Pontardawe Festival

The Band are off to Wales for the first time to play at the Pontardawe festival. They will be playing after Ex Fairports Ashley Hutchings and his new band the Rainbow Casers and before long-time festival favourites EDWARD II (back together again). Currently working on booking another festival in the area.

7" VINYL RELEASE IN OCTOBER

The Band have just recorded a Ltd Edition four track 7" single that goes to press next week and will be releasing it in october .

Middlewich Review

Neil Brophy – not only one of the ‘nice guys’ in the business but a competent performer who’s songs paint pictures. He’s your real ‘contemporary’ folkie not out of place on folk club or main stage and he’s been around a bit, seen a bit of life and sings about it because it means something to him, a genuine professional. He opened up for Nick Harper at Middlewich this year and audience wanted more. Main stage for Neil next year without a doubt.’’ .........Liz Rosenfield Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival Event Organiser.

Deerlycke Festival

It's off to Deerlycke Festival after the Pontardawe Festival, the band will be taking the Euro tunnel to Belgium, this will be the second time the band play this great little festival.

Big Session Festival Review

Neil is a man with a unique voice, versed in the traditions of English folk and Dylan-esque protest. His songs talk of a land where the Devil can be found in a whisky jar and brave honest local lads defend their jobs and homes against wicked Iron Masters. Its great stuff - www.virtualfetsival.com

Frederiksund Vise Festival

The Band have been booked to play at Frederiksund Vise Festival. They will be playing an acoustic set before Lis Sørensen and an upbeat set after. It's about six years since NBB last played this festival and it should be a good one

Live Festival Archive - A one year anniversary gig a while back

The Bachelor - Supporting Oysterband at Skråen

RECORD PLAYER ADDED - PUT THE NEEDLE ON THE RECORD

Roots Boots & Bars

Roots Boots & Bars CD is a new solo project that will be released very soon. It is an eight track acoustic / voice CD.

This CD is set in the 80''s in a smalltown England, Neil's life as an apprentice on the factory floor, where football matches, record collecting, going to the pub were the recipe of youth , the road was always on the cards and he writes about leaving to travel the world on a never ending pilgrimage of live performance and revellrey where he kept his Roots in his Boots.........

Neil Brophy Band

This is the bands first studio album released in 2003. It features the pop single Shorts an Shades. You can see the video in the Photo/Video section. The single recieved national air play and hit a-rotation on many Radio stations.

“The lively tempo undoubtedly leads the thoughts towards a young Elvis Costello in the late 70ies. Costello has during the years spread his repetoire sigifi cantly, and Neil Brophy also does't mind borrowing from all different musical styles”.

This Cd gives a taste of various styles that would be suited for most festivals".
Finn Smed Salholdt, Jyllands Posten.

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Festval 2000

Festival 2000

This Will be available soon via the shop.

Road to Meo

The Neil Brophy Band and Fiddler on the Hoof release this live cd celebrating a 5 year run of approx 200 gigs together in some form or other.

The “Road to Meo” breathes & captures life on the road, the stories & melodies of travel, struggle & romance, with the humour of plain clothed gypsies coming from ENG, NZ, AUS & DK. The music crosses over a broad spectrum of the traditions of northern folk rocked up, with contempory stories, sounds of recent times & life experiences.

Blood sweat & tears, a phrase the band have pushed to the max on the rocky roads of this industry for the past 5 years. The Neil Brophy Band & Fiddler on the Hoof are a band well known for their enjoyment of & passion for live performance and their love of the good times.

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THE RECORD COLLECTOR 7"

RELEASE DATE 01/10/09

Roots Boots & Bars

New CD

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New Record Collector Video

There is going to be a video made for the release of the Record Collector 7" vinyl EP within the next few weeks which will be up on You Tube. As soon as we get the date for the recording we will announce it here and let you know as we may need some extras if anyone would like to be part of it. More to come....