American Roots & Celtic Soul

Coming Up:

February 11

St. Edmund's Annual

Bistro Night

Oak Park, IL

March 14

Theatre at the Center Munster, IN

March 17

Rock River Valley Shamrock Club's

After-Parade Party

Dixon, IL

March 18

Dixon High School Auditorium

with the Kosier Dancers

Dixon, IL

Check out the entire Switchback schedule

2012 Switchback Songwriters Weekend

April 20-21-22

four mounds If you love writing songs, this is your weekend! Last year's event was a huge success, so we are once again offering this very unique opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful spots along the Mississippi in a carefully restored mansion on an elegant estate for a weekend of creativity, camaraderie, relaxation and music.

Click here for more information

Day Four of Marty's Ireland Journal is now posted

on the Blog

Read it by clicking here

New videos on YouTube!

Switchback's December 29 holiday concert at the Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall in Michigan was a sell out and the packed house made for one very special community event.

Check out the videos by clicking here.

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Read the January newsletter here

It's Tuscany, Italy and Kinsale & Cabra Castle, Ireland for 2012!

Switchback fans will be delighted to know that two tours are scheduled for fall of 2012. The first tour is to Tuscany and Rome, Italy from September 27- October 4, 2012. And we've chosen Kinsale, Ireland as our next Traveling Down an Irish Road tour. The dates are October 4-11. Choose one or both tours! Click here for details.

Switchback at KPVL

The recent Switchback interview on KPVL's "Surprise Party w/ Uncle Maxxx" on 89.1 The Blend, Northeast Iowa Community Radio.

Videos from KDHX in St. Louis

Two videos of Switchback are up online at KDHX, featuring Marty and Brian playing with fiddler Paul Russell and Nick Hirka on ukulele and percussion.

Climb that Mountain | Connemara Man

Switchback's Ghosts of the River Folk can be heard on Pandora Internet Radio!

Click here to listen. You can also listen to Bolinree on Pandora, the most sophisticated collection of musical information ever gathered.

Switchback's "The Celtic Sessions" and "The Americana Sessions" concerts are airing on PBS stations throughout the U.S.A. thanks to:

KQED in San Francisco, CA

KVIE in Sacramento, CA

WSIU in Carbondale, IL

MPT in Maryland

WTTW in Chicago, IL

KCTS in Seattle, WA

NHPTV in New Hampshire

WCMU in Michigan

MPTV in Milwaukee, WI
KLRU in Austin, TX
KCET in Los Angeles, CA
CPT in Denver, CO
WPT in Madison, WI
KCSM in San Mateo, CA
KTWU in Topeka, KS
KCPT in Kansas City, MO
IPTV in Iowa
WMNU in Marquette, MI
KACV in Amarillo, TX
KPTS in Wichita, KS
KET in Lexington, KY
Rocky Mountain PBS in Colorado
Smoky Hills PBS in Kansas
WVPB in West Virginia
APTV in Alabama

Shrine of Pompeii, Italy

videos are posted on YouTube

Five videos are posted on YouTube of Marty and Brian's performance of their "Mass of the Living Water" at the Sanctuario di Pompei (Shrine of Pompeii) in Pompeii, Italy. These original tunes were performed at one of the most sacred churches in Italy during Switchback's tour of the Amalfi Coast in February 2010. Click here to go to Switchback's YouTube channel to view these and many other Switchback videos.

Ghosts of the River Folk album CD

Ghosts of the River Folk Digital Downloads ONLINE!

You can download MP3 files on our Music page. Please click here to purchase and download tracks from the latest album - Ghosts of the River Folk or purchase the entire album as a digital download from our Music page.

Switchback rocked FitzGerald's with their sizzling performance of "Jesse Taylor's Nightmare" viewable on our video gallery page. Also check out the Ghosts of the River Folk CD Release Party video here and the gallery of photos from the event!