‘Whether it be a slow, medium-paced or fast tempo song, the term ‘ballads’ was and still remains just another word for stories, especially in the Irish folk music genre.

One must not mistake The Sweet Sorrows new album entitled Ballads as a bunch of slow romantic songs, but quite the opposite in fact. More a collection of well-crafted compositions that will get your feet tapping, brain thinking and above all, bring you into a better understanding of Irish song writing.’     

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Watching children ride bikes in drizzle…grey skies, green surrounds… it's good to be home and not going anywhere for a good while. The irish sea is familiar and baltic, the land sure copped it whilst we were gone but it has rallied in true Irish style. Daffodils and the odd brave blossom bring the promise of Spring on it's way. Throughout this month we've been running our Kickstarter for the new album ‘Ballads’ that we plan to get out late Summer.  It's been challenging at times- with the mix of…

So our time is nearly done here on the western border of Thailand. Full time. Good time and always more to help with than we knew before coming. We have trained electrical trainers, they've trained others, and we have also been able to implement a new training for a special group who have proved excellent and we will also be doing a songwriting plus more workshop with them this saturday. Its a privilege to help these guys who have been through a lot. No real details here but we will email more specifically…