The Old Dirty Band

The Dirty Old Band is a Tuscan band of traditional Irish and Scottish music. Guitar, violin, flutes, bouzouki and bodhràn, takes you around Italy the best Irish folk. Especially for weddings, the band offers a musical entertainment service for the festivities but also to accompany lunch and dinner, with a wide repertoire played strictly live. If you are fans of the world of folk, Celtic and Irish music, and you want a marriage out of the ordinary, the Dirty Old Band is the choice giusta. The Dirty Old Band tries to recall the evocative sounds of the beautiful Emerald Isle or the Scottish Highlands with their own interpretations, fun, thrilling and doing dance.

The band consists of: Simone Barbagallo Bodhran-Percussion-Guitar-Voice; Thomas Barnes Fiddle-Voice; Francesco Giura Guitars-Bouzouki; Saverio Vaiani Fiddle-Cembaglio.

Our music is the result of a centuries-old tradition of Irish folk, English and Scottish, both romantic ballads that jigs and reels wild, updated and revised in a modern key. The musical influences of the Dirty Old Band are linked to some of the best international folk groups Irish Whiskey Trail, The Dubliners, Old Blind Dogs, The Pogues, The Young Dubliners, Tannahill Weavers, Lunasa, Gaelic Storm, The Corries, The Bothy Band, Planxty, Dervish, Modena City Ramblers, etc.