The High Kings have brought the heyday of ballad groups such as The Clancy Brothers and The Dubliners back to a new generation of music fans.
The true heirs of Ireland’s Folk Heritage, have announced the first UK shows on their DECADE - The Best of The High Kings, 10th Anniversary Tour - and they will visit Milton Keynes.
The self-titled debut album, released in 2008, reached a highly impressive number two on Billboard Magazine’s World Music chart.
It was during The High Kings second tour of the US in 2011, however – having graduated from playing small venues to larger halls as they promoted their follow-up album, Memory Lane,which also crashed into Billboard’s World Music chart – that everyone involved realised the fanbase was growing into something that no one had predicted.
The High Kings have received the stamp of approval from the likes of Christy Moore and, perhaps more pertinently, Ronnie Drew, the lead singer of The Dubliners, and the man behind one of Ireland’s most recognisable and enduring ballad voices.
More was to come in 2013 with the group’s third studio album, Friends For Life, which featured original songs among the traditional fare.
To say that The High Kings are charting a new course for Irish ballad music – equal parts rousing and reflective, energetic and insightful – is an understatement.
With 2016's Grace & Glory, the band widened their appeal and fanbase, while 2017 saw the band continue with intensive touring of Ireland, Britain and America.
The departure of original High King Martin Furey and the arrival of young-gun George Murphy to join Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy and Darren Holden has brought a new hunger to the High Kings and their audiences alike.
The band will appear at The Stables in Wavendon on November 10.
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