The Young Dubliners are taking a short break from recording to touch base with their fans, and Colorado is the lucky recipient. Although the Young Dubliners are deep into writing and recording their ninth studio album they have allowed themselves a brief break in the process to play a few gigs in December. November was set aside to concentrate on the new recording, which is not easy for a band that spends most of its life on the road.
"We just find it very hard to write when we are constantly moving so every few years we have to lock ourselves away and focus exclusively on writing new material" says Keith Roberts, frontman for the group. "What made it fun and refreshing is when we realized how many song ideas we had, now we are all excited to get these songs done and out there".
The song writing process has become more and more collaborative for the band with each album. "Knowing each others strengths from playing and writing together for so long has played a big part in allowing each song to develop more quickly". Its one of the unusual cases where "too many chefs actually improves the broth!"
The few December dates allow the band to air out some of the new material but also to remind them what is most important to them, playing to an audience. "at the end of the day its all about performing for us. When you play over 150 shows a year its hard to suddenly stop for too long of a time. Hitting some of our favorite haunts will keep the blood flowing and give us some useful feedback on the new material".
The Young Dubliners have announced three shows to close out the year.
December 28 Grand Junction CO Mesa Theatre
December 30 Carbondale CO PAC 3
December 31 Evergreen CO The Little Bear
The Carbondale show is December 30, 2011. Doors, 7pm. Show, 8pm, at the PAC3 (Performing ArtsCenter at ThirdStreetCenter), 520 South Third Street in Carbondale, CO.
Cost:
Advance Tickets: $ 20
Day of Show: $ 25
Buy Tickets at www.pac3carbondale.com or Dos Gringos in Carbondale
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