Tupelo would like to thank everyone for their support this year and we wish you all a happy new year, 2012 is shaping up to be our best year yet so stay tuned!

Tupelo look forward to playing at the Temple Bar TradFest. This wonderful festival takes place between the 25th - 29th of January in various venues in and around Temple Bar. We wiill be taking to the main stage on Parliament St from 2-3pm on Sunday 29th. More information can be found at the following link: templebartrad.com/

Tupelo's 14-track debut album 'Dirty Money' is out now and has been receiving rave reviews from the national press. Don't forget you can get yourself a copy of the album from all good record shops nationwide or alternatively you can purchase the album from iTunes or the Irish Music Shop through the following links:  iTunes  Irish Music Shop
 

"At full tilt, there's a menacing undertow to their music that recalls Nick Cave..."
- Metro-Herald -

"...through a blend of integrity and Grade A acoustic musicianship, they offer us a selection of classy tracks..."
"...with an authentic formula that scores where it matters, Tupelo make music that sounds as joyful to make as it is to listen to."
 - Jackie Hayden -

"The songs are original, familiar but immediate and Tupelo's live reputation is burgeoning."
 - Mail On Sunday -

"Dublin-based quintet Tupelo's songs blend rockabilly, bluegrass and rootsy blues with raucous
ballads, and their reputation as a live act has been growing steadily."
 - The Star -

People of all ages are on their feet, dancing like there's no tomorrow and singing 'baby baby' at the top of their voice. When frontman James Cramer promised to convert us all to Tupelonians, he really meant it.

But let's take things from the start, Tupelo's acoustic roots music reminds you of something you might hear in a tiny pub, yet doesn't seem remotely out of place in a jam-packed Whelan's. James is a naturally gifted showman, jumping around and interacting with the crowd. Not that it's a one-person show in the slightest, all five band members get their moment of glory when the hyperactive frontman steps back and lets them take centre stage for a solo. The sheer variety of musical instruments on display is impressive: saxophone, fiddle, double bass, guitar, banjo, mandolin, tin whistle, all masterfully played.

 There's plenty of variety, from the upbeat 'Dirty Money' and 'Blue Gardinia' to the deeply emotional 'I'm and Irishman'. "This is a song about history", James warns us before starting to sing the story of Joseph Plunkett, recounting the Easter Rising. The next minute he's back into happy mode, dedicating songs to the ladies in the audience. Yes, he's actually forcing us to participate, but we're all enjoying it. One great tune follows another: the beautiful banjo and mandolin duet in 'Family's Land'; the exhilarating 'Firefly'; the super-catchy 'Bad Man'. It doesn't get any better.

'Don't Let Go' now available for download from iTunes at the following link: iTunes

With their debut LP Dirty Money shortly to be reissued in a beefed up remastered format, Don't Let Go is a taster of what these Irish root rockers are capable of with a decent bedget at their disposal. Bluesy but never corny, it's a record that gives off a delicious whiff of sepia.

THE METRO

As its title would suggest, 'Don't Let Go' is a call to arms in the name of hope, with frontman James Cramer pulling no punches in his depiction of struggles and triumphs, declaring: "I've got nothing left to give or to lose" with admirable conviction against an impressive musical backdrop that swells and soars.

HOT PRESS