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Press 2010
NEIL BROPHY SOLO 2010 A perfect warm up act and very much at home in the festival acoustic tents. This coming summer Neil will be performing songs from his new solo album “Roots Boots & Bars” where he writes about growing up in a small town England in the early 80’s, the day to day bar life, the music scene and his world travels where he kept his “roots in his boots”.
NEIL BROPHY BAND 2010 Songsmiths, Crowdsmiths, Folksmiths & Rocksmiths are what make this band boil. Both Brian Armstrong & Martin Dale are tradesmen of live performance coming from a rich woolly background of folk / rock and backed by the driving rythms of the native New Zealander Sharne Nathan. The band always deliver an energetic upbeat performance with their anthemic choruses and catchy melodies fronted by Neil Brophy and his charmful approach to personally delivering his songs to the audience. THE RECORD COLLECTOR 7" EP is to be soon released, it has taken it's time as there have been difficulties at the factory. This 4 track ep has a solo recording of the Record Collector and three band recordings of three other tracks which you can listen to on http://www.recordcollector7.com These recordings are the first studio recordings to feature the latest line up as mentioned above.
Festival Reviews
Oysterband’s Big Session Festival: Following Curtis is Denmark based Neil Brophy. 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, entirely predictable, and all the better for it. www.virtualfetsival.com Levellers Beautiful Days Festival: Neil is known for his English/Celtic acoustic folk anthems, catchy, lively charming songs that have been going down a storm across Europe’s festivals. His charismatic stage presence oozes warmth, the songs push out the melody and the choruses are irrepressible. Flitting across the musical mores, a little folk here, a little rock there a lot of fun everywhere, he’s a real crowd pleaser. Middlewich Festival So, ‘’ 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 |
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Roots Boots & Bars is the latest release. Take a look through the site or on the Myspace site to listen to a few of the tracks. This CD was recorded on Garageband and is an acoustic take on the new songs. The band have rocked them up a little and will be playing them on this years tour. A long awaited radio single should be out in March starting in DK and plans to release it in the UK later in the year are in progress. 
Times have changed in the music world and more so for the middle aged generation and up, growing up buying music from the local record shop which was on vinyl then cd and now (as quoted) "it's all gone MP3!" . It was a weekly homage for many music lovers to shuffle through the alphabetic rows of 7" & 12" records in their favourite record shop and if you were a real fanatic you would visit the 2nd hand record shop / record fairs for the valuable rarities looking for the perfect find. The record collector captures the romance of record collecting ( a saturday affair) An acoustic deliverence performed in a style that really takes you on a trip down "memory lane" which was also the name of Neil's favourite record shop. 