Smithfield Fair manages to entrance the listener with beautiful melodies, stunning vocal performances and brilliant rhythms. (Adolf Goriup, FolkWorld)
Next Performance:
July 4th - Celtic Circuit, Nunu's Nightlight, Arnaudville, LA
5:00-10:00 p.m., Saturday, July 4th, SF at 7:00 p.m.
Check 2009 calendar for
more information & other dates.
News:
Many of you have asked why Smithfield Fair isn't performing as much as in the past. In 2005, the band members made a
conscious decision to reduce the number of weekends we play out from 40-45 a year
to about 20, in order to work on other projects and attend to other responsibilities. That accomplished, we made
a further decision in 2008 to again reduce the number of accepted dates to concentrate fully on our new album - The Longing.
I can now tell you that The Longing is nearing completion and we are VERY excited. Stay tuned for more information and excitement
as the expected August release date approaches.
Check Discography for
more information.
6/11/09 NEWS –
As songwriters, the members of Smithfield Fair are very careful with the lyrics we write,
the articulation of them in performance/recording, and we want to provide them for those so interested.
Although a number of our early albums were largely traditional songs and, whether in Scots Gaelic or English,
the lyrics were included on the CD booklet. We are now pleased to announce that the lyric sheets for Winds of Time,
Walking Through This World, Twenty for Twenty, Charmer: The Perfect Café, and The Longing are available on-line in the
discography section for each album. Simply click the ‘Lyric Sheet’ notation in the album information.
Check Discography for
more information.
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