A nutcase returned to the Errigle Inn the other night. Real Music Club had brought back Hamell On Trial, and he ripped up that stage with his in your face, punk instilled, debauched, Tr*mp-worrying anti-folk. He moved the motley crew […]
A nutcase returned to the Errigle Inn the other night. Real Music Club had brought back Hamell On Trial, and he ripped up that stage with his in your face, punk instilled, debauched, Tr*mp-worrying anti-folk. He moved the motley crew […]
I was first introduced to Ed Hamell’s music during my pilgrimage to Nashville this summer. And really, there’s nothing like seeing this guy live. Hamell has the ability to sear right to your core like the best gospel preacher, the […]
Bloody hell. Where do you start with this? Not only did Hamell on Trial (super-fast, punk-infused anti-folk, anti-hero) play Belfast; he was supported by Irish punk poet and voice of the rankled, Jinx Lennon. According to Wikipedia, Lennon is an […]
“Picture an acoustic guitar and a bald sweaty fucker with a predilection for punk”. That’s how Hamell on Trial is described on his Facebook page. Known to friends and family as ‘Ed’, Hamell plays fast, super-fast, punk-infused anti-folk, with big […]
Sporting the year’s best album title, the latest from the anti-folk agitator suggests that fatherhood has left Ed Hamell funnier and angrier than ever. Funnier because after a few years of bedtime stories, he’s now setting his streetwiseguy sensibility to […]
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