About
Although only together for a year and a half, Fling have already played many a gig including the Electric Picnic, Body and Soul, Spirit of Folk festival, Green Village Festival, Festival of the Fires, the White Horse Sessions, the Galway-Sterling Sessions and were head-liners at the Galway Americana Festival 2010. They were also invited by Guinness to perform as part of the Arthur's Day celebrations in Campbell's Tavern, Galway. Boyle's of Slane named them as one of the best acts ever to have performed there. It has been a very busy year for Fling.
The band have been flying literally around the world playing their music. Most recently they have just come back from their second tour in Denmark where along with playing sell out cultural festivals and Irish events, they also played in schools, promoting Irish music and culture to music students. Some of the highlights of their inaugural year were when they were invited to Shanghai, China where they performed at the St. Patrick's celebrations and a sell-out tour of Northern Spain.
In March, the band are returning to China for an extended tour.
Fling have received a very warm reaction from media and audiences and their music has been played on many radio stations, both nationally and internationally. Radio stations include Lyric FM (Ireland), Radio 1 ( John Creedon show), BBC Northern Ireland, Radio Liberté (France), Radio Gallego (Spain), WIKN (USA), Amazingtunes.fm (UK), and Radio 2 (Holland).
On November 11th 2011 the band released their debut album, eponymously named "Fling" . The album was recorded at Grouse Lodge in Westmeath and Sun St. studios in Tuam with the legendary Kenny Ralph, and the incredible musicianship has been enriched with guest musicians such as Steve Wickham from the Waterboys who adds his violin virtuosity on a couple of tracks. It was produced by Derek Murray (The Stunning),who also plays on a track, and mixed by Trevor Hutchinson (Lunasa), which all adds up to a fantastic sound! The album continues to receive very favourable reviews with the Hot Press describing the band as "Virtuosos".
The album is now officially released and is available in the following shops
Tower Records, Dublin;
HMV, Galway;
Claddagh and Celtic Jewellers, Galway;
The Record Room, Sligo;
E2 Records, Navan;
Downtown Records, Castlebar and Westport,
CD World, Drogheda.
Let us know if you would like a record shop in your area to stock it.
