Torann

Slippery wha!?!?!

2009-03-30T19:43:37Z

Big shout out to James and all the boys and girls of Ashbourne who showed us a rocking time on Saturday night! Slippery nipples are really something only the young should drink, not us older types. The heads on Sunday were not the best. Great gig tho, loadsa fun, so thanks one and all!

Kerazzy Weekend...

2009-03-18T14:28:41Z

So another Patricks Weekend has come and gone. Usually for us, this is the start or our 'year', and this year was no different. We began on Saturday, playing to an estimated crowd of 40-50000 (by the end of our set anyway!) on the Quays in Waterford. Following us were Kila, then a fantastic fireworks display. We had a great view from beside the stage, and almost managed to win the Lotto, which was drawn live from the quayside that night too.

Then a brief break, and on Monday, all piled into the cars for a spin to Belfast, to take part in the Patricks Day concert. Long aul haul, but worth it. This was our second time playing this particular concert, last time we were there, it was the first time they had done it. We played to approx 6000 Eoghan Quigg fans, who, despite none of us being Eoghan Quigg, screamed so loud, it kinda hurt our ears.

Coming soon, we're playing a private party in Ashbourne, followed closely by another trip to Limerick for Easter Sunday. Hope to see y'all soon somewhere!

Belfast here we come!

2009-03-06T22:33:09Z

Just found a link to the Belfast Patricks Day Celebrations - we're pioneering percussionists!!! Also, check out the bill! Belfast Gig

Shameless Plugging

2009-03-06T21:21:33Z

Andy and I shall be appearing on Rob O'Connors Irish Beats on Beat FM this Sunday (8th) at around 7pm, to plug our upcoming gigs, shoot the breeze, create mayhem and annoy his many listeners with our silly tales of percussion. Feel free to text in your thoughts, the winner will get a lock of Andy's hair...priceless

Sexy Vid...

2009-03-03T22:59:20Z

Thanks to Lofty who sent me on this. We did it a while ago, but unfortunately, the Mac broke, we thought it lost forever, but lo and behold, Lofty found the back up disc we had forgotten about, and posted it online! Enjoy!

(Meant to post this after the photos, but forgot to...)

Photos from history...

2009-03-03T22:44:17Z

Here are some photos I recieved Larry of a gig from years back! It took me a while to realise when it was, but as far as I can remember, it was after this gig that Nationwide interviewed us. Might be wrong tho...

So take a look at us when we were all sexy, as opposed to the slightly older, podgier lot we are today;)

A whole heap o'photos...

2009-02-26T00:11:02Z

...courtesy of Flickr (thanks to Big Al, et al who have stuck em up there!)

I'm lazy, so click this to find 'em!

Almost upon us!

2009-02-16T22:06:22Z

Press Release

A major annual event and festival highlight The National Lottery Skyfest will this year travel to the sunny southeast city of Waterford. Skyfest, which was a triumph last year in Cashel is set to bring the "Deise" alive with an awe inspiring demonstration of fireworks over the River Suir, accompanied by music and other street entertainment. Musical accompaniment will be provided by well known Irish contemporary group Kíla with support from local Waterford band Torann. One of the largest and most spectacular events in the Irish outdoor event calendar, this is the second time for The National Lottery Skyfest to be held outside of Dublin and will see the Waterford City Quays bathed in spectacular style. If you can't make it to the south east, the show will be broadcast live on RTE 1 from 7.30pm on Saturday 14th March followed by a special National Lottery outside Lotto draw.

Pics & Vids

2009-02-01T15:36:58Z

Vids...

Mostly Poland vids from this year, the Poles sure love to uplod vids! Thanks to all who did!

Poland Part 1

Poland Part 2

Poland Part 3

Another from Poland

Last one from Poland!

Few more out there, but these'll have to do for now...

Pics...

Some photos taken during the Spraoi festival (thanks to Eadaion Murphy)

Andy - from behind

Trev - feel the love, see the pain (he had broken bones in his hand all weekend long!)

Marc - bald and sweaty

Marc - still bald, sweatier in front of a large, very sweaty crowd!

If anyone else out there has any additional pics or vids and wouldn't mind sharing them/allowing us to link to them from the site, please get in touch!

We're back!

2009-02-01T15:23:46Z

Howdy y'all, tis been a long time! Sorry about that, but passwords to edit this page were lost/forgotten, hence nowt happening!

