The River Valley Band are a five piece band based in Kilkenny, Ireland. Concentrating on writing music that has a strong beat that one cannot stay standing still to, The River Valley Band writes music that is pleasing on the ear and sends shockwaves through your soul. The Band is made up of 5 members: Danny Coady( acoustic guitar, mandolin, singer),Conor Brett( electric guitar, saxophone, singer),Dave Thompson( drums, percussion, singer),Liam Teehan( bass guitar),Eoghan Leadbetter( keyboard, acoustic guitar). The band was formed because of a desire to collectively write roots music to make people feel good. Recently appeared in the [1]
The River Valley Band was built on the sound of deep american folk music and the materials used to finish it were the wild earth and stone tones of modern Ireland, yet they sound neither American nor Irish. They are not contracted to any style, they are children of music, ripping strips from musical fabrics that stretch from the deserts to the cellars and weaving themselves a robe of their own that just can't be found in the common high street fashion outlets. This is not a fashion, it is custom made, individually tailored beyond any haute couture or million dollar dress and it's all yours to hang in a glass case or throw under the bed. The sound of The River Valley Band is just as alive as the common pickpocket or the lady who runs the country and it's impossible not to dance to it when it's bellowing it's foreign name at you. Consisting of five Kilkenny born persons, they meet every week under a glassblower's roof and toil away while the country sleeps to churn their creamy tunes to butter. They are none of them trained, none with recognised powers, but they have life in them that the land seems to otherwise drain from people, they are free and so is their music and that's an ingredient that can't be grown or sprinkled in. Lead singer Danny Coady has an energy in his voice that can move from frightening the wild to touching the transparent with a tilt of his head, and at his right hand side is Conor Brett, who, with stammering precision and equal aggression hits all the right notes on his axe to hammer in anything Danny may say. Currently being tamed in the studio, The River Valley Band are in pre-production for their debut album; Drunk in the Wine Cellar. Aiming for a release during the summer, they are already writing new material for a second capturing.
Inspired by Bob Dylan and the band and anybody that appered in the Last Waltz.
- ^ Rythem and Roots Festival in Kilkenny
- ^ http://www.kilkennyroots.com/
The River Valley Band are a five piece band based in Kilkenny, Ireland. Concentrating on writing music that has a strong beat that one cannot stay standing still to, The River Valley Band writes music that is pleasing on the ear and sends shockwaves through your soul. The Band is made up of 5 members: Danny Coady( acoustic guitar, mandolin, singer),Conor Brett( electric guitar, saxophone, singer),Dave Thompson( drums, percussion, singer),Liam Teehan( bass guitar),Eoghan Leadbetter( keyboard, acoustic guitar). The band was formed because of a desire to collectively write roots music to make people feel good. Recently appeared in the [1]
The River Valley Band was built on the sound of deep american folk music and the materials used to finish it were the wild earth and stone tones of modern Ireland, yet they sound neither American nor Irish. They are not contracted to any style, they are children of music, ripping strips from musical fabrics that stretch from the deserts to the cellars and weaving themselves a robe of their own that just can't be found in the common high street fashion outlets. This is not a fashion, it is custom made, individually tailored beyond any haute couture or million dollar dress and it's all yours to hang in a glass case or throw under the bed. The sound of The River Valley Band is just as alive as the common pickpocket or the lady who runs the country and it's impossible not to dance to it when it's bellowing it's foreign name at you. Consisting of five Kilkenny born persons, they meet every week under a glassblower's roof and toil away while the country sleeps to churn their creamy tunes to butter. They are none of them trained, none with recognised powers, but they have life in them that the land seems to otherwise drain from people, they are free and so is their music and that's an ingredient that can't be grown or sprinkled in. Lead singer Danny Coady has an energy in his voice that can move from frightening the wild to touching the transparent with a tilt of his head, and at his right hand side is Conor Brett, who, with stammering precision and equal aggression hits all the right notes on his axe to hammer in anything Danny may say. Currently being tamed in the studio, The River Valley Band are in pre-production for their debut album; Drunk in the Wine Cellar. Aiming for a release during the summer, they are already writing new material for a second capturing.
Inspired by Bob Dylan and the band and anybody that appered in the Last Waltz.
- ^ Rythem and Roots Festival in Kilkenny
- ^ http://www.kilkennyroots.com/