Basic Information

Label: Unsigned
Members: Kevin Melly- Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar,Cian Murderface Mulligan-5string Banjo,Electric Guitar, Barry Wallace-Bass,Banjo, Des Harrington-Drums,Harmonica

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The Rye
Galway, IE        Folk / Roots Music / world

Bio

The Rye are an extraordinary five-piece from the West Coast of Ireland. They present one of the freshest and most exciting approaches to Irish Music heard in recent times. Mike Farragher of NYC's Irish Voice puts it thus: "The Rye play, in their words, 'savage driven ceoil.' They throw together modern rock melodies into a stew of expert traditional playing, turn-on-a-dime chops rarely seen outside a lower Manhattan jazz club, and an irreverence that ties the whole package together in a rowdy,...

Press

"No one embodies the spirit of Jerry Garcia quite like the Rye, my new favorite band, frantic fiddling against a stomping beat and wicked acoustic licks."
—  Mike Farragher, The Irish Voice Magazine(US)

Chart Position

Folk charts
for Galway, IE.

Artist Stats

Fans: 8,458
Song Plays: 1,401
Visits: 1,874
Video Plays: 261
Widget Hits: 18,652

Status

Status: recording

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Contact
Mar 23, 2009 at 08:13 AM
info@therye.ie banjo.55@hotmail.com

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