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An instrumental track from RURA’s five-star (Songlines, July 2015) album, Despite The Dark. Two tunes from members of the band – “The Boys of Ballydowse” by David Foley (bodhran, flute), and “The Smasher” by Jack Smedley (fiddle).<\/p>\nAn instrumental track from RURA’s five-star (Songlines, July 2015) album, Despite The Dark. Two tunes from members of the band – “The Boys of Ballydowse” by David Foley (bodhran, flute), and “The Smasher” by Jack Smedley (fiddle).<\/p>\n
Ballydowse is a fictional town in the south of Ireland, and the setting for the independent film ‘The War of the Buttons’; an adaptation of the French novel, ‘La Guerre des boutons”, by Louis Pergaud. The tune was written and named fo ‘The Ballys’ who feature as the protaganists in the film.<\/p>\n
“The Smasher” refers specifically to a very short man from Slack of Bait.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the most exciting bands on the Scottish folk scene\u201d (Songlines), Rura, whilst rooted in tradition, are a refreshingly contemporary act. Rugged yet disciplined, heartfelt whilst rousing and anthemic, and all-together punch-packing.<\/p>\n
Internationally renowned \u2013 and in demand \u2013 for their powerhouse mix of highland pipes, whistle, flute, fiddle, bodhran, guitar and voice, Rura are one of the most sought-after bands of their generation. Steven Blake, Jack Smedley, David Foley and Adam Brown create hard-hitting, muscular, yet intricately arranged and lyrical, instrumentals to match singer\/songwriter Adam Holmes\u2019 haunting songcraft \u2013 a perfected mix that has seen them rise to headline status at festivals throughout the UK and Europe.<\/p>\n
Since bursting on to the scene in 2010, as award winners at Glasgow\u2019s Celtic Connections festival, Rura have firmly established themselves as a major force. The release of their heralded first album, Break It Up, in 2012 was accompanied by multiple award wins and nominations, and now the five-piece\u2019s 2015 follow-up, Despite the Dark, is meeting unrelentingly high praise.<\/p>\n
Artist website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.RURA.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Single title:<\/strong> The Smasher Search Terms:<\/strong><\/p>\n Follow these topics: bagpipes<\/a>, Featured release<\/a>, fiddle<\/a>, folk band<\/a>, Releases<\/a><\/p> An instrumental track from RURA’s five-star (Songlines, July 2015) album, Despite The Dark. Two tunes from members of the band – “The Boys of Ballydowse” by David Foley (bodhran, flute), and “The Smasher” by Jack Smedley (fiddle). Ballydowse is a fictional town in the south of Ireland, and the setting for the independent film ‘The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,7,12,44,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bagpipes","8":"category-featured-release","9":"category-fiddle","10":"category-folk-band","11":"category-member-releases","12":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/files\/2015\/03\/RURA_DespiteTheDark_Cover.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1828,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/folkwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAlbum title:<\/strong> Despite the Dark
\nRelease Date:<\/strong> 27\/04\/2015
\nSingle artist:<\/strong> RURA
\nSingle duration:<\/strong> 5:46
\nRecord Label:<\/strong> RURA Music
\nCatalogue No:<\/strong> RURACD0001
\nWriters:<\/strong> Foley, Smedley – Arr: Blake, Brown, Foley, Hutton, Smedley
\nPublishers:<\/strong> RURA
\nExplicit?: No<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"