www.TheImmigrants.com
The Immigrants — an underground band out of Boston with Bill Sheridan on guitar and his brother, Dan, on drums. Listen to The Immigrants on College Radio!
Radio Tribute to Bill
The Hawkrocks.com 104.9 FM offered a double-shot tribute to Bill Sheridan of The Immigrants with two songs on the Radio!! Click Here: to see YouTube Video!! 16,793 views!!
Our YouTube Channel
Subscribe to our YouTube Official Artist Channel. See videos from our Charlestown CD. Click Here!
Listen on Spotify!
Listen to tracks from The Immigrants 16-song CD Charlestown on Spotify! Click here to visit Spotify!
Our Facebook Page
Check out our Facebook Page.
Jackie Boy gets 1,480 likes!!!
Facebook.com/CharlestownCD/
About Us Page
The Immigrants are an underground band consisting of Bill Sheridan on guitar and his brother, Dan, on drums. Click here for About Us page.
Different Drummer
The Different Drummer - Click Here
A Drummer's Blog by Dan Sheridan ~ drummer in The Immigrants.
New Wave Irish-1988
Click Here to read article about illegal Irish immigrants from 1988 by Dan Sheridan, drummer in The Immigrants.
Dedication Page
The Immigrant website is dedicated to our great-grandfather, Jack Lynch, an Irish immigrant killed on the job in a NYC sewer on August 26, 1908. Click here to read article in the NY Sun.
Jackie Boy - A Baseball Song - On the Radio!!
Jackie Boy gets 1,500 Likes on Facebook!
Jackie Boy gets 17,161 Views on YouTube!
Boston, MA - April 4th, 2024 — Rock duo The Immigrants have re-released their baseball song "Jackie Boy- Requiem for a Slugger" to be played during the seventh inning stretch at Fenway Park. The song is an uplifting rock anthem, a must-have for any playlist, and a tribute to the band-leader, Bill Sheridan, who passed away on January 4, 2021 after a tough battle with cancer.
Brian Bernard, the DJ at The Hawkrocks.com 104.9 FM offered a double-shot tribute to Bill on his show, Backstage, by playing two songs by The Immigrants on the Radio.
“At the top of the show, we will play two tracks from The Immigrants, who very recently lost member Bill Sheridan."
"Bill and his brother Dan are longtime members and big supporters of our local music scene and Bill will be greatly missed,” commented Brian Bernard, on his show Backstage.
The two songs, Long Gone and Jackie Boy by The Immigrants, were played on the Radio, with a special dedication to Bill Sheridan in between. [Click here to listen to both songs on YouTube.]
Listen to The Immigrants on the Radio! 104.9 FM
The Immigrants get Airplay! — 4 Songs on the Radio!
Boston, MA - April 4th, 2024 — The Immigrants get Airplay! Four Songs by The Immigrants on the Radio! Jackie Boy, Subway Station, Long Gone, and a Double-Shot Tribute to Bill Sheridan, the guitarist and lead singer of The Immigrants!!
On the Radio Links:
- 1.) Jackie Boy on the Radio! 104.9 FM - YouTube Video
- 2.) Subway Station on College Radio - WMFO
- 3.) Long Gone on the Radio — 104.9 FM
- 4.) Subway Station on the Radio — 104.9 FM
- 5.) Double-Shot Tribute to Bill — 104.9 FM
- 6.) Radio Plug: The Immigrants — 104.9 FM!
Angela
by The Immigrants
She stood there
Without a thought,
without a care.
I asked her, her name.
She said it softly, like a refrain
to a certain song I knew,
I forgot the words, I got confused.
Angela
She stood there
I turned my eyes as not to stare,
To steal a glance
On second thought, if given the chance to steal away
I don't know her,
But I got her name
Angela
"How cool underground music really can be."
Baby Sue Music Review
~ Atlanta, Georgia ~
The Immigrants — Summer, 1995
Amazingly unpretentious music from this Charlestown, MA duo. If you're looking for busy arrangements and mountains of studio tricks, you can skip to the next review.
