The Young Folk is a young Irish folkgroup who released their first album “The Little Battle” last year. The bandmembers describe their music as “alternative folk”.
Having established an ardent following in Dublin, Ireland’s foremost alternative-folk-pop band The Young Folk look to take Europe in 2015. The Young Folk is perhaps as much a philosophy as it is a name. Hardly a strict folk outfit, The Young Folk acknowledge their folky influences while asserting their own youthful personae with a self-composed alt-folk-pop live set that can include (but is not limited to) acoustic and electric guitars, piano, bass, drums, mandolin, banjo, trombone, melodica, xylophone and harmonica.
The Young Folk “quite simply, one of the most promising young bands to come out of Ireland in several decades” – Maverick magazine
AlascA
Now you do not only hear the so called “paling sound” comming from Volendam, but also the picking of a banjo. “European country” is what AlascA calles it. Already three years ago, the debut album of the band was released titled: ‘Actors & Liars’, melting together the 60’s and 70’s with the indiescene of today to an icesolid album. This year, AlascA is kicking in the saloon doors with their second album, named ‘Prospero’. The mariachi trumpets and slide guitars are removed from their dust and together with the saloon piano give a rich and raw pallet. You will almost forget you are not in an old basement in New Orleans.
