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The Dublin City Rounders are an old timey, Americana, blues, ragtime and western swing duo from Dublin, Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://americanaireland.blogspot.ie/2014/07/the-dublin-city-rounders.html )〕 ==Formation== The act consists of brothers Rohan Healy (guitar and vocals) and Al Healy (upright bass, banjo and vocals), and was formed in 2013. In 2014 The Dublin City Rounders received national radio airplay on RTE Radio One, and local independent radio airplay on Sunshine 106.8, Near FM and FM104 with their single "Best Boots on the Bus", a collaboration with their father David Virgin, who writes, produces and performs on a number of the band's recordings. They have shared the stage with international acts including Grammy Award winning Nashville artist Jim Lauderdale, The Boxcar Preachers (Texas) at The 20th Dunmore East Bluegras Festival〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.whelanslive.com/index.php/jim-lauderdale/ )〕 and Canadian alt-country group Petunia & The Vipers. In July 2014, The Dublin City Rounders were invited to perform for Irish President Michael D Higgins and guests at Áras an Uachtaráin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.president.ie/media-gallery/photo-gallery/?album=6&gallery=294 )〕 In July 2014, Kathy Sheridan stated in The Irish Times that: :''"The Healys’ “rootsy, country-meets-punk, antique blues, vaudevillian thing” perfectly encompasses the bewilderingly numerous threads that make up the cooler end of “country” music"'' Between March and May 2015 the group took part in the televised musical talent contest Busker Abú on TG4.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tg4.ie/en/programmes/busker-abu.html )〕 They won the first round and semifinal, and placed as runners-up in the final to contest winners Mahoo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1HTzabI01M )〕 During the Busker Abu final, judge Fiachna Ó Braonáin of The Hot House Flowers stated: :''"I love the Dublin City Rounders. It's like watching Hank William, Bill Monroe, Lux Interior, The Cramps and The Cure all mixed up together down in the Lower East Side, New York. Perfection!""'' 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpb_8imnoz8 )〕 The summer 2015 Classic hits 4FM radio advertising campaign by M Kelly Interiors features the song "Hey Buddy" which was written and recorded specifically for the advert by The Dublin City Rounders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://classichits.ie/ )〕 Also in 2015 the single "Best Boots on The Bus" gained further local and national Irish radio airplay on programs including RTE Radio 1's Late Date.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/late-date/programmes/2015/0512/700681-late-date-tuesday-12-may-2015/?clipid=1878405 )〕 The Dublin City Rounders also performed a number of shows and festivals in 2015 including four dates at the Kilkenny Roots Festival,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kilkennyroots.com/index.php/2015-artists )〕 the Creative Minds US Economic Conference 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mco.ie/news/single/creative_minds_at_the_us_embassy_dublins_annual_economic_conference )〕 and Youbloom Dublin 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youbloom.com/youbloom-headroom-featured-artists-from-the-dublin-2015-music-festival-4/ )〕 Since forming, the band have released 4 albums; "On Track" and "Dis Am The Dublin City Rounders" consisting mostly of traditionally arranged rag time and vaudeville songs, while "Decent Folk" and "The Work of Two Men" are original albums.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://thedublincityrounders.bandcamp.com/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://beardfire.com/pages/artists/dublin_city_rounders.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Dublin City Rounders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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