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Faeries Wear Boots

About Me

Faeries Wear Boots: a band born out of the love of three integral things - folk music, faeries, and impractical footwear…

Definitely a band from the darker side of the enchanted forest, Faeries Wear Boots delight in stamping their own big boot-print on some of their favourite folk music and songs from British and Irish traditions.

Like all faerie music, Faeries Wear Boots’ sound is equally enchanting and eerie - gentle and dangerous simultaneously. They come from a world where haunting flutes and didgeridoos mingle with the distinctive sound of the Irish banjo, bodhran and bouzouki, all complimented by the unexpected twist of an electric guitar accompaniment. These faeries particularly enjoy lulling you into a state of pure bliss with a delicate hornpipe, before an unexpected key change lurches the tune head over heels in to a frenzied reel that echoes with the stomping beat of a hundred faerie feet!

2009 sees this excitable band of trooping faeries stronger than ever, with a string of festival performances lined up and a pocketful of new tunes to get Europe dancing! Never the subtlest of bands, you’ll recognise them by their distinctive Celtic tunes, frantic rhythms and (of course) very big boots.



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Member Since: 12/03/2007
Band Website: faerieswearbootsband.com
Band Members:

Chrissie Miller (Irish tenor banjo, mandolin)

Ciara Callaghan (flute, whistle)

Robby Miller (Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar)

Andrew Miller (bouzouki, bodhran, didgeridoo)


Influences: Alice Cooper, Black 47, Black Sabbath, Capercaille, Danu, Demonia and Pleaser footwear, Dervish, Dio, The Dolmen, The Dubliners, Eliza Carthy, Emilie Autumn, Eluveitie, Elvenking, Faun, Flook, Kiss, Nightwish, Omnia, Patrick Street, Peatbog Faeries, Type O Negative, New Rock boots...
Sounds Like:

A modern melting-pot of the darker elements of British and Irish folk music and lore; pretty tunes, driving beats, and of course, very big boots.

Think naughty faeries frolicking on the darker side of an enchanted forest...

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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New tracks from TROOPING now online and news from 3 Wishes Faery Fest!

Dear Faerie friends, Well, after months of hard work the debut Faeries Wear Boots EP 'TROOPING' is available to buy! And if you can't wait until you can get hold of a copy, fear not, for we have put t...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT

New Faeries Website!

Finally, we’re up and running with a new Official Faeries Wear Boots website! Alright, there’s still lots to do, but please be patient, we’ll have loads of exciting stuff up there so...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:55:00 GMT

New Faeries photos on their way!

Faerie fans will be pleased to know that the Official Faeries Wear Boots photographer and artist Justine Hubbard has been hard at work on a selection of live photos from our various live performances ...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Faeries Wear Boots added to 3 Wishes Faerie Fest line-up!

Faeries Wear Boots are incredibly pleased (and extremely excited) to announce that we will be playing at this year's 3 Wishes Faerie Fest in Cornwall on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd June. We feel very pri...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:00:00 GMT

New tunes added!

I know it's been longer than promised, but FINALLY we have some more Faerie tunes up on the site. We still haven't managed to get back in the studio propoerly, and again, these are only snippets and d...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Faeries are red hot in the studio...

As promised, we've finally had a break from practicing tunes and buying shoes and taken a big step closer to gettng some real Faerie recordings onto the MySpace site; today the Faeries ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:06:00 GMT