Celebrate St Paddys with Mad Dog Mcrea

Celebrate St Paddys with Mad Dog Mcrea

Mad Dog Mcrea, Exeter Phoenix, Saturday 16th March, 8pm

With a fresh six piece and three albums, Mad Dog Mcrea blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and ‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and life to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies, Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs.

The band have just returned from their first major UK tour spreading the Mad Dog word across the country, and what a tour it was over 3000 tickets sold from The Isle of Sky to Lands End! With their acclaimed recent album The Whirling Dervish and plays by Mike Harding on Radio 2, Mad Dog are stepping up to meet their burgeoning fan base.

Find out more on the Mad Dog Mcrea website, Facebook and YouTube.

Support comes from Flats and Sharps plus Sound of the Sirens.

Flats and Sharps may be one of newest names on the British bluegrass/folk scene… Oh but what a band! They started to make a name for themselves while buskin’ in Penzance in Cornwall. They play bluegrass for the love of it and thrill audiences with their harmonies and the way they engage with them. Their aim is: “to put a smile on your face, get your toes a tappin’ and make you feel good.”

Find out more on the Flats and Sharps website, Facebook and YouTube.

Three girls, two guitars, one stomp box.

Formed out of a desire to create music, Exeter-based, all-girl acoustic trio, Sound of The Sirens, ‘provide some of the most amazing vocal harmonies I have ever heard, and quite possibly ever will hear’ (Keith’s reviews).

Abbe, Lisa and Hannah are passionate about the music they write and play and their live performances are charismatic and memorable.

“Their music may be heavily influenced by folk, but their vocal interplay takes its cue from the soul stylings of superstars Destiny’s Child and En Vogue.” (Coventry Telegraph).

“Each member of the band is a clear talent in their own right, but it is the combination of the three which creates the real magic, magnifying their individual strengths.” (Along The Floor and Up The Wall).

They feature regularly on local radio, have done intimate pub gigs with Ed Sheeran, Billy Bragg, Chris Woods, Cole Stacey, Rodney Brannigan and Jake Morley, played over 150 gigs in two years, a dozen festivals this year and are looking to concentrate on festivals for next year.

Find out more on the Sound of the Sirens website, Facebook or on Reverb Nation.

The git takes place at Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter EX4 3LS

Doors open at 8 pm. (Standing show)

Tickets cost £12 in advance and are available from the Exeter Phoenix box office, phone: 01392 667080 or online at Exeter Phoenix and Midnight Mango. Booking fees may apply.