Welcome to the At the Racket Website

At the Racket came together in 1997 and have produced two CDs to date, At the Racket and Mirth Making Heroes. The band brings an interesting new sound to Irish music today, playing seriously joyous music which will lift hearts and dare the feet to stop dancing. While performing, the band takes its audience on a musical journey, ranging from the sounds of the Golden era of 1920’s vaudeville through to the traditional music of today. At the Racket is both a recreation of the style of a bygone era and one of the freshest “new” sounds in Irish music today. They stand alone for their style and uniqueness and are well known for their uplifting banjo/saxophone lead sound which gives that "divil-may-care-ness" to all their tunes be they jigs, reels, flings, waltzes or songs. With echoes of the pioneering Irish dance bands who recorded in the 1920s, they combine swirling saxophone and banjo with vamping piano and pulsating guitars, honeyed tones of fiddle and flute, along with a velvet voice! In essence, At the Racket is a band to fill lungs with pure oxygen and set souls ablaze making this band such a delight for live audiences!

NEW ALBUM It's Not Racket Science

Downloads available at www.allcelticmusic.com/attheracket ORDER DIRECT FROM AT THE RACKET or VIA THE PAYPAL BUTTON (please add postage rates before you confirm payment. Thank you.) Cost of CD €15 plus postage and packing. Postage and Packing Rates Republic of Ireland - add €1.35 for the first CD and €0.50 for each additional CD that you order. To the UK and rest Of Europe - add €3.00 for the first CD and €1.30 for each additional CD. To rest of the world - add €3.00 for each CD

Excerpts from Reviews

The freshest "new" sound in Irish music today, shamelessly enjoyable good time music. - Don Meade, The Irish Voice, New York.

Raffish scamps, in a permanent state of festivity. - Siobhan Long, Irish Times.

Brilliant Musicianship....- Fintan Vallely, Irish Times

Absolutely outstanding... a tradition-based band that is as alive, swingy, fun, and happy as any I've heard ... Easily tops the Christmas list! - David Marcus, Celtic Quarterly, Atlanta, USA .

..sparkling musicianship, well developed arrangements and a great sense of fun. Opening a door on the future - Pat Ahern, The Cork Examiner