{"id":28876,"date":"2015-11-17T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T12:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=28876"},"modified":"2015-11-17T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T12:43:39","slug":"modern-blues-the-waterboys-return-to-st-davids-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/17\/modern-blues-the-waterboys-return-to-st-davids-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Blues: The Waterboys return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Releasing their 11<sup>th<\/sup> album Modern Blues, described as rock \u2018n\u2019 roll injected with southern soul, The Waterboys return to St David\u2019s Hall on 25 November 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The band having reincarnated many times, with over 80 different members throughout its lifetime, return to Cardiff as the following: Mike Scott (Vocals, Guitar, Piano), Steve Wickham (Electric fiddle, mandolin), Ralph Salmins (Drums), Brother Paul (Keyboards), David Hood (Bass) and Zach Ernst (Lead Guitar).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28993\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/8_Music_TheWaterboys_Big_AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/8_Music_TheWaterboys_Big_AM-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Waterboys\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/8_Music_TheWaterboys_Big_AM-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Waterboys\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Waterboys perform &#8211; Flickr\/cc<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikescottwaterboys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Waterboys<\/a>\u2019 press release confirms the bands new sound has resulted organically, \u201cIt arrives on the back of the creative momentum built up over the past few years including the release of their potent, poetic <em>An Appointment With Mr Yeats<\/em> and <em>Fisherman\u2019s Box<\/em>\u2026to celebrate the 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of <em>Fisherman\u2019s Blues<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Releasing their 11th album The Waterboys return with new sound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":319,"featured_media":28994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2220,5007,662,5008],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-28876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-blues","tag-modern-blues","tag-st-davids-hall","tag-the-waterboys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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