McCarthyizm and Crikwater: Post-Shamrock Run-Flying Bison

Name: McCarthyizm and Crikwater: Post-Shamrock Run-Flying Bison
Start: 2025-03-01T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-01T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Flying Bison Brewing Company

Schedule

Sat Mar 01 2025 at 02:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Flying Bison Brewing Company | Buffalo, NY

Join the Buffalo Music Coalition on March 1st from 2-5PM for a post Shamrock Run party with music from, not one but two, legendary Buffalo Irish bands! Crikwater and McCarthyizm! NO COVER CHARGE!
It's always a great beginning of the March Madness festivities at Flying Bison Brewing Co.
Whether you're here for the strong melodies, raucous rhythms, fiery fiddle tunes, rowdy pub sing-alongs, or all of the above, you're in for an unforgettable afternoon of local music! 🎶
McCarthyizm blends ’60s garage rock, ’80s underground, and Celtic influences, while Crikwater combines Irish and American folk traditions with contemporary flair.
Catch both bands live at Buffalo's best brewery, Flying Bison.
"Grab a drink and raise it high, so friends and memories never die, buy another round on time that's borrowed"
Cheers! McCarthyizm
From Crikwater.com:
"The Irish heartbeat cannot be found in the bottom of a pint of Guinness. It’s not revealed by a marching procession of politicians or via the aroma of boiled dinners; and it’s certainly not exemplified by a slew of stumbling locals clad in green costumes....It can be found in the stories and sounds of Ireland's music — and the members of South Buffalo’s Crikwater know it."
-Michael Farrell, The Buffalo News
“Crikwater plays a variety of traditional Irish songs...The songs are important, Caulfield said, because they provide a sense of where the Irish people have been. 'It's living history...It's one way to tell the story of the Irish people.' ”
- Michael Canfield, Buffalo Rising
Conceived in a late-night, Guinness-fueled campfire song session, Crikwater was born in the rustbelt working-class neighborhood of South Buffalo, NY in 2010, and has grown into the premier Irish-American Traditional Folk Band in Western New York. With numerous festival appearances, including: the Buffalo Irish Festival, South Buffalo Irish Festival, Niagara Celtic Festival, Hornell Irish Festival, Southern Maryland Celtic Fest...and more!..and boasting four multi-instrumentalists and an energetic live show, Crikwater stays true to the venerable Irish and American folk traditions, with arrangements that include multi-part vocal harmonies and intricate musicianship, while infusing the music through a contemporary filter making centuries-old music feel fresh and alive! Equally at home in pubs and on festival stages as they are in theaters and listening rooms, these veteran performers offer up a mix of fiery fiddle tunes, rowdy pub sing-a-longs, haunting airs, elegant ballads & original songs, and their music conjures scenes of gritty smoke filled Irish pubs, whiskey, pints of stout, and good craic!
From McCarthyizm.com:
Born in the days before alternative was a marketing term, McCarthyizm soon became a band known for blending 60’s garage and 80’s underground rock with strong melodies and intelligent lyrics. Add some raucous rhythm and a tasty measure of Celtic flavoring and you’ve got a cocktail with a punch that delivers one helluva good time, all the time.
Buffalo based McCarthyizm has traveled throughout the northeast, playing to converts in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and Toronto. They’ve shared the stage with bands like the Goo Goo Dolls, Eddie Money, 10,000 Maniacs, The Smithereens, John Waite, Lou Graham, Black 47 along with Canadian favorites like Great Big Sea, Crash Test Dummies, Jason Plumb, Spirit of the West, Hawksley Workman, The Glenngarry Bhoys and The Lowest of the Low.
In addition to being inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in 2009, the band has also earned several Buffalo music awards over the years, including Top Original Rock Band and Top Recording. But that’s all stuff for the resume. What matters is the song. The band’s song craft has been there from the beginning. So the McCarthyizm gang saved their pennies and returned their empties and have been able to release several critically acclaimed recordings including Pretty Naked (1993), Vesuvio (1995), Eterniday (1998), Pair O’Docs (2001) Victors EP (2007) and Victors & Vices (2011) and St. Cecilia's Serenade (2023)
So check it out for yourself. Put that McCarthyizm disc on and turn it up. If you dig intelligent, infectious pop and Celtic rock, here’s the mountain for your shovel. Better yet, catch ‘em live. Depending on how close it is to St. Paddy’s Day (and/or how much whiskey is left in the bottle), you’ll also hear some rocking Celtic tunes, both traditional and original. It’s all good. And it’s all in the song.