Description
Fling is the name of a four-piece band. A group of articulate, accomplished musicians their interpretations of Irish traditional music and song is ensconced in their love and respect of Irish culture.
A ‘Fling’ in Irish musical vernacular is a traditional dance type found in various part of the country especially Kerry, Mayo and Donegal. Often related to a Highland fling, the tune itself has a wild, rugged and restless sound to it denoting an intimate yet rural atmosphere.
As regards their use of a band name, in Fling’s case the choice is an appropriate one. For, as with the tune for which they decided to call themselves, Fling’s music is by turns wild, rugged and restless but above all it’s real, devoid of cliché and false mannerisms - its sound is a living sound.