene.
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