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Feel The Noise

The Boomtown Rats started because there was fuck all on the radio and fuck all to go and see live that wasn’t trad, jazz or a bad impersonation of American bands like Little Feat or The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Bob Geldof, Hot Press, 2002/06/24

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We are a twenty–five minute drive from Cork City, five minutes from Macroom and eleven hours and forty minutes from Detroit, Michigan.
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The final few minutes drive into rural Cork can be something of a trial if you are not generally used to anything less than an eight–lane highway — do remember to keep to the left and watch out for sight–seeing cows.

A Tanglewood guitar hanging on a black and white regional road sign labelled Ruisín (Gaeilge) and Rusheen (English) near Macroom, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Separate Recording rooms let you see with no audio spill. A dead sound Vocal Booth, Drum Room with a little Air, both visible from the Live Room. We've even been asked to turn the drums up on occasions!

Talent to Spare …

Tennesee born blues master, Howard Armstrong (1909–2003), was a multi–instrumentalist who played fiddle, mandolin, guitar and sang as well as being a notable visual artist and raconteur. He also spoke several languages including Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Polish, Mexican and German.