Don't miss this event tonight!

[CHAD or Lisa]

 Tonight Is the Witches Ball At the Irish Center
featuring Frenchy and the Punk (NYC/New Paltz NY)
Formerly the Gypsy Nomads
6 P.M.
6886 Forward Ave 
Pittsburgh PA 15217
phone:
412-506-3158
Bohemian Faerie Steampunk World Cabaret 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BW8TCd-u2Y
(Their latest video)





Bohemian World Cabaret with tribal, world and folk punk elements and an undercurrent of the mystickal.

Biography


Euro-American duo Frenchy and the Punk (formerly The Gypsy Nomads) fuse raucous live guitar looping, cheeky ballads sung in English and French, danceable old-world inspired melodies and thunderous tribal-march-style drum instrumentals. Get transported to a world full of humor, theatricality, whirling dance and bohemian spirit. Come experience their genre-busting non-traditional take on world cabar...et served with a twist of vaudeville and a dash of steampunk flavoring rooted in folk, punk and the vineyards of southern France. 

French-born Brit. lead vocalist and percussionist, Samantha Stephenson and American-born punk veteran guitarist Scott Helland make up this spirited duo. Stephenson, whose vocals have been likened Siouxsie Sioux, was listed in Yahoo Music's 25 Women to Watch in 2011. Helland has appeared on over 25 recordings and his first group Deep Wound with J Mascis and Lou Barlow is listed in the Encylopedia of Punk published by Sterling.

Frenchy and the Punk's touring highlights include performances at The Avalon Ball, Glastonbury UK, FaerieWorlds, Eugene, OR, SteamCon, Seattle, WA, World Steam Expo, Dearborn, MI and DragonCon, Atlanta, GA as well as sharing the stage with such diverse acts as Dinosaur Jr, The Young Dubliners, Voltaire and German Neo-Medieval band Faun. Their music has been played on the Travel Channel, We TV, the Cartoon Network, the Oprah Winfrey Show and MTV. See More

Influences

Django Reinhardt, Ramones, Edith Piaf, Concrete Blonde, Gainsbourg, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Lemmy, Discharge, Richie Blackmore, Francoise Hardy, Marlene Dietrich, Jacques Brel, Black Flag, Corvus Corax, red wine, the country side in the south of France, travelin' in a van.
(Also ..If you enjoy acts such as Zola Jesus and Florence and the Machine you may enjoy Frenchy and the Punk as well!)
~Lisa