Fiddler's Green is a German band that plays Irish folk music. Formed in 1990, their first concert under the name of Fiddler's Green was at the Newcomer-Festival in Erlangen in November 1990. Their debut album entitled "Fiddler's Green" was released in 1992 and featured both live and studio tracks, some traditional and some original material. It was released on their own label, Deaf Shepherd Recordings. The band has been signed to a major label, but chose to go back to being independent. The band members themselves refer to their music as Irish Speedfolk, as opposed to Folk rock or Irish folk.[1]
The band has kept up the mix of traditional Irish or Scottish songs and self-written tracks, though the self-written tracks have progressively become less and less folky. The band's influences are wide and varied, but obviously heavily influenced by Celtic rock bands like the Pogues, the Waterboys and Great Big Sea. Recent albums also see a clear influence from Gothic rock music. Having enjoyed growing success in and around Germany, the band reached 1000 played concerts in 2004 (the only band member to play them all is bass player Rainer Schulz), which was celebrated with a concert at Castle Hoheneck. This concert was filmed and released on two DVDs: Celebrate! and Jubilate! The concert saw participation from former band members and other guest musicians. Main lyric and music writer Peter Pathos left the band in summer 2006 and was replaced by Patrick 'Pat' Prziwara. A live DVD Folk's not dead was released to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary in 2010.[2]
Fiddler's Green performing at the "Folk am Neckar" folk festival 2013 in Neckarelz
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^"Discographie Fiddler's Green". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^. Musicline.de (in German). Phononet GmbH. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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Not to be confused with Fiddler's Green also the name of an Indian jam band playing acoustic folk music from all around the world. Band members are Arko Mukherjee, Diptanshu Roy, Ritoban Das & Shamik Chatterjee
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For other uses see Fiddler s Green disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fiddler s Green band news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Fiddler s Green is a German band that plays Irish folk music Formed in 1990 their first concert under the name of Fiddler s Green was at the Newcomer Festival in Erlangen in November 1990 Their debut album entitled Fiddler s Green was released in 1992 and featured both live and studio tracks some traditional and some original material It was released on their own label Deaf Shepherd Recordings The band has been signed to a major label but chose to go back to being independent The band members themselves refer to their music as Irish Speedfolk as opposed to Folk rock or Irish folk 1 Fiddler s GreenFiddler s Green in 2010Background informationOriginErlangen GermanyGenresIrish folk Folk rock Folk punk SpeedfolkYears active1990 presentLabelsDeaf Shepherd RecordsMembersRalf Albers Tobias Anton Heindl Rainer Schulz Stefan Klug Frank Jooss Patrick PrziwaraPast membersDr Robert Oppel 1990 1991 Eric Obst 1990 1995 Wolfram Kellner 1995 2000 Tobias Rempe 1991 1995 Tobias Schafer 1995 2000 Peter Pathos Peter Muller 1990 2006 Websitewww fiddlers de The band has kept up the mix of traditional Irish or Scottish songs and self written tracks though the self written tracks have progressively become less and less folky The band s influences are wide and varied but obviously heavily influenced by Celtic rock bands like the Pogues the Waterboys and Great Big Sea Recent albums also see a clear influence from Gothic rock music Having enjoyed growing success in and around Germany the band reached 1000 played concerts in 2004 the only band member to play them all is bass player Rainer Schulz which was celebrated with a concert at Castle Hoheneck This concert was filmed and released on two DVDs Celebrate and Jubilate The concert saw participation from former band members and other guest musicians Main lyric and music writer Peter Pathos left the band in summer 2006 and was replaced by Patrick Pat Prziwara A live DVD Folk s not dead was released to celebrate the band s 20th anniversary in 2010 2 Fiddler s Green performing at the Folk am Neckar folk festival 2013 in Neckarelz Contents 1 Members 1 1 Current lineup 1 2 Former members 2 Discography 2 1 Studio albums 2 2 Live albums 3 References 4 External linksMembers editCurrent lineup edit Ralf Albi Albers vocals guitar Irish bouzouki mandolin 1990 present Rainer Schulz bass 1990 present Stefan Klug accordion bodhran 1991 present Tobias Heindl violin vocals 2000 present Frank Jooss drums percussion 2001 present Patrick Pat Prziwara vocals guitar 2006 present Former members edit Robert Oppel violin 1990 1991 Eric Obst drums 1990 1995 Tobias Rempe violin 1991 1995 Tobias Schafer violin 1995 2000 Wolfram Kellner drums 1995 2001 Peter Pathos guitar mandolin banjo flute 1990 2006 Discography editStudio albums edit Year Title German album charts 3 1992 Fiddler s Green 1993 Black Sheep 1995 King Shepherd 1996 Make Up Your Mind 1997 On and On 61 1998 Spin Around 2000 Another Sky 2002 Folk Raider 2003 Nu Folk 2007 Drive Me Mad 74 2009 Sports Day at Killaloe 52 2011 Wall of Folk 24 2013 Winners amp Boozers 7 2015 25 Blarney Roses 30 2016 Devil s Dozen 22 2019 Heyday 7 2020 3 Cheers for 30 Years 91 2022 Seven Holy Nights 40 2023 The Green Machine 5 Live albums edit Year Title German album charts 4 1993 Stagebox 2005 Celebrate 2005 Jubilate DVD 2010 Folk s not dead DVD 76 2012 Acoustic Pub Crawl unplugged 2015 25 Blarney Roses Live from Cologne References edit Biography Fiddler s Green Fiddlers de Retrieved 14 August 2016 permanent dead link Sascha Blach 16 July 2010 Fiddler s Green proklamieren Folk s Not Dead Zillo MusikMagazin in German Zillo MusicMedia Verlag GmbH dead link Discographie Fiddler s Green GfK Entertainment Retrieved 14 March 2019 Fiddler s Green Longplay Chartverfolgung Musicline de in German Phononet GmbH Archived from the original on 15 January 2016 Retrieved 14 August 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fiddler s Green Official website German Fansite Der grune Geiger Tobias Heindl Not to be confused with Fiddler s Green also the name of an Indian jam band playing acoustic folk music from all around the world Band members are Arko Mukherjee Diptanshu Roy Ritoban Das amp Shamik Chatterjee Image https www bbc co uk programmes p037b73x p037bbsl http fiddlersgreen in Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fiddler 27s Green band amp oldid 1218302864, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
