Here is an Irish ballad to get your spirits soaring. It speaks of the famous horse races at Galway that begin on the last Monday of July each year. It’s there that fortunes are lost and few if any ever made. There are fine ladies galore and drinkers and thinkers and stinkers and creeps. There […]
As will be seen from the following presentation, the tactic of hunger strike has been employed by Irish Republicans since the beginning of the 20th century. Irish martyrs first died on hunger strike in their fight against the British Occupation of Ireland just after the Easter Rising of 1916. Thomas Ashe perished in this way […]
Previously, Rebel Voice brought you this song as performed by the Scottish balladeer, Dick Gaughan. Parcel O’ Rogues – Dick Gahan This time, we present to you one of Ireland’s finest, Luke Kelly. Luke was a founding members of the Dubliners. His voice is special. It has the earthy and slightly rough tones of a working […]
John Spillane is a renowned singer-songwriter from the beautiful city of Cork in Ireland. He is a popular constant on both TV and radio on the Emerald Isle. Here is one of his better known ballads. The lyrics in this track are poetry and when set to the haunting melody serve to take the listener […]
Here’s a popular song from the sweatiest troubadour in Kildare. Christy Moore has been performing for a very long time. He has been in various bands, from Planxty to Moving Hearts to The Bothy Band. He has also carved out a successful career as a solo performer, and more recently has toured with the virtuoso […]
Here’s a timely ballad from a relative unknown, and up and coming star, of the Irish folk scene. If you like this, you can say that you heard this fine performer here first. If you don’t like it, then tell others that you heard it on the BBC… (ya gotta like his name if nothing […]
Many readers of Rebel Voice will know of Brendan Behan, poet, song writer, playwright and likable rogue. Fewer of you will be familiar with his younger brother, Dominic, who was five years his junior. Dominic Behan, who also went by his Gaelic name of Doiminic Ó Beacháin, was born on 22nd, October, 1918 and died […]
In the next video, Rebel Voice is pleased to present you with some music from an Ulster-Irish band called Cúig. This is traditional music at its best from a group of young performers of great skill. This band of Irish brothers will be one to watch for the future. By the way, Cúig means […]
They’re bold. They’re brash. They’re loud. They’re raucous. They’re The Pogues and they’re effin great. Here is a typically lively number from the Hiberno-English trad-punk maestros. If you enjoyed this, please share
The Pogues are at it again in this song. They are the connoisseurs of drunken commentary. Rebel Voice, being an Irish-based site, could not of course condone such drunken revelry… ahem… but stands by the right of others to engage in this behaviour so long as they don’t fall on you. This is but one […]
Here is The Pogues’ version of the popular and lively Ulster ballad. Needless to say, it’s a rollicking take on a classic tune from a land full of the same. Go easy on the whiskey when listening to this, though, as Rebel Voice does not want you to waken up in a strange bed with […]
Here’s another classic from the Hiberno-English trad-rock band that shook the Establishment in the eighties and nineties. Rebel Voice wishes it to be known that the lead singer of this group finally got new teeth! If you enjoyed this, please share
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