The Celtic Social Club – Summer Tour 2018 (Live 2018) (2018) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Three years of existence, a second album A NEW KIND OF FREEDOM which makes definitively jump the locks of the borders and the chapels, a new international tour (United States, China, Turkey, Switzerland) carried by their scenic power and the enthusiasm media (France 2, Europe 1, The World, Rolling Stone, The Parisian, the Echoes, West France, the Telegram): the seven French-Scottish decidedly go very fast … Faithful to roots that she profane with love in a An adventurous and generous makeover of rock, folk, pop and groove, the popular, energetic and syncretic music of The Celtic Social Club redefines the contours and possibilities of “traditional music” by propelling it towards new horizons.

After an inaugural concert on July 18, 2014 in front of 50,000 spectators at the Festival des Vieilles Charrues (France), what was to be a creation in “one shot” embarks for a first tour of fifty dates in France and internationally (United States, China, Switzerland, Germany, Vietnam, Algeria), with a first album sold to nearly 10,000 copies. Created, on the model of the “Buena Vista Social Club” and the “New Orleans Social Club”, by the drummer and producer Manu Masko, their repertoire infuses a saving savvy with the old Celtic melodies of the XVII, XVIII or XIX century, gleaned in Britain, Ireland, Scotland and Asturia. Between Clash roots and Pogues in their best form, the magic of this commando operation brought into the 21st century, a traditional music rid of the clichés and imposed kind. The closing tour of the first album will be in the heart of the legendary Central Park, October 1, 2016, for the 25th anniversary of Vieilles Charrues in New York, where The Celtic Social Club literally embarked the 5,000 spectators gathered in the heart of Manhattan.

With the release in May 2017 of A NEW KIND OF FREEDOM (10/10, Sony), the second radical and unifying album, impressive of power and maturity, the gang pushes even further the articulation between modernity and tradition, leaning on his flawless songwriting and a more rock sound.

Between melodic punch-line, acoustic fever, electric fury, beat-trans, virtuosity and conquering hymns, this big record of an authentic “dancing band” of the XXI century proudly proclaims that miscegenation and bastardy are the weapons of this ” new kind of freedom “.

After an emblematic comeback at the Vieilles Charrues festival in July 2017, then at the Interceltique Festival in Lorient, and a new week-long tour in the United States in September, THE CELTIC SOCIAL CLUB is definitely an impressive stage group. powerful, welded, inventive and all terrain, able to smile and dance all audiences and geographies. Manu Masko (drums), virtuosos of Breton traditional music Ronan Le Bars (uilleann pipe) and Pierre Stephan (violin), bassist Richard Puaud, harmonica and washboard by Mathieu Péquériau, banjo, mandolin and guitar by Goulven Hamel, and their new Irish singer Dan Donnelly (The Levellers, The Oyster Band, The Wonder Stuff), seem to have found the magic formula. Installed in the great world music concert of the world and working on his third album, The Celtic Social Club has not finished talking about him.

Tracklist:
01. The Celtic Social Club – When You Need Someone (Live 2018)
02. The Celtic Social Club – A New Kind of Freedom (Live 2018)
03. The Celtic Social Club – Make It Right (Live 2018)
04. The Celtic Social Club – Hoolieman (Live 2018)
05. The Celtic Social Club – After the Fall #2 (Live 2018)
06. The Celtic Social Club – A Dub for Black Donald (Live 2018)
07. The Celtic Social Club – Lucy Wan (Live 2018)
08. The Celtic Social Club – Rose in the Heather (Live 2018)
09. The Celtic Social Club, Danny Diatribe, Guizmo – Celtic Social Club (Live 2018)
10. The Celtic Social Club, Danny Diatribe, Guizmo, Dan Ar Braz – Goadec in Da Club (Live 2018)

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