This is a live cut from an NPR radio broadcast back in 1988 while my Irish Trad group Scartaglen was on one of its first east coast tours. Found recently on a cassette tape. Musically this was one of my favorite periods in the history of the band…

RPM 2013 feat. Gary Fox instrumentation collab time trickles in defenses wear thin these holes in our armor grow larger each day steel-edged chills come in close for the kill the line in the sand has been trampled away it's so wrong…

RPM 2013 I like the way your hair gets flipped the way you curl your lip when you're drinking a little bit too much I like the way your eyes go wide the smile you try to hide when our fingers accidentally touch and I know that you…

A brief glimpse, but that's all. Inspired by last April. It's for everyone, but no one in particular. Yes, this one gives more than a passing nod to Ham and Evans. Thanks gents!

A brief glimpse, but that's all. Inspired by last April. It's for everyone, but no one in particular. Yes, this one gives more than a passing nod to Ham and Evans. Thanks gents!

Same tracks, updated mixes

Same tracks, updated mixes

Same tracks, updated mixes

"Tell Me Ma", was featured on National Public Radio's Second Stage. As NPR put it: "Beatnik Turtle is a remarkably prolific and fiercely independent rock group based in Chicago. The eight-piece band includes a full horn section and has been making…