But if you like smart pop delivered in a straight forward fashion with no frills or gimmicks, you'll want to check out The Immigrants.
My favorite tunes here are "Jackie Boy," "Changemaker," and "Shot to Pieces."
This here thing goes to show how cool underground music really can be.
Baby Sue Music Review
Atlanta, Georgia
Listen to Long Gone on the Radio — 104.9 FM
Music Press: The Immigrants — "The next Morphine?"
The Noise, Rock Around Boston
Boston, MA - October, 1993
These Charlestown-based newcomers sport an intriguing sound with an incantatory edge not too far short of compelling.
Their melodic instincts are quite keen and the vocalist's phrasing is original and chuck full of irresistible hooks.
The next Morphine? Watch this space.
Pick hit: "Subway Station." Tape of the month.
The Noise
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, MA - February 26th, 2024:
A trip to Boston - a trip down memory lane. Bill called me up, Dan, I got us a gig at The Rat!! This is where The Jam and The Police played. We met a girl named Caryn, a DJ. She told us to send our demo to Mikey Dee at WMFO. Subway Station on the Radio!! The Rat inspired the lyric line to Subway Station:
I’m just a rat in a habitrail
I’m just a rat can’t you see my tail
Subway Station, Destiny, Destination.
Listen to Subway Station - On College Radio - WMFO!!
Music Review: Jackie Boy — "This is a polished single!"
Jackie Boy takes me back to Alternative Rock Anthems like
The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" and Weezer's "Buddy Holly"
by Ama Cruz
Boston, MA - July 1, 2022 — I'd just like to begin by expressing how much I love the name of this band, The Immigrants, as well as the name of this song, Jackie Boy - Requiem for a Slugger.
The Immigrants blend a cool melodic, surf-rock guitar, a superb vocal performance, reminiscent of Black Francis of The Pixies, or Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, with the sound of a baseball game and a cheering crowd, rooting for our underdog, Jackie Boy. This is classic alternative rock at its best!
The instrumental performances of the drums and guitar takes me back to beloved 90s grunge alternative rock anthems like The Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" and Weezer's "Buddy Holly" with the melodic guitars, and roughness, yet a song that makes you want to dance -- like Jackie Boy. This is a polished single!
Jackie Boy will be deeply appreciated by audiences who love alt. rock, grunge, shoegazing, and noise pop. For audiences who love live performances, or anyone seeking REAL and raw music these days, given the pop, synth and auto-tune world we are living in, be sure to check out The Immigrants.
About The Reviewer: Ama Cruz is an instrumentalist, writer, and has over a decade of professional experience in arts management, including her time working for Sony’s Latin/Jazz PR division. She has contributed as a music journalist and editor for other publications.
The Immigrants Go Global on Spotify with 11,287 Streams!
Boston, MA - August 20th, 2023 — The Immigrants - Go Global on Spotify! Their song Guy Fawkes Night gets 11,287 Streams! Top Cities: Lisbon, London, Amsterdam, Zurich, Madrid, and New York!
Listen to Guy Fawkes Night on Spotify: 11,287 streams!!
Radio Review by Martina Dörner on CBJRadio.com
Boston, MA - May 23, 2022: Martina Dörner from Germany provides a Radio-Review of The Immigrants on CBJRadio.com & Belter-Radio.com and plays Enterprise Ride, a song by The Immigrants.
Hi this is Martina from Germany and today I have a band for you whose story is as unusual as it is very touching… The Immigrants.
The band's sound is one of my favorite genres - a brilliant mixture of rock, pop, and a touch of punk - simply brilliant - entertaining and definitely addictive, but in a positive sense. Anyone who has heard the first song will definitely want more, I can promise that with a sound and lyrics that quickly grab you and won't let you go....
It doesn’t take many more words to understand that this story is something very special and now we will hear Enterprise Ride, a tribute to Bill and a wonderful song.
Martina Dörