Samples of the songs from Switchback's new album Ghosts of the River Folk

Coming up:

 

Iowa Irish Fest

Fri & Sat August 6-7

Waterloo, Iowa

Click here for a video of Switchback performing "Spancil Hill" at last year's Iowa Irish Fest.

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8th Annual Haybarn Rendezvous, August 19 - 22, 2010

 

Please join us for our annual Haybarn Rendezvous at The Natural Gait near Marquette, Iowa. This activity-filled music festival features Switchback and a great musical line-up.

 

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Switchback's "The Celtic Sessions" are now airing on PBS stations throughout the United States

 

KLRU Austin, TX

Thursday, July 29 at 9 pm CDT

Thursday, August 5 at 2 am CDT

Saturday, August 7 at 2 am CDT

 

NHPTV Durham, NH

Friday, July 30 at 11 pm EDT

Saturday, July 31 at 3 am EDT

 

KET Lexington, KY

Sunday, August 15 at 3:00 am EDT

 

 

The Vintage Collection Now Available for Digital Download

Twenty of Switchback's most classic songs, recorded between 1993 and 2003, are now available for digital download here on our website for .99 each or $15.88 for the whole collection (a savings of $4).

Click here to order tracks from "The Vintage Collection"

 

 

 

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Switchback brings early rock vibe to 'Ghosts'

By Pete Maher
Publisher & Editor
Midwest Irish Focus

Spending some time with Switchback's latest release "Ghosts of the River Folk" I could not shake a sense of déjà vu...Then it hit me that what I was hearing was very similar in tone and delivery to one of my favorite periods in rock history - that innocent period just after the break from traditional folk but just before drugs began to become commonplace. A time when lyrics were cleanly delivered, the melodies were catchy and the message was optimistic. Click to read the entire review.

 

Two new Switchback videos on YouTube

Check out Banshee Gumbo and Climb that Mountain, two original songs from the Switchback archives. This is Marty and Brian at their best, performing to a sold-out crowd at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey, MI. in the fall of 2006.

 

 

The Celtic Collection

26 of our most popular Irishtunes are available for purchase exclusively here on our website as digital downloads. Just go to the Switchback music page, let the Bandbox player load, and click on the "Celtic Collection" icon within the player (tiny version of the photo shown here). You will be able to click on the song titles and listen to the songs, check the boxes to the left to purchase tracks, or click "buy full album". Individual tracks from the Celtic Collection can be digitally downloaded for 99 cents/ea or you can buy all 26 songs for $23.99. Click here to preview or purchase.

 

Shrine of Pompeii, Italy

videos are posted on YouTube

Five new videos are posted on YouTube of Marty and Brian's performance of their "Mass of the Living Water" at the Sanctuario di Pompei (Shrine of Pompeii) in Pompeii, Italy. These original tunes were performed at one of the most sacred churches in Italy during Switchback's tour of the Amalfi Coast in February 2010. Click here to go to Switchback's YouTube channel to view these and many other Switchback videos.

 

Check out Marty's notes and Brian's verse from the recent trips to Ireland and Italy on the Journal page!

 

Radio Submit is calling Ghosts of the River Folk

some of the best to be released in 2010

Radio Submit is calling Ghosts of the River Folk "some of the best Roots/Americana Country, Roots Rock, Pop and Folk music to be released to radio in 2010. This album has it all and is sure to please any music lover." Radio Submit is the #1 Music To Radio Distribution Site in the U.S.A.

 

Ghosts of the River Folk Digital Downloads NOW ONLINE!

You can download MP3 files from the new album on our Music page. Please click here to purchase and download tracks from the newest album - Ghosts of the River Folk or purchase the entire album as a digital download from our Music page.

 

Switchback's album Bolinree is now playing on Pandora Internet Radio

Pandora has accepted Bolinree into its internet radio database which, as their website says, is the most sophisticated collection of musical information ever gathered. Now you can listen to Bolinree on Pandora! 

 

 

Switchback rocked FitzGerald's with their sizzling performance of "Jesse Taylor's Nightmare", now viewable on our video gallery page. Also check out the party video here and the gallery of photos from the event!

 

The Ghosts of the River Folk CD release party

was a huge success!

Thanks to all who attended the CD release party on 1/16 at FitzGerald's and who logged on to watch the live webcast. Marty, Brian and the band jammed to an enthusiastic sold-out crowd for almost four hours!

 

Ghosts of the River Folk on Insomnia Radio

"Black Mountain" from the new album was featured on the international indie music website Insomnia Radio . Insomnia Radio has websites in cities and countries all over the world, from Chicago to the UK and Turkey to New Zealand. Please check out the website and listen to Black Mountain, featured in the Daily Dose.