Hunger Mountain Boys in Ireland, 5-11 July

Thanks to Ailis Corey for the news that Moving On Music will present the Hunger Mountain Boys on Sunday 6 July at the Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast. Doors 8.00 p.m. Tickets £10/£7 from Belfast Welcome Centre (028 9024 6609) and online.

Featuring Kip Beacco (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals), Matt Downing (string bass, vocals), and Teddy Weber (guitar, steel guitar, vocals), the Hunger Mountain Boys have released four full-length albums in five years, toured extensively, and opened shows for such Americana icons as Taj Mahal, Doc Watson, Iris DeMent, and Ralph Stanley. They recreate the vitality of the 'Golden Age of Country Music', when old-time music was merging with vaudeville, ragtime, and jazz, and evolving into western swing and early bluegrass. Their original material comes from the same roots. Highly recommended. For more about the Hunger Mountain Boys, log on to their website or MySpace site. Read the full text of the Moving On Music release on the band and this show here.

Moving On Music is a non-profit company and registered charity, which has promoted jazz, blues, traditional, world, and electronic music in Northern Ireland since its establishment in 1995. In early September Moving On Music will be bringing the Hot Club of Cowtown across the Atlantic to play in the Black Box and in Letterkenny's Regional Cultural Centre. MOM is also handling the Crooked Jades tour mentioned in the BIB post of 6 June. For further information, contact Ailis Corey at Moving on Music, by sending an e-mail, or by telephoning 028 9024 8818.

The Black Box show forms part of a Hunger Mountain Boys tour in Ireland and Scotland. As shown on the band's tour schedule, the Ireland dates are:

Sat. 5th July: Cork Midsummer Festival, the Pavilion, Carey's Lane, 8.00 p.m.
Sun. 6th: The Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast
Wed. 9th: The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
Thurs. 10th: Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Fri. 11th: Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

These will be followed by seven dates in Scotland.