27 February 2007 Michael Black will tour New Zealand together with guitarist Jon Sanders in April. Check out the eight dates in the gigs page. Michael will also tour solo through Oklahoma in the second half of April, the five gigs can also be found on the gigs page.
25 February 2008 The Black Brothers have planned their March tour in the USA again. See the gigs page for the dates.
5 June 2007 Michael Black will be releasing his first self-titled solo album on 17 July on Compass Reocrds. See the details of this new album on the album page. Here will also be playing at several festivals this year. The currently confirmed that can be found on the gigs page. More dates will be added later.
22 February 2007 The Black Brothers have planned their March tour in the USA.
See gigs page for the dates.
4 September 2006 Michael has just finished recording his first solo album. The album is being produced by John Doyle. There is a wide variety of songs from shantys, to a song in Irish, anti-war songs and a number of chorus songs. Musicians on the album include John Doyle, Liz Carroll, Liz Knowles, Seamus Egan, John Williams, Chico Huff, Dirk Powell, and backing vocals include John Doyle, Mary, Frances, Martin, Shay, Eoghan Scott, Danny and Roisin O'Reilly. He hope's to have the album completed in the next month or two.
22 January 2006 Check out the gigs page for the dates of the Black Brothers March tour in the US. Also three solo gigs of Michael have been announced on the gigs page.
24 August 2005 The Black Family (without Mary) will be playing at the Royal Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool, England on October 23rd 2005. Tickets are 17.50 and 12.50 (GBP) and have just gone on sale. Bookings can be made at the Box Office on (+44)151 709 3789 or online at http://www.liverpoolphil.com
24 August 2005 The Black Brothers website has been completely redesigned. Note that not for all albums soundclips are available yet. They will be added at a later time.
8 August 2004 The new Black Family album Our Time Together has been released. Find out all details, including soundclips of every track in the Discography.