Fleadh, in it's present line up was formed at the end of 2007.
The original band goes back as far as 1999 and the only remaining founder of that era is Uilleann Pipes player Frank Weber.
Frank Dürschner (mandolin, banjo, vocals) and Tommy Gorny (guitar, vocals) are other long standing members.
With the recruitment of vocalist Saoirse Mhór
and fiddle player Marcus Eichenlaub they received the needed 'breath of fresh air' to move the band forward.
The two Franks and Marcus are avid sessionists, regularly playing in the many Irish Pubs around the Pfalz area.
Regular visits to Ireland keep them constantly in superb playing form.
Fleadh seek to combine this section of the band with the vocalist/singer approach of Saoirse.
Saoirse gets around Germany too - busking on the streets and at Street Artist Festivals in major German cities.
Tommy is the heartbeating drive on guitar in Fleadh.
Intricate detailed arrangements and pulsating rhythm weaving through jigs, reels and songs.
Tommy is also a well weathered musician known for his playing with the band Space Debris.
Working as an Irish Folk Band Fleadh do not wish to leave the path for Middle Age Music
or the all too eminent Acid / Punk / Neo Folk.
Fleadh want to retain the respect for Irish music and yet seek to mix styles and ryhthm
but still stay within the boundaries of Folk. Singing and playing. That’s Fleadh!
Add Fleadh to your Festival, Concert or Cultural evening and get your piece of Ireland!
Neustadt an der Weinstraße
zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung von
Ramona Hoffmann
Südeingang Klemmhofpassage
ab 19:00 Uhr (Kurzprogramm, Eintritt frei)
Einladung hier.
1.01.2011
Article in the Herzschlag Erlebnisjournal Pfalz-Rhein-Neckar:
(with kind permission of Hans Kraus and Herzschlag Erlebnisjournal)
25.12.2010
Fleadh becomes "Band of the Year 2010" of the the Rhine-Neckar TV and the October Clip is re-shown in the official Year 2010 Review:
(with kind permission of RNF)
