The Weekly Update - James
The past couple of weeks have been hectic!.. we have just finished the recording of our 4th album and itâs our third stable sessions!.. It was great to be back in the stable again with the whole team! The amazing Eoin Morresy recording the music and our amazing camera crew with director Dara McConnel, Oleg Rue, Mark OâRourke and young Shane also was a new camera man for this one!.. Their was also the amazingly talented David who is both a photographer,camera man,musician,and also video editor extremely talented guy!.. We have the Rose Of Tralee festival coming up next week and Iâm really looking forward to it as their will be lots of friends from my home town there because itâs very near where I grew up!. After that we are off to Norway again in September to Oslo for four nights of gigging in the Dubliner⊠So for now itâs just rehearsals and preparations for the upcoming dates we have!.. Thatâs all from me for this week folks until next time over and out-J  #lovenafiann
As you can see, irish band Na Fianna ( @itsnafiannamusicstuff ) are set to return to the fabulous pub The Dubliner in Oslo in a couple of weeks. We surely are bunch of lucky northerners to have these guys back again. I remember seeing them for the first time in Dublin back in late 2014. We were out looking for a place to have dinner, since the restaurant at the hotel was closed that evening, and we ended up at an âirish nightâ-show with dinner, dancing and Na Fianna performing. And there was something special about this band. We asked the waitress for the name of the band afterwards and she wrote it down on a little piece of paper which we brought with us back to Norway. I think their first visit to The Dubliner, Oslo was in early 2015. Unfortunatley we didnât know of that visit, but the band returned in October the same year, as well as in February this year. And we managed to make it to the capital both times, as we hope to do now when theyâre back in September.
I remember someone (sorry, donât remember whom!) writing on Twitter something like this: âWhen you hear someone perform a trad song also done by Na Fianna and you realise itâs just not the sameâ. That is so true. Na Fianna really put âtheir own touchâ to the songs they play. Itâs a genuine Na Fianna style to it, and thatâs what makes their versions of the songs so good. That, and the fact that they rather play an old forgotten sea shanty than a sing-along-classic (although they occasionally throw one or two in), is why my fiancĂ© and I keep trying to catch the few chances we get to see this band live. And the reason why you should take every chance you can get to see Na Fianna live. These are four very nice guys and very talented musicians who deserve all the recognition they can get. So, if youâre in Oslo September 7-10, track down The Dubliner. I promise you will have a fabulous evening.Â
If I managed to catch your attention, you can listen to their albums over at Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/00nr8rkfxyzlkyRkqH9xfR and if you like what you here, head over to their website http://nafiannamusic.com/ and buy the music. And spread the word. Never forget to support the music you like!