So how was our 2008? Fab! Loadsa fun, played many festivals, as a 5 piece and also the full 6 piece. Some folks within the group have changed their instruments, we had a special guest appear wth us in Poland, we have played gigs with broken hands (misdiagnosis of which bones were broken too, but he still managed to play!), twisted ankles (damned cobblestones in beautiful Italian village up the mountains), played weddings (big up to Tadhg and family - savage time!), and rang in the new year in 5 star style at the Trinity Rooms, Limerick - massive thanks to Joe et al for that - we were even allowed to bring friends! We played outdoors in Cashel on the October Bank Holiday weekend, in the freezing rain - great laugh tho, except for the whiteners thrown later that night, damn Morgan Spice Rum...Poland again was fantastic, over there for 5 days this time, managed to find the time to sample more of the city (Lodz is a beautiful city - despite the rain!). For the Polish gigs, we had Steve Haberlin playing with us, world reknowned wit and feckless gadabout, but man, is he a spectacular drummer/percussionist. Hopefully we'll get more time to Jam with him in the future...

We had our ups and downs in 2008, but overall, the ups far outweighed the downs...

So what's in store for 09? Well, the gig offers are coming in thick and fast at the moment, unable to mention exactly what/where/when yet, as negotiations are ongoing, but if all comes to pass, we'll be all over the country again this summer. As they say, watch this space!

Promises for more updates, photos, links to peoples vids of us playing to come in the next few days...

Peace out...

Summertime!

2008-06-03T21:02:35Z

Hello all,

Summertime is here, and the gigs are starting to pile up!

Firstly, huge thanks to all who showed up and enjoyed us at this years Dublin Docklands Festival, we had a ball, played 4 gigs on the acoustic stage in glorious, fantastic weather, the mood up there was amazing and as for the food, well, all I can say is those garlic prawns were what kept us all going all weekend! Here's to next year!

We're in the process of putting the finishing touches to our new dvd - it's taken us soooo long to finally get here, so massive thanks to Lofty & Bertie, without whom this wouldn't have been possible. It'll be on the site as soon as possible.

We'll also have a CD out soon enough, it's a live CD, so rough and ready, but you'll get the idea of what we're all about. Will be available to buy at gigs, or you can send us an aul email and we'll post one out to you.

Plans for the Spraoi festival are afoot, or should I say 'ashore', looks like it's gonna be a deadly weekend (as always) so mark it in your diaries people, it's gonna rock!

Big thanks to Waterford Arts Office, who saw fit to sub us a few quid - much appreciated!

And best o luck to Simon, our sexy lil snare drummer, who's off to work in a bar in Alicante for 2 months - never worked an honest day in his life, so we're looking forward to hearing his tales of workin for da man!

Dats it for now, see y'all in Limerick on July 4th, and elsewhere around the country in August/September.

Peace out y'all

Dublin, St. Patrick's Day 2007

2008-05-01T08:54:14Z

Vids of us in action...

2008-03-30T17:33:28Z

Proper links for yis all...

Torann @ TrotuArt 2007

Spraoi Festival Club

Belfast St Patricks Day

Supporting Umek @ Musiklab

Dublin St Patricks Day 07

More Polish Madness

And Just 1 More Vid From Lodz!

Nice review...

2008-03-30T17:27:38Z

Just found this on the website of the TrotuArt festival we played last year...and are returning to this year! I know it's blowing our own trumpet, but hey, if we can't, who can?!?!

TrotuArt Website

It all began in accordance with a famous Hitchcock rule, a heavy accent first and then the tension was only increasing. The vice-president of Lodz Mr Marek Michalik solemnly cut
the ribbon and then the great festival parade set off down Piotrkowska Street. In the company of two dragons of ours, stilt walkers, clowns and the orchestra, crowds of people were becoming the audience. Yet, the real hit of the festival was the Irish band of drum masters-Torann. They arrived, drummed and enchanted the Lodz audience! On the
Manufaktura market Niunia the lovely dragoness received the tributes of admirers. No wonder that the dragons from Cracow courted her with such an enthusiasm! The market was bursting at the seams under pressure of four dragons and countless small and big dragons' lovers.
We received plenty of thanks from the people of our city grateful for the opportunity they had- to experience so many high, live, wonderful artistic impressions. These warm words are to us the greatest joy and encouragement to start working on the next year Festival's edition.
Welcome!

Post Paddies Day...

2008-03-28T09:59:56Z

Hi everybody!

Hope you are all well after two bank holidays in a row! We were busy for the first one, 2 great gigs in Dublin as part of he Patricks Festival, then into the various fun buses and back to Waterford for a gig at Traffik that night, which I gotta say rocked, one of our best gigs ever. Crowd were amazing, filled the floor immediately and kept it full all night - if you were there, thanks a mil, you were fantastic!

Quiet now, we're doing a charity gig in Electric Avenue on Friday 4th April, which should be fun, us, a few other bands and I think at last count, 25 dj's too, so there should be something for everyone there.

And as you may have noticed from our future gig listings, we're going BACK TO LODZ!!!! We're delighted, can't wait for it, and extremely happy to be asked back for a 2nd year. So we'll see all our Polish fans in September to rock the streets of Lodz again!

Currently trying to swing a few gigs at certain festivals later on this year, so fingers crossed, hopefully someone will take the chance and allow us to show the world what a drumming group is all about!

Till next time...