Irish troubadour Mundy will be back in business in 2011 with the news today that he will release his FIFTH studio album and four live dates none of which are in Dublin for you guys sick of travelling to the big smoke.
The album is called Shuffle and is Mundy’s ode to his favourite American songwriters which include Bob Dylan, Tom Wait, Jack Clement, Neil Young, Paul Simons, David Rawlings and more. The album is out on May 13th 2011 and the lead track from it is a Paul Westerberg song called ‘It’s A Wonderful Lie’ which can be downloaded for FREE from www.mundy.ie
The tour days are from May 2nd to 7th including Portlaise, Ballincollig, Clonakilty and Limerick. Dates are listed below.
Mundy said
“This record was a pleasure to make and I wanna thank all of the great writers of these songs for inspiring me, leading me and guiding me in my career through darkness and light.”
The May Day Tour
Monday 2 May @ Kavanagh’s Portlaoise
Thursday 5 May @ The White Horse, Ballincollig
Friday 6 May @ De Barra’s, Clonakilty
Saturday 7 May @ Dolans, Limerick
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Tracklisting for SHUFFLE
1 Rock of Ages Gillian – Welch / David Rawlings
2 It’s A Wonderful Lie – Paul Westerberg
3 Painbirds – Mark Linkous
4 Drunken Angel- Lucinda Williams
5 Reconsider Me (w/Gemma Hayes)- Warren Zevon
6 Buckets of Rain- Bob Dylan
7 Juanita- Gram Parsons/Chris Hillman
8 Looks Like I’m Up Shit Creek Again- Tom Waits
9 Angel from Montgomery- John Prine
10 Ohio- Neil Young
11 Dirty Old Egg-Suckin’ Dog Cowboy- Jack H. Clement
12 Kathy’s Song- Paul Simon
13 Peach Pickin Time in Georgia- Jimmy Rodgers and Clayton McMichen
14 Lost on the River- Hank Williams
Mundy is playing some acoustic shows in May with Texas guests Will Sexton and Charlie Faye.