On Sunday 31st of March Robin is back to a regular haunt of his, Ruby’s Bodega in Larne. Music from 7pm On the 19th April Robin is back playing in Mickey Finns in Redcross, Co. Wicklow from 9pm til late! Robin will also be live at a new venue for him, in the Village Inn, Rathnew, […]
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January 2019 Arklow
December 2018 Mullingar
Moonlight Love in Mullingar!
The core members of The Band of Moonlight Love, Robin James Hurt nd Mick Morris play Bar29 Mullingar this Sunday, 16th of December from 7pm to 9pm, bringing a range of tunes and vocal harmonies.
November 2018 Skibsbroen Norway
Robin with play two dates, once again in Norway, on Friday 16th and Saturday the 17th of November. This time round in Skibsbroen, Lyngseidet. Also lending their musical talents on this night will be Birkir Gudmundsson Jullum on piano and Aslak Janitz on guitar. Further details on the Facebook event page. […]
September 2018 Colfer’s and Norway (part 2)
Not content with playing The 27th Phil Murphy Weekend in earlier this summer, Robin returns on Thursday the 20th September to support blues guitarist Robin Bibi and blues harmonica player David Raphael for what will be the first gig of their Irish tour. Colfer’s is located in Carrick-on-Bannow in Wexford, start time approx 9pm. […]
Cavan County Museum April 2018
Robin will play the wonderful venue of the Cavan County Museum on April 20th supported by The Lynch Brothers. Tickets on the door.
The Galway Shawl
A favourite folk ballad of mine, recorded at home in County Wexford. There are many great versions of this song out there (my two faves must be Sean Cannon/Dubliners and Pam Ayres).
Announcing Electric Picnic 2017
Robin and The Band of Moonlight Love will play this year’s Electric Picnic in September. Date, venue and time to be announced!
In the meantime here‘s a taster of their previous performance from Electric Picnic 2016 in the Jimmy Lee’s Juke Joint in the Trailer Park.
Longitude Festival 2017
Robin James Hurt and The Band of Moonlight Love playing at Longitude 2017 in The Dirty Old Town Speakeasy tent. Longitude is one of the biggest festivals held in Ireland every summer in Marlay Park in Dublin. The Band of Moonlight Love is made up of core members Robin James Hurt and Mick Morris, along with a […]
Maa Bonny Lad
A wee Northumbrian maritime folk song, first published in ‘North Countrie Ballads, Songs and Pipe-Tunes’ in 1922. I found it through the incredible singing of Anne Briggs; Rachel Unthank also did a gorgeous version. Video and audio were recorded ‘on location’ in the ruins of the former lifeboat station at Kilmichael Point on the Wexford […]