From: John Howson [john_at_veteranmailorder_dot_fsnet_dot_co_dot_uk]

Sent: 10 December 2012 11:23

Subject: News from Veteran

Veteran Mail Order Newsletter

Lots of news from Veteran Towers this year and first off of course is our brilliant new CD from two of Ireland's greatest traditional singers: John and Tim Lyons.

?Easy & Bold!'
The Lyons brothers were born in Turner's Cross, a suburb of Cork city. John is now seventy-nine and Tim is four years younger. Their grandfather was a stone-mason living in Mulcarthy's Bridge, near Banteer, Co. Cork. He was a member of the Irish Land League, a political organisation which sought to help poor tenant farmers and the family were evicted from their home, giving a certain poignancy to one of their songs ?The Bold Tenant Farmer'. The family eventually moved to Wolverhampton in the 1950s.

After spending their lives criss-crossing the Irish sea for work, singing and music have been, and are still a very important part of what these two brothers do. They have now settled back home and John's children Aisling and Sean are continuing their musical tradition and they join John's accordion. playing concertina and whistle on four tracks on the CD. John and Tim have a repertoire of songs which has been gathered over many years and amazingly they have rarely shared a stage. So here we have a special collection of songs as well as some great tunes: The Limerick Rake ; After Aughrim ; Anach Cuain ; Con Cassidy's /MulQueeny's (slides) ;Goodbye (O M?ire B?n) ; Killnamartyra Exile ; The Bold Tenant Farmer ; The Honeymoon /Humours of Tulla (reels) ; The May Morning Dew ; Droighnean Donn ; Crossroads Ceili /McGonigal's (barndances) ; Lie Like A Frog ; The Green Linnet ; The Knocknaboul Polkas ; Bold Thady Quill.

VT158CD John & Tim Lyons - Easy & Bold CD - ?11.95 - (?14.82) + P+P Add to Basket

Downloads
Not only is this new album available as a physical CD it has joined the rest of the Veteran catalogue of CDs which are now all available as a downloads from all major download retailers including:
iTunes Play.com napster emusic amazon.co.uk hmv.com

New Website
Finally, news of our new website: www.veteran.ie which specialises in Irish music and songs. Our original website: www.veteran.co.uk continues and will be the place to find English and Scottish material whilst all Irish CDs and DVDs have been moved to the new site. This has enabled us to include hundreds more albums, and there are even more being added over the coming months. Have a look today and check out the pages on Fiddle, Uilleann Pipes, Flute, Tin Whistle, Button Accordion, Melodeon, Concertina, Mouthorgan, Banjo, Harp, Bodhran, Ceili Bands, Duos, Groups, Songs sung in English, Songs sung in Irish, Storytellers, Compilations and DVDs.

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