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Ní Neart Go Cur Le Ch​é​ile

by Forfocséic

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1.
Connolly Was There 03:08
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2.
Rise Up The Starry Plough 03:02
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3.
Workers Song 03:29
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4.
Streams of Whiskey 02:19
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Go On Home, British Soldiers 03:02
6.
Whiskey In The Jar (ft. Jacqui Cheng) 03:26
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7.
Connolly Was There (Acoustic) 03:07
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Rise Up The Starry Plough (Acoustic) 03:07
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Streams of Whiskey (Acoustic) 02:18
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Workers Song (Acoustic) 03:29
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11.
Whiskey In The Jar (Acoustic) — ft. Jacqui Cheng 03:26
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An ongoing collection of Celtic Punk tunes, arranged and recorded by Boston-based singer/songwriter Thom Dunn (the Roland High Life). New songs will be added every month, but the album price will go up, too — so buy it early, and come back every month for more downloads!

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It all started with "Fuck the Police."

Boston-based singer/songwriter Thom Dunn (the Roland High Life) cracked a joke on Twitter about the similarities between the NWA hip-hop anthem and the classic Irish rebel song, "Come Out Ye Black and Tans." He was rehearsing for an upcoming Irish folk music gig, and realized that NWA was really just doing an updated take on Dominic Behan. The tweet took off, so Thom quickly recorded a mash-up of the two songs, which swiftly garnered thousands of plays, and it became a fun part of Irish music sets.

That was 2019. The following year, Thom booked a string of St. Patrick's Day shows as his mashup got more and more popular — but the world had other plans for March 2020. When it began looking like he wouldn't get to return to the stage in March 2021 either, Thom decided to find another way to share his favorite Irish songs. He wanted to record something that his dad would listen to with his friends at the pub — but also something that would catch on with his indie rock and hipster fans, that highlighted some of the more revolutionary parts of Ireland's post-colonial history that are sadly still relevant to so many struggles today.

This home recording effort became "Forfocséic, Vol. 1," — named for the Gaelicized slang version of a common English utterance in many Irish and Irish-American homes. "Forfocséic, Vol. 1" featured 7 songs about liberation (plus a Rubberbandits cover, just for shits and giggles). As soon as the album took off, fans began asking when there'd be a volume two. So Thom turned "Forfocséic" into an annual tradition, with a second collection featuring songs about whiskey and worker's rights in 2022, and a third one to follow.

Each "Forfocséic" experience also became an opportunity for Thom to practice and hone his producing and arranging skills. So he kept this going, too, by doing the inevitable thing that everyone figured he would do as someone was raised on punk rock and Irish music: he became a Celtic Punk band, re-purposing the tracks from his previous recordings and turning them into full-blast rock songs.

And that is how a random joke about a 90s rap song and the original IRA turned into the most prolific project of Thom's 20+ year musical career.

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released July 1, 2022

Thom Dunn — Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Mandolin, Woodrow / Upright Appalachian Dulcimer, Programming, Mixing, Mastering, etc.

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Forfocséic is the Celtic Punk solo side project of Boston-based singer/songwriter Thom Dunn (the Roland High Life). New songs are added every month!

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