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Anthony Furey and the Young Folk Band

If i could grow a beard i would

About Me

Influenced by a lot of American Folk, e.g Neil Young, Conor Oberst, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Emmylou Harris Also some Irish folk artists e.g Mark Geary, Curuso, John Murphy, Minus Circus and many more that i could mention. Anthony started playing guitar at the age of 16 and been writing songs ever since then. he has plied his trade on the live scene in Ireland as well as Europe for a number of years playing with the likes of Mark Geary, Brendan O'Shea, Minus Circus. musicians from all backgrounds gravitated towards his sound which owes its existence to folk, Americana, roots and Irish traditional music amongst others, giving Anthony the chance to showcase the many facets of his song writing from hauntingly minimal ballads to a full on hoe down.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/01/2007
Band Members: The Young Folk Band -
Drums - Karl Hand
Piano and Vocals - Paul Butler
Bouzouki,Xio Synth and Bass - Tony Mcloughlin
Guitar, Harmonica - Ross breathnach Jones
Guitar, Mandoline, Vocals - Stephen Branigan
Hammond Organ and Keys - Thijs Schrijnemakers
Violin, Piano and Vocals - Karen Hickey
Electric Guitar - Frank Schulze-Brüggemann
Bass Guitar - Joe Sauce, Joni Scholten
Vocals - Johnny Murphy
Flute and Banjo and vocals- Karen McDermott

These are members of The Young Folk and the musician that i have had the pleasure to play with over the past few years.
Influences: Everyday life, Travelling to places i have not been before, everyday music for me.. Mic Christopher, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie, Sun Kil Moon, Ben Kweller, Jeff Buckley, The Byrds, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Imogin Heap, Ani di Franco, Dave Griffin (GRIFF)(Mr. Melt), Mark Griffin, Nick Drake, Dave Matthews Band, John Martyn, Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, Minus Circus to name but a few.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Album and a few good shows coming up

Right so, we've been working on the album and its looking good that it will be done around September. Please could you keep your fingers crossed and with that we should have a good few shows put toget...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:02:00 GMT

Only go down hill from here!

Hey people, This is a myspace of my up and coming brand new music and some will be up in the next couple of weeks so it can only go down hill from here. Enjoy
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:35:00 GMT