Biography Maggie’s Flock Maggie’s Flock are a band from the mid-east of the Netherlands. They were formed after the breakup of the celtic folkrockband Stac Polly when five Stac Polly-members decide to form a new band. This time they choose to write all their own material instead of playing traditionals. After a few line-up changes the band find a new Singer and a new guitarplayer which makes the current team complete: Roel Seidell-vocals/tin whistle Neil Macfarlane-accordion Hub Rasker-drums Gijs Nielen-bass/vocals Edwin Steenstra-guitars Soon Roel (who also turns out to be an accomplished tin whistle player) proves to be a productive lyricist, and together with composer Hub the two write the first batch of catchy songs for the new band. With the new line-up also comes the new bandname: Maggie’s Flock is based upon the legend of Maggie of the Moor, a ghostly sheperdess who roams the moors at night. She captures the soul of every sinner she meets, and adds it to her flock of evil sheep. The sheepshead with the ‘evil eyes’ logo is chosen as their trademark image. Maggie’s Flock soon starts building a repertoire of over 25 songs. Songs with narrative lyrics about booze, chaos, romance and death, often with a twist of black humour and irony. Influenced by musical heroes such as The Pogues, Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphy’s the band find heir own distinctive sound: A potent blend of traditonal Scottish/Irish folk carried by tin whistle, accordion banjolin and bouzouki, mixed with a solid rocksound of drums, bass and guitar. Distinctive are their uplifting songs with catchy folktunes that are unleashed upon the audience at the speed of a runaway train. In 2018 the band record their first demo. The song ‘My Liquid Friend’ proves to be a blueprint for their newly chosen course. In December 2020 the album "Party at the Cemetery" was released on vinyl, CD and on all major streaming platforms. Soon the album generates several tens of thousands of streams on Spotify, and is named number 5 in the list of "best folk and trad releases 2020" by the British website "Londoncelticpunks". The group plays a series of successful shows, including as support for the British folk rock band Ferocious Dog, but also as a headliner at "Park open" in Arnhem. During 2021, the band is working on new material. In mid-March 2022, the first new single "The Serpent (Oh St Patrick)" was released.