Dropkick Murphy’s return to Orlando right around St. Patrick’s Day Credit: Photo courtesy Dropkick Murphys/Facebook

For a band that’s both incredibly straightforward and increasingly mainstream, the Dropkick Murphys still have the ability to surprise.

Their latest album, 2022’s This Machine Still Kills Fascists, is a novel collaboration of DKM originals written around unpublished lyrics by the great Woody Guthrie and even features a duet with young alt-country boss Nikki Lane. In fact, a second album based on Guthrie’s lyrics was just announced today with the release of new single “I Know How It Feels.” The 10-track Okemah Rising will release May 12.

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Besides the Murphys’ huge, the-gang’s-all-here stage show, they’re bringing some strong company this time with Australia’s the Rumjacks, whose Celtic punk rock will remind fans of DKM’s early years, and Boston’s Jesse Ahern, who blends Americana and classic rough-and-tumble rock & roll in ways that would impress Mike Ness.

(6 p.m. Friday, March 3, House of Blues, $42.50-$100)


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This article appears in Mar 1-7, 2023.

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