Na Mahones ó Inis Beag


	Na Mahones ó Inis Beag

... or: Irish Folk is fun!!

On June 11th in 1993 the Mahones performed live for the first time ever. At that time, the astonished audience counted 13 of them on stage which was almost as crowded as the legendary Café Fritz in Baden (their home town), Austria. Since then, alot might have changed - alot except one thing: The fun in making music never got lost! Further more, they distilled and matured their own style and apart from playing the well-known and loved Traditionals they increasingly perform their own songs.

The band started its career in playing cover versions of songs from famous bands from Ireland and England, like The Pogues or the Oysterband. Later they added not only characteristic dances from north-western areas of Europe to their set but also not so well known material. More and more they proved their good feeling for Irish music by their own varied arranged compositions based on the traditional instrumentation and the four vocal parts.

	Our CD: "Not to tame" - Mahones (2001)
	We tried to reflect the evolution of the band and of course of our music ;-) in the selection of the songs. Some of them we have been playing for years now and others just came to life during the recording sessions in the studio. To learn more about the songs on the CD or to download some of the samples (mp3), please click on the links in the songlist below. If you are still interested afterwards you may order the CD by sending an email to info@mahones.at. The price of the CD is € 13,50 (plus € 2,18 for postage and packaging in EU countries; for other countries please feel free to contact us).

	The Songs...
	Not to tame New shores/The Banshee (Instr.) Slices of summer Domesticated spirits Juniper Why should we tell lies? It isn't a glass of water (Instr.) How about life? The rambling Irish man Johnny I hardly knew ya I'm in grieve Kerry Polkas (Instr.) Deprivation of illusions All those things Leave her, Johnny, leave her

	Not to tame
	Be proud of your life and the world you are within, we all are part of creation not allowed to force each other down. We've got to respect nature, each creature - regarding to this we should not be to tame. Text: TMA (1994/1996) Musik: Flap Mahone (1996) Arrangement: Na Mahones ó Inis Beag (09/2001) See lyrics and Sample (mp3)
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