{"id":812,"date":"2026-06-06T01:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/?p=812"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:58:54","slug":"the-muckers-the-gobshites-at-obriens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/the-muckers-the-gobshites-at-obriens\/","title":{"rendered":"The Muckers, The Gobshites &#8211; at O&#8217;Briens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Allston, MA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8\/4\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Muckers are a melting pot of musical influences, combining Celtic, Romani music, sea shanties, country, rockabilly, and anything else they can get their hands on. Front man and multi-instrumentalist, Jeff Shaw, used to call Boston home, playing in several prominent bands in town but now he and his band, The Muckers, make Atlanta, Georgia their stomping grounds. Back in Boston as part of a tour, O\u2019Briens, a cozy little pub known for eclectic music, made the perfect setting for a musical homecoming for Jeff and his band.&nbsp; The Muckers are as tight a band as I\u2019ve ever seen. Their music is lively and raw; a truly brilliant band. As their set opens, Jeff leads the band with mandolin, demonstrating as much skill as any bluegrasser I\u2019ve come across. For the second half of their set, Jeff dives in with fiddle, cranking the energy up a notch, throwing in a few covers like Britney Spears\u2019s \u201cToxic\u201d and Gogol Bordello\u2019s \u201cI Would Never Wanna Be Young Again\u201d.&nbsp; Both are surprisingly difficult songs, which The Muckers handled perfectly, even down to the scream of their talented drummer, Steve Lingo.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gobshites have been at the top of the list of Boston\u2019s Irish bands going for over a decade.&nbsp; Singer Peter Walsh rallies the audience with his songs about love, hardships and of course, booze. Pints are being held in the air, toasts are being made and limericks recited. The band knows how to get a party started, which is even more impressive as it is a Monday night.&nbsp; I was particularly impressed by the musicianship of The Gobshites as well. Tom Hughes on bass is as solid as they come, holding down the bottom end.&nbsp; Melissa Staiti fills out the sound on keyboards and her voice shines, especially on their cover of The Cranberries\u2019 \u201cZombie.\u201d Jesse Coutu crushes it on drums and Nina Lordi with her lightspeed fiddle playing had everyone\u2019s attention, despite being hindered with an injured knee. The band thanks the audience and it\u2019s over all too soon. A fun show leaving me with new friendships and melodies that will be stuck in my head forever.&nbsp; (Kier Byrnes)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allston, MA 8\/4\/25 The Muckers are a melting pot of musical influences, combining Celtic, Romani music, sea shanties, country, rockabilly, and anything else they can get their hands on. Front man and multi-instrumentalist, Jeff Shaw, used to call Boston home, playing in several prominent bands in town but now he and his band, The Muckers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[9,13],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-2025","tag-reviews","tag-summer-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}