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Prison Love

New Album out now, yay!

About Me

A Night in The Box
Now available online from
Tower records
http://www.towerrecords.ie/viewdetails.asp?hfldUnitID=139976
Road records
www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?action=10&start=1&a mp;category=BLUEGRASS
Claddagh
www.claddaghrecords.com/www/product.asp?pID=2289
You can buy it at our gigs, see above or in the following shops
Dublin
Tower records, Wicklow St., Dub 2
Freebird records in Temple Bar & William St., Dub 2
Road records, Fade St. Dub 2
Celtic note, Nassau St. Dub 2
Claddagh records, Temple Bar, Dub 2
Galway
Zhivago, Shop St. & Eyre Square
Powells, Shop St.
Nenagh
McQuaids
Belfast
Premiere, Smithfield square
Bray
Golden Discs
Ennis
Custy’s
June 2007...in TodayFM/Nescafé's 'Teenage Kicks Beat The Original' contest, Prison Love's entry captures the public's imagination, winning 1st prize!
How did they get here? The story begins during a festival weekend, continues in back-rooms, swanky joints & venues all over Ireland & the U.S., resulting in the finest triple-distilled Bluegrass, Cajun & old-time musical-moonshine party this side of the Mason/Dixon Line.
They provide great fun and great tunes in equal doses so get your dancin' rags on, lick your lips and take a swig of all that's good about American roots music.
A Night in the Box is "a lively & engrossing mix of Bluegrass and Cajun...the tightness and complex nature of their playing and their singing and harmonies underlies their commitment to, and affection for these genres....these songs could not be more authentic in feeling and mood if they were being played on a bayou in Louisiana."
Joe Breen, Irish Times 4 Stars
"Prison Love trade in high octane bluegrass with just the right tincture of trouser-hitchin' country. Their sizzling songs set the bar high from the get-go."
Siobhan Long, Irish Times
"...spectacular musicianship and crowd cajoling enthusiasm..."
entertainment.ie
We've shared the stage with...
Vassar Clements RIP
Ricky Scaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Norah Jones & the Little Willies
Dirk Powell
Foghorn Stringband
Hayseed Dixie
Hickory Project
Luan Parle
Festivals we've rocked include...
Hickory Fest, Stony Fork, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Howl! Festival, Living Room, New York City, N.Y.
European World of Bluegrass festival, the Netherlands
Belfast Open House festival, Co. Armagh
Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
Dublin's FringeFest, Spiegeltent, Dublin city
Guinness International Bluegrass festival, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford
Sixmilebridge Winter Folk Festival, Co. Clare
Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots weekend
Castlepalooza, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Midlands Music Festival
Athy in July Festival, Co. Kildare
TráFest, Tramore, Co. Waterford
Longford Banjo festival
Carmen Fair, Kildare
Sliabh an Iarann festival

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/16/2006
Band Website: prisonlove.ie
Band Members:
Soapy Mahoney
vocals, washboard,
crowd control

Hurricane Barry
vocals, triangle, tin sandwich

El Nino
mandolin, 4 string banjo, safe-crackin'

Will N Dowd
guitar, 5 string banjo,
bribing guards

Dancin' Pete
accordion,
creating a distraction

Rev. Ex Kon
bass fiddle, getaway car

Beau Breaker
fiddle, keepin' watch

Influences: All 3 chords and the truth.
Sounds Like: A fast train a comin'
Record Label: southern fried discs
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Midlands

We in the State Penn just wanted to offer our sincere thanks to all those who came out to see us at the Midlands Fest, in Mullingar over the weekend. We had some problems at the start what with the au...
Posted by Prison Love on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:27:00 PST

Thank you!

A big thank you to all the faithful who came to our show last night. It was great to see some new faces too - hope we made a good impression. The album went like wildfire, and the ...
Posted by Prison Love on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:33:00 PST

Teenage Kicks winners!

Great news!! The public voted us winners of the Teenage Kicks Beat the Original contest! Thanks to mediator Alison Curtis; the judges Paul McLoone, Sinead Gleeson and Steve Wall; Today FM; Andrew at B...
Posted by Prison Love on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:24:00 PST

Today FM Teenage Kicks finals

Howdy folks! Today FM recently ran a competition to record the best possible version of The Undertones classic teen anthem, "Teenage Kicks." We sent them our version. They liked it, and...
Posted by Prison Love on Sun, 27 May 2007 07:05:00 PST

Cherrytree Fri May 25th & live footage!

Howdy folks, If you're in Dublin Friday 25th May, come to the Cherrytree Pub upstairs, a newly refurbished 120 seater venue on the Walkinstown roundabout.We've played it already and it's a g...
Posted by Prison Love on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

For all the latest bluegrass news & info in Ireland go http://www.bluegrassireland.blogspot.com

Run by Richard Hawkins, this site is an online fountain of bluegrass and old-time gigs, festivals & sessions throughout Ireland. Its mission; "to report on CDs, books, hardware, gos...
Posted by Prison Love on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:26:00 PST