The Guggenheim Grotto – Photo by Ken McGuire at KilkennyMusic.com

Track four for your lent listening is ‘Cold Truth’ from The Guggenheim Grotto. You’ll find this track on their ‘Lifetime In Heat’ EP released prior to the September 2005 issue of ‘…Waltzing Alone’, which went on to the top of the iTunes folk charts on its US release. While they’ve got a cult following in Ireland they seem to be making great inroads in the US having spent huge chunks of time there in the last two or three years. I’ve had the pleasure of working with (and playing with) the band on numerous occasions and they’ve featured previously on the podcast on show #7.

Formerly a three-piece and now a touring duo, Kevin May and Mick Lynch are The Guggenheim Grotto. These guys write terrific songs, are great performers and great to work with. They’ve been in the US since January and looks like they’re staying there until April when they come home for a short tour before heading back again in the summer. Reading their latest MySpace blog it looks like they’re back in the song-writing groove as well so hopefully it won’t be another three years before we get a follow-on to current album ‘Happy The Man’.

Visit GuggenheimGrotto.com to get your free copy of the EP or check the TGG MySpace.