Irish Rebel Music

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Irish Rebel Music (" Irish Rebel Music ") is a subgenre of Irish folk that is often played with identical musical instruments; however, this lyric has Irish nationalism as its subject.

history

Irish rebel music addresses historical events such as uprisings, describes the hardships of life under oppressive foreign rule, but also the strong feelings of solidarity, loyalty and determination, and it extols brave heroes. Other songs include exploits by Irish brigades who fought for France and Spain, or during the American Civil War . Since the 1920s, there has been a focus on Northern Ireland , which includes support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Sinn Féin .

Over the years numerous bands have made a transition to other genres by mixing the lyrics of Irish rebel music and its instruments with other popular genres. Damien Dempsey is known for his pop music-influenced rebel ballads, and music bands like the Seanchai and the Unity Squad and Beltaine's Fire combine rebel music with political hip-hop and other genres.

Recent time

Irish rebel music has garnered international attention several times. The version A Nation Once Again music band The Wolfe Tones was from the BBC World Service voted into first place in the year of 2002. For example, the ballad The Men Behind the Wire , performed by the band Barleycorn, was number 1 on Ireland's hit list for a total of five weeks at the beginning of 1972.

Some of the groups that have become popular are Saoirse , Éire Óg , Athenrye , Shebeen, Mise Éire and Pádraig Mór , and these are from Glasgow . The Bog Savages of San Francisco took up an IRA prison refugee from Long Kesh prison in their piece of music Great Escape .

Music of this genre has often created controversy, for example when the airlines of the Republic of Ireland banned this music from their airplanes in the 1980s. In the late 2000s, Derek Warfield's music was banned from Aer Lingus flights after Roy Beggs Jr. , a conservative Ulster Unionist Party politician , compared this song to speeches by Osama bin Laden . However, a central tenet of the legality of rebel music is that this music and its representatives uphold the long-standing tradition of freedom of opinion and free speech.

Well-known bands and artists (selection)

  • Adelante (Scottish band)
  • Athenrye (Scottish band)
  • Alistair Hulett (Scottish singer)
  • The Balladeers Barleycorn (Northern Irish band with Irish and Scottish singers)
  • Battering Ram (Belgian band)
  • Black 47 (American band; New York)
  • Blarney Pilgrims (American band, North Carolina)
  • The Bleeding Irish (American band, Southern California)
  • The Spirit of Sixty 7
  • Spirit Of Freedom (Northern Irish band)
  • Bluestack American band, Chicago
  • The Bog Savages (American band, Northern California)
  • Tommy Dempsey (American performer, Boston)
  • Dave Kincaid (American performer, New York)
  • Dan Hannon , (American performer, Columbia)
  • Ciaran Murphy (Northern Irish performer)
  • Boston's Erin Og (American band, Boston)
  • Charlie and The Bhoys (Scottish-Irish band, Glagow)
  • Christy Moore (Irish performer)
  • Claymore (German band)
  • Connor Kelly (Scottish performer)
  • The Clancy Brothers (band in County Tipperary, Ireland)
  • Derek Warfield Irish singer (member Wolfe Tune)
  • The Druids (Irish band)
  • Éire Óg (Scottish band)
  • Flying Column (band from Belfast)
  • Gary Óg (Scottish performer)
  • Glasnevin (Scottish band)
  • Irish Brigade (Irish band)
  • Mise Éire (Scottish band, Glasgow)
  • The Paddywagon Band (Northern Irish band)
  • Paddy Rooney (Scottish performer)
  • Padraig Mór (Scottish interpreter)
  • Pangur Bán (Irish band from Derry)
  • Rebel Hearts (Irish band)
  • Seanchai (only hip-hop band in Irish rebel music, New York)
  • Shebeen (Irish band)
  • Sinéad O'Connor (Irish singer)
  • Slievenamon (Irish band)
  • Music of Mark O'Neill (Irish band)
  • Summerfly (German band)
  • The Unity Squad (Irish hip hop band)
  • Ten Second March (Swedish band)
  • The Dubliners (Irish band)
  • The Exiles
  • THE WAKES
  • Young Dubliners (American band)
  • Wilderness 1916 (Irish band)
  • Wolfhound (band from Belfast)
  • Wolfe Tones
  • The Ravens (Irish band)

List of known songs

Songs to the rhythm of reels and jigs

Ballads

Sunday Bloody Sunday

The hit from U2 in 1982, Sunday Bloody Sunday , is contrary to public belief not a rebel song ( not a rebel song ). This was done by the band singer Bono before the band went on their War Tour and played the piece for the first time. The song lyrics describe the horror that befell them as they watched the Northern Ireland conflict, as the Bloody Sunday in Derry mainly deals with British troops shooting at civilian demonstrators. The song suggests that Northern Ireland should not become a nation of its own or that the British Empire should continue its occupation, but that they should find a way to deal with each other without violence.

In response to U2, Sinéad O'Connor penned a song called This is a Rebel Song .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irish Rebel Songs on www.kwintessentail.co.uk . Retrieved December 7, 2010
  2. ^ The World's Top Ten . BBC World Service; Retrieved December 7, 2010
  3. ↑ Wolfe Tones pulled from Aer Lingus flights . BreakingNews.ie; Retrieved December 7, 2010
  4. ↑ Irish Rebel Songs on Kwintessential.co.uk; Retrieved December 7, 2010
  5. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Adelante )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / upload.bebo.com
  6. ↑ Athenrye ( Memento from December 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Alistair Hulett's website
  8. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Barleycorn )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.theballadeers.com
  9. ^ Website of Black 47 ( Memento of March 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Blarney Pilgrim's album Olde Day Again on Last.fm
  11. ↑ The Bleeding Irish: Friotaíocht
  12. ↑ The Spirit of Sixty 7 ( Memento from March 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ^ Spirit of Freedom
  14. ↑ No Irish Need Apply ( Memento from April 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ^ The Bog Savages: Playing Irish rebel music in the San Francisco Bay area ( Memento of January 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ Tommy Dempsey
  17. ↑ Ciaran Murphy
  18. ^ Official website of Boston's Erin Og ( Memento of July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ^ Charlie and The Boys
  20. ↑ Back home in Derry on christymoore.com ( Memento from December 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  21. ^ Claymore
  22. ↑ Connor Kelly on bebo.com
  23. ^ The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
  24. ↑ The Wolfe Tones' Derek Warfield - Homepage ( Memento from July 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  25. ^ The Druids Rebel Band MySpace page
  26. ↑ Information on bebo.com
  27. ↑ a b Homepage of Gary Og
  28. ↑ Galsnevin on www.bebo.com
  29. ↑ Irish Brigade Homepage ( Memento from October 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  30. ↑ Mise Eire- Glasgow- Irish Ballad band ( Memento of 13 October 2008 at the Internet Archive )
  31. ↑ Paddywagon homepage ( Memento from October 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  32. ^ Shebeen Online, selling an album containing Paddy Rooney's rendition of McIlhatton
  33. ^ The Irish Rebel Music of Pádraig Mór
  34. ↑ Pangur Ban on PadraigMor.net
  35. ^ Rebel Hearts Homepage ( Memento from February 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  36. ↑ Seanchai I [Shamrock] New York ( Memento from October 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  37. ↑ Shebeen homepage
  38. ^ Slievenamon Homepage ( Memento from October 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  39. ↑ Music of Mark O'Neill ( Memento of October 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  40. ↑ Seanchai & The Unity Squad ( Memento from October 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  41. ↑ thesecondband.com ( Memento from January 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Ten Second March
  42. ↑ The Exiles at www.bebo.com
  43. ^ Official website of The Wakes ( Memento of February 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  44. ↑ youngdubliners.com ( July 18, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive ) Official website of Young Dubliners
  45. ↑ theballadeers.com ( Memento of 23 December 2010 at the Internet Archive ) Band Wolfhound
  46. ^ Official website of Wolfe Tones ( Memento from August 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  47. ↑ Fighting Men from Crossmaglen
  48. ↑ Go On Home British Soldiers
  49. ↑ Green, White and Gold
  50. ↑ My Fathers Gun
  51. ↑ Say Hello To The Provos
  52. ↑ Roll Of Honor
  53. ↑ Terrorist Or A Dreamer
  54. ↑ The Eyes Of The IRA
  55. ↑ Old Fenian Gun
  56. ↑ The Sam Song
  57. ^ Death Before Revenge
  58. ↑ Gerard Casey ( Memento from December 25, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
  59. ↑ The Ballad of Ballinamore ( Memento from February 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  60. ↑ Information on guardian.co.uk
  61. ↑ There Were Roses