“The Young Folk is a young, up-and-coming band from Dublin. A debut album “The little battle” released in 2014 took them across Ireland to champion their nostalgic tunes. Today, their reputation can be heard throughout Europe, including a series of performances in Holland. A brief folk history.
It all began with frontman Anthony Furey, who grew up in the musical family of the 1970s band The Fureys. His personal musical journey began at the age of eighteen, when he wrote a few tentative songs. He later met his future partners Paul Butler and Tony Mc Loughlin at university and through his job at a well-known music store in the capital. The adventure takes off and their folk songs are played on several local stages (whelan’s live) and then in English-speaking countries.
The single “Letters” arrived in a number of record stores in 2012, with their label not skimping on the diversity of instruments used, including the intriguing mouth piano. Anthony’s voice expresses stories of childhood, friendship and memories, with very acoustic tones that plunge the ear into melancholy. The titles “Biscuits” and “Way down south” were then greeted with success from their very first performances. Each concert sees the group invite themselves closer to the audience to sing one of their songs a cappella, almost whispering.
After a date in France for the fête de la musique (Centre culturel irlandais – Paris), an extended tour of Holland enabled the Dublin artists to mature in their professional approach. A key date outside the Green Eirin boosted their flight with a gig at Amsterdam’s “Paradiso” in April 2015, a stage Anthony had been dreaming of.
A second opus is currently being recorded, with musical reinforcements from Patrick Hopkins and Alex Borwick. Let’s hope their new sound is no longer a battle but a conquest of the international public.
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