The Rye are an extraordinary four-piece from the West Coast of Ireland. They present one of the freshest and most exciting approaches to Irish Music heard in recent times.
PlayList
The Rye's set can range from 45 min to 2 and a half hr. While mainly original, the set features a strong Irish music component. Included are a number of traditional songs, tunes and covers, made to stand out through their idiosyncratic arrangements in true Rye Style. The Dutch Girl (comp/arr The Rye) Away (comp/arr The Rye) Fishin' (comp/arr The Rye) Na mBaneeni (comp/arr The Rye) Arkle Mountain (trad/arr The Rye) Banana Song (comp/arr The Rye) Folsom Prison Blues (comp Johnny Cash/arr The Rye Little Maggie (trad/arr The Rye) There is a Moth at Your Window (comp/arr The Rye) The Big Dip (comp/arr The Rye) Polcat Blues (trad/arr The Rye) Barry Wallace's Hornpipe (comp/arr The Rye) Square Peig (arr The Rye, listen at www.myspace.com/theryeband) Hotel Yorba (comp White Stripes/arr The Rye) Syko and the Beast (comp/arr The Rye) Lord Howsagoin (comp/arr The Rye) An Ould Song (comp/arr The Rye) The Blue Hour (comp/arr The Rye) Dance with You (comp/arr The Rye) Vodka and Chocolate (comp/arr The Rye) Lovebirds (comp/arr The Rye) many covers available on request.
Previous Gigs
The Rye's gigs include, The Electric Picnic, The Life Festival, Knockenstocken Festival, ShakeFest, support slots to Mary Coughlan, Delorentos, The Pale, three Germany Tours, including an open air gig for the St. Patrick's Day Celebrations in Munich with an audience of some fifteen thousand and headlining NCAD's Oxjam and Christmas Ball as well as many pub, club and private events.
