http://www.brianroebuck.com One of Irelands Finest Balladeers Wed, 14 May 2008 20:28:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mulligans, Manchester Mulligans 12 Southgate Deansgate M3 2RB tel: 0161 288 0006 'Liffey Street' will play Mulligans (Southgate, off Bridge Street) in Manchester on  Sundays (8:30pm) throughout the year from 1st June onwards. Brian will be there in great form along with renown all Ireland traditional musicians, Grace Kelly on whistles (and maybe vocals!!) and fiddler extrordinaire, Dezi Donnelly. ... http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/05/14/gig-guide-summer-2008/ Dublin In The Rare Ould Times sung by Brian Roebuck and written by Pete St. John http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/05/10/dublin-past-present/ Anyone who ever listened seriously to Irish folk music will have heard the distinctive sound of the Dubliners. If you heard the Dubliners you cannot have missed the distinctive voice of Luke Kelly. Sadly, Kelly died at the height of his popularity and probably years before he reached the peak ... http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/04/24/rambles-cultural-arts-magazine-review-of-a-song-for-luke-wexford-2006/ "The late Luke Kelly is a legend. Brian Roebuck is a Dublin man himself (from Drimnagh precisely), and Luke is his hero since the age of seven, when he started singing Dubliners songs and playing the banjo. Luke kept him from getting into rock'n'roll!! Brian, now based in Manchester, honours Luke's memory in ... http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/04/10/folkworld-cd-review-issue-32-122006/ http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/04/08/follow-me-up-to-carlow/ http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/04/08/brian-singing-the-four-green-fields/ http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/04/08/brian-singing-the-rare-ould-times/ Now here is a man after my own heart, there was a time (sorry to admit the anoarkism) that I knew every song in the Luke Kelly canon, oh the agony my poor old dad had to put up with as I lacerated Wean Macula classics in the bathroom every ... http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/02/27/gael-linn-cd-review/ The Everyman Theatre in Cork played host to a special tribute to the late great Luke Kelly on Sunday 31st August 2003. The show was opened by Aoife Clancy and was followed by the main act, of which some famous traditional names were included. The band, Brian Roebuck on vocals ... http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/02/27/the-southern-star-review/ Brian Roebuck needs no introduction as one of Ireland's finest balladeers. He has performed as a solo artist and with his band 'Liffey Street' in Ireland and Europe throughout the years. There is always an unquestionable passion and honesty in his music. A sincerity that shines deeply throughout his songs. A recent review ... http://www.brianroebuck.com/2008/02/27/brian-roebuck/