“Their sound defies categorization. The Young Dubliners can be seen
as Ireland’s answer to Los Lobos, with a similar combination of
traditional folk music, raucous electric rock, and forward-thinking
experimentation.” Allmusic.com After thirty years as one of the
world’s leading Celtic Rock bands, the Young Dubliners have begun
work on their tenth studio album and will dedicate much of the year to
the project while still heading out on the road for their summer tour.
The boys spent the first quarter of 2022 playing shows all over the US
and “reconnecting with fans while we tightened up as a musical unit
and prepared to hit the studio” says lead singer, Keith Roberts. The
band is Roberts (vocals / guitar), Chas Waltz (Violin, keys, vocals),
Justin Pecot (guitar, vocals), Dave Ingraham (drums) and Ethan Jones
(bass guitar). With a solid lineup and a new batch of songs to play,
The YD are excited to get out on the road and continue to bring back
live music into people’s lives. “We want to be the band who
reminds the world how important a good gig can be to our sanity after
what we’ve all been through” says Roberts. For only the second
time the band is looking to its fans to finance the album instead of a
traditional record company. “The business has changed so much over
our lifetime that it no longer makes sense for us to take money from a
label and then owe it all back” says Roberts. “Making all our
supporters co producers is a far more rewarding way to make a record
and allows us to maintain control all the way”. The band have teamed
up with long time producer, Irish born Tim Boland, and will begin
recording in the coming months. The Young Dubliners have released nine
albums to date. The set on the upcoming dates will draw from all their
albums and include unreleased new material. In recent years the Young
Dubs have appeared twice on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, had songs
featured in TV shows (Sons Of Anarchy, Human Target) and toured
extensively as a headliner and as the opener for such a diverse list
of artists as Collective Soul, Jethro Tull, Johnny Lang, Los Lobos,
Chris Isaak and many more. Although the Young Dubliners sound is most
commonly called ‘Celtic Rock’, that label can often be misleading.
The Irish influence is certainly there, but it’s not the only
influence that bursts through on their albums or live shows. After
all, several of the band members have no Irish roots of any kind.
“That was always the idea”, explains Roberts “The sound was
intended to be a hybrid because we all come from different
backgrounds. Even though I am from Ireland, a lot of the music I
listened to growing up wasn’t Irish at all, but when I got here, I
got homesick and developed a new appreciation for Irish Music. In
truth the Celtic riffs can just as easily come from the American band
members. Everyone writes now so you never know what you’ll end up
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