Fiddler's Green (band)

Fiddler’s Green
Fiddler's Green in 2010
Fiddler's Green in 2010
Background information
Origin Erlangen, Germany
Genres Irish folk, Folk rock, Folk punk, Speedfolk
Years active 1990–present
Labels Deaf Sheperd Records
Website www.fiddlers.de
Members

Ralf Albers
Tobias Anton Heindl
Rainer Schulz
Stefan Klug
Frank Jooss

Patrick Prziwara
Past members

Robert Oppel (1990 - 1991)
Eric Obst (1990 - 1995)
Wolfram Kellner (1995 - 2000)
Tobias Rempe (1991 - 1995)
Tobias Schäfer (1995 - 2000)

Peter Pathos (Peter Müller) (1990 - 2006)

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

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title German album charts[3]
1992Fiddler's Green —
1993Black Sheep —
1995King Shepherd —
1996Make Up Your Mind —
1997On and On 61
1998Spin Around —
2000Another Sky —
2002Folk Raider —
2003Nu Folk —
2007Drive Me Mad! 74
2009Sports Day at Killaloe 52
2011Wall of Folk 24
2013Winners & Boozers 7
201525 Blarney Roses 30
2016Devil's Dozen 22

Live albums

Year Title German album charts[3]
1993Stagebox —
2005Celebrate! —
2005Jubilate! (DVD) —
2010Folk's not dead (DVD) 76
2012Acoustic Pub Crawl (unplugged) —
201525 Blarney Roses: Live from Cologne —

References

  1. ↑ "Biography - Fiddler's Green". Fiddlers.de. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Sascha, Blach (16 July 2010). "Fiddler's Green proklamieren: "Folk's Not Dead"!". Zillo MusikMagazin (in German). Zillo MusicMedia Verlag GmbH.
  3. 1 2 "Fiddler's Green Longplay-Chartverfolgung". Musicline.de (in German). Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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