TheBoston Rovers
Up
Coming Gigs
March 8,2016 Westfield State University
100th Anniversary of the Easter Rebelllion
508-574-3104 give us a call for
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information and
rates
China 2015 Concert
Chayang Pop
Festival May 1,2015 China
Beihang
University China 2015
American Airlines
Celebration Beijing China May 2015
Town Crier Article June 4,2016
Town Crier article Part 2
- Travel
Radius:
- Will travel up to
100 miles from Wilmington.
- Pay Range:
- $1000 to
$5000.00 per event
- Primary Category:
- Celtic Band
- Additional
Categories:
- Folk
Band, Irish Band, Wedding Band
- Influences:
- Tommy
Makem,Clancy Brothers,Peter Paul and
Mary,Stan Rogers,Irish Tenors
Group
Members
- Jim Murray - Guitar,Drum
- Ryan
and Brennish
Thomson,Violin,Tin Whistle
- Paul Harty Guitar
JIM
MURRAY - Manager and singer. Jim plays the guitar, mandolin and the
Irish
Bodhran. Jim started his music career in musical comedies with various
regional
and semi-professional theatre groups around New England. Jim now is the
manager, promoter and entertainer for three musical groups, one
“The Boston
Rovers. His baritone voice lends a certainly quality to the musical
performances . Jim has participated in musical performances in various
locations around the world from England and Germany to Beijing and
Shanghi,
China. While on his last tour of China, Jim and The Boston Rovers
played at the
Beijing International Folk Festival. The highlight of this tour was the
unique
pleasure of performing at two (2) of Beijing Universities; where as
always,
Jim and The Boston Rovers were received warmly and with great pleasure
by the
university' s student body.
The
Fiddling Thomsons-Ryan and Brennish, a father-son duo, are known as the
“Fiddling Thomsons�, an award winning team. Each have
mastered with expertise
playing several different musical instruments from guitars and violins
to the
ancient Chinese gourd and reed whistle. Ryan has toured with a
full-time
Nashville band and is a former northeastern USA winner of the National
Fiddle
Contest. As well as mastery of the banjo and accordion, Ryan has
authored 21
books and videos on music. Not to be out done by his father, Brennish
has won a
first place band award at the Appalachian Stringband Festival in West
Virginia
and a fiddling award at the Pittsfield Fiddle Contest. The
Twin
Fiddle award was won by Brennish and his father at the annual Lowell
National
Historical Park fiddle contest.
The Fiddling
Thomson's have performed international from China to Canada as
well as from coast to coast in the US. Their latest CD, The Fiddling
Thomsons, Music for Both Hands reflects their unique ability to
play violin
with right and left hands. While not on tour, the Thomsons make their
home in
coastal New Hampshire where Ryan teaches music at the prestigious
Phillips
Exeter Academy and Brennish is a student of photography and video
editing.
Paul Harty Playing a smart fiddle
and guitar, Paul has founded and performed with such groups as “St.
James Gate” (Irish), “Quarter Moon” (old country harmony) and “Blunt
Instrument” (electric folk).
Song
List
Finnegan's
Wake ,Rattlin Bog,Fields of Athenry,Courtin In The Kitchen,Molly
Malone,Caledonia,Charlie on the MTA,Inisheer
Smash the Windows/
Donnybrook Fair,Take Me Home to Mayo,Irish Rover,Seven Old Ladies,Seven
Nights Drunk,St Ann's Reel,
Maggie May,Johnson's Motor Car,Four Green Fields,Irish Lullaby,Red is
The
Rose,Butcher Boy,Irish Eyes,King of the Fairies,
Speed the Plow,Off she Goes,Mason's Apron,Wild Rover,The Unicorn
Song,Hills of
Connemara,Nancy Whiskey,Gypsy Rover,
Forty Shades of Green,Danny Boy,Jug of Punch,Jock Stewart,Song for the
Mira,Black Velvet
Band,Sailor's Prayer,Wild Colonial Boy,
Water is Wide,Old Maid In TheGarrett,Leaving of Liverpool,Fiddlers
Green,Country Roads,Blow ye Winds
in The Morning,
Greenland,The Diamond,Lizzie Lindsay,MermaidRosin Th Bow,All for Me
Grog,Three Jolly Coachmen,Fathom The
Bowl,
Boston Harbor Sea ShantyDrunken Sailor,Rambles of Spring,Fairwell to
Nova Scotia,Bonny Charlie,Parting Glass,Rolling Home,
The
Pig Fare,Wraggle Taggle Gypsy,Swallow tail,Buterfly,South Wind,The
Butcher Boy.
Available
for:
Anniversaries,
Banquets, Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings,
Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events,
Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Dinner Dances, Events,
Family Reunions, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties,
Grand Openings, New Year's Eve Parties, Picnic, Private Parties,
Restaurants, Reunions, Studio Session, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies,
Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.
Last
date updated January 21 2016
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