Black 47 Logo I did the animated Tri-color fist in 1995. It was later added to the World Trade Towers background.
Pierce Turner - "Joyce with a voice, Yeats on skates" - Hot Press(Ireland)
Pierce Turner - dublin - music
Chronarchy.Com Misc The Doom that Came to Chelsea
Lost Bands Of The New Wave Era Major Thinkers - Avenue B.
I saw Larry and Pierce for the first time at their last gig together. Thanks to my roommate John Kuhlman for dragging me out to Irvine Plaza NYC that night.
Copernicus: The Photographs It was at a Copernicus gig at The Speakeasy in the Village NYC that I
performed with Pierce and Larry for the first time...circa early eighties
chill faction
All Black 47 on The Green Man Review
OFFOFFOFF music BLACK 47 band with Larry Kirwan, Chris Byrne, Fred Parcells, Geoffrey Blythe, Thomas Hamlin, Andrew Goodsight
The Roaring Jack Archives 21st Century Reviews - Black 47 Feature
The centrepiece for me is 'Those Saints', a touching tribute to Johnny Byrne, Black 47's good mate who died suddenly in 1996. (correction: 8/23/1997)
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Artist Information
Instrumentation
Geoffrey Blythe - Tenor and soprano saxophone
Andrew Goodsight - Bass and vocals
Thomas Hamlin - Drums and percussion
Larry Kirwan - Lead vocals, Stratocaster
Fred Parcells - Trombone and pennywhistle
Joseph Mulvanerty - Uilleann pipes, flute, bodhrán
Biography
Black 47 espouses an unblinkingly political and thoroughly Irish form of rock 'n' roll, with songs covering topics from the Northern Ireland conflict to civil rights and urban unrest in contemporary New York. Black 47 earned their chops playing the pub scene in Manhattan and self-producing their first indie record, Black 47, before converting The Cars' Ric Ocasek to the cause and gaining mainstream attention with their second album, Fire Of Freedom. The band has produced nine albums to date.
Website
http://www.black47.com
Discography
HOME OF THE BRAVE/ LIVE IN LONDON (Independent 1989)
BLACK 47 (BLK Records 1991)
BLACK 47 EP (EMI/SBK Records 1992)
FIRE OF FREEDOM (EMI/SBK Records 1993)
HOME OF THE BRAVE (EMI/SBK Records 1994)
GREEN SUEDE SHOES (Mercury Records 1996)
LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY (Gadfly Records 1999)
TEN BLOODY YEARS (Shanachie Records 1999)
TROUBLE IN THE LAND (Shanachie Records 2000)
ON FIRE (Gadfly Records 2001)
NEW YORK TOWN (Gadfly Records 2004)
ELVIS MURPHY'S GREEN SUEDE SHOES (Gadfly Records 2005) |
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Thirsty Ear Magazine On-Line Reviews
TrouserPress.com Black 47
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Black 47 by Seth Rogovoy
Black47_1 Larry Kirwan's Musical Poetry
Item #1300734FK - Black 47 - Fire Of Freedom-Home Of The Brave - Guitar (Fake Book)
Music Street Journal - Music News & Reviews
Rock Sullivan's Chris Byrne's place
Ralph Drake's Interview with Larry Kirwan
Interview with Larry Kirwan - Part 1 of 3
2/2008 -
Post card to a gig we did in Sellersville PA.
Black 47, Iraq The Green Man Review 2008
Black 47 - Stereo Subversion
Posing for a band photo session in all our glory on the stage of Connolly's aka Klub 45. Who photoshopped my white sweater black and put sunglasses on me and Geoff?
Black 47’s Iraq looks at war through soldiers’ eyes | Music | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal
Rolling Stone : Fricke’s Picks: Black 47 because with every extra day of Fox News patriotism and Beltway paralysis, the only guaranteed surge is in body count
Irish influx -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY
Black 47 at Connolly's: New Year's Eve in Times Square Victor Zimet and Stephanie Silber made the DVD of us playing New Years 2007.
On Sunday March 2, 2008 they came to our gig at the Yonker's Police Athletic League party. They were handing out this business card promoting that film for the Westchester Film
Festival while the opening band, Green Eggs and Mayhem, a young power trio blasted thru their set which was the backdrop for the main event - 32 men getting their heads shaved.
YouTube - Black 47
This was put together by Howie Klein, expresident of Reprise Records. You never know...
The old Badu only fresh and new - Music - NJ.com
NEWARK STAR LEDGER
February 29, 2007
PROTEST ROCK: "Iraq" Black 47 (UFO)
Black 47, the New York-based Irish-rock band with a routinely raucous sound, turns it attention to the war in Iraq on its new album, "Iraq." Songs were inspired by the evening news, and by stories from fans of the band who have served in the military.
"Hey, President Bush, what are ya doin' to us?/We've been through hell, man, it's time we went home," sings frontman Larry Kirwan in "Stars and Stripes," which borrows its melody from the folk song (popularized by the Beach Boys), "Sloop John B."
"Ballad of Fallujah" is truly harrowing, and "Ballad of Cindy Sheehan" is a somber, poignant portrait of the activist, whose son was killed in Iraq: "The sweetest light shines from a child's eyes/Take it away, there's a void/That's why I gave up my heart and my home/To testify against this cruel war."
Kirwan's vocals are often closer to yelping than singing, and the band as a whole often shows more heart than imagination. But if these songs were more polished, perhaps they would be less powerful.
Download this: "Ballad of Fallujah"
-- Jay Lustig
Country, funky jazz - and Celtic rock among new CD releases | Philadelphia Daily News | 03/04/2008
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
March 4, 2008
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE FROWNING: A fire-breathing, clench-fisted, rabble-rousing spirit fuels both Celtic traditional music and
punk rock. So combining the two styles makes for quite the incendiary device, in the explosive work of the Los Angeles-based band Flogging Molly on "Float"
(SideOne Dummy, B) and New York's Black 47 on "Iraq" (United For Opportunity, B+). Both feature Irish front men, and both touch on contemporary concerns,
with the latter offering an unrelenting assault on the Iraq war as seen through the eyes of Western troops on the battlefront. I wish the Black 47 gang had managed to work in
some Middle Eastern sonic flavor, too. But "Downtown Baghdad Blues" (integrating the traditional Irish tune "The Moreen") and "Stars and Stripes"
(oddly jumping off "Sloop John B") are rich examples of cultural co-mingling.
Amie Street Music for March 4th, 2008
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IRAQ
Songs from the Front Lines
Released today, Iraq is the devastatingly outspoken new album from Irish-American rock band Black 47.
Written from the perspective of their fans who have served in Iraq, the album portrays both the tragedies of war and the hope for a better future. Black 47 have always
taken pride in keeping in touch with their audience, and early versions of these songs sent abroad have already become troop favorites. Iraq was selected as a
critic's pick by senior editor David Fricke for the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone, and will hopefully bring some substance back to the pop charts.
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Music Review: Black 47 - Iraq
 My Old Kentucky Blog: Black 47 : Iraq : The MP3 blog that puts some stank in it.
CD Review: Black 47 – Iraq « Lucid Culture
 FOX & Friends - FOXNews.com
After playing The World Cafe in Philly the night before, we stayed up all night to be at the Fox studio in NYC at 5 am to play live on Fox & [Friends].
Studio 360: Stop-Loss, Black 47, Stew National Guard Captain Padraic Lilly related to Black 47's music instantly. When bandleader Larry Kirwan started hearing from soldiers like Lilly, their experiences fed a new batch of songs about the Iraq war. But Black 47's anti-war message doesn't sit well with all of its fans. Produced by Trent Wolbe.
 3/29/2008 Great theater, great crowd, great gig.
PLAYBACK:stl - SEE THE LIGHT - Black 47 | Iraq (United For Opportunity)
 Donegal Saloon Kearny NJ 4/12/2008
RAYSREALM: A Current Day Classic BLACK 47 – “Iraq” CD ’08
Black 47 - Downtown Baghdad Blues. FMTV Live Ep 31 Video Jamie Lamm used to run this very cool show called Fearless Music (FearlessMusic.com). He's a bass player who played on a Copernicus tour that Hammy and I were on.
YouTube - Black 47 -Sunrise On Brooklyn video by Rik Sansone
Program from the Black 47 gig at the Whitaker Underground at STAGE TWO in Harrisberg PA - The Election tour (PDF)
Tour of Ireland 2009 Join Black 47 Live as they play on their 2oth anniversity (PDF)
Duggan vs Paulson Article from The Irish Echo
ZNet - St. Patty's & Iraq By Alexander Billet
Kick off St. Paddy’s Day with Black 47 - The Phoenix Timeout: Serving Phoenixville, PA
We opened for The Dropkick Murphys at the House of Blues Boston for two nights, 3/15-16/2009. The first night, Mark Lind opened for us.
The second night Stigma opened. I've known Vinny Stigma (guitar) since he began with Agnostic Front in the early 80's when they rehearsed at
Giant. After Stigma finished their set, the Dropkick's
tour manager told us to go on 15 minutes late and do an hour set instead of the 40 minute set we were contracted for. Apparently Ken Casey, the
Dropkick's bass player was in the hospital and they needed extra time to get him out for the gig.
And of course no Tour would be complete without the "Typed Sheet" or as the band likes to call it, The Book of Lies.
 May 24, 2009
After 7 weeks off, which we haven't done in 20 years, the band played a slammin' gig at the E. Durham Irish Festival. Joe was absent doing another gig so we had Sean Tierney on Pipes.
He did a great job for his first Black 47 show. Bearclaw was on his honeymoon so Ginz filled in on the bass. The Reggae tune "Three Little Birds" was pumpin'.
Then it was back to the Blackthorne for a 1:00 AM show. All in all it was a great double-header day.
7/11/2009 outdoor gig in Albany NY on the river
Pandora internet radio - Black 47
Celtic Folk Punk and More: BLACK47 - Live in Lewiston, August 2009
The Blackthorne Resort's Labor Day Weekend 2009 We played "The Wedding Reel" and "Long Hot Summer Comin On" for the first time on Friday (9/4/2009). We're set to record those and 10 other new songs for a new album on Sept. 23.
Newport Irish Festival men dancing While Joe drank Bacardi Big Apple rum all day in the van ride from The Blackthorne to The Newport RI Irish Festival, Joey 'knobs' was learning his new effects box. Here's the culmination of that day (9/5/2009)
Black 47’s ‘Bearclaw’ keeps the bass beat | Entertainment in Ireland and Around the World | IrishCentral
I met Tommy Meares, the trombone player who was subbing in Funktion 11, the band that was on before us.
He has started and is Vice-Chairman of a Non-Profit Corporation called the "Irish-American Cultural Exchange".
12/12/2009 The last gig of 2009 before New Years was at Connollys. It was a great crowd and a great gig. Dan Boujoulian was there video taping for his new web site called
visualnoiz. Baby Monroe sat in on Fire of Freedom. We played Bankers and Gansters, the title track of the album which
comes out March 2010. After the gig, Joe Mulvanerty hosted the after-glow party. This week's subject was "F$$k the Holidays". In attendence was a band called
Lily Sparks.
Album of the Day 8/25/10 « Lucid Culture
Posted by delarue
MurphGuide Entertainment - Connecting the Fun to the Fun People
Music of Ireland – Welcome to America tonight on WLIW - New York TV | Examiner.com 9/17/2010
Each member of the band was awarded a shillelagh by an official of the Leprechaun
Society of Clinton Massachsetts. Thanks to all for a great gig at the Town Hall on 2/26/2011
Richard Lloyd played with a power trio right before us. Great guitarist!
It was really good hanging with so many musicians I have known in New York over the years. We even had Caligula aka. Frank Gallagher
doing sound. What a treat.
Ongo | What our critics are listening to
JUN 11, 2011 ROCHESTER, NY INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FEST
Black 47’s tribute to New York punk rocker Joey Ramone | IrishCentral
The Westcott Theater in Syracuse NY is an old theater that sounds great for live music. The Limerick Pub in downtown Syracuse invited the whole
band for a drink after the gig. I hooked up with my friend Dennis Heaphy there for a couple. He's the repair man for the Statue of Liberty.
15th Annual Irish 2000 Music & Arts Festival at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds - The Glengarry Bhoys went on right before us.
The Knickerbocker Cafe Westerly RI 3/2/2012 - Great food, great sound, great staff, great venue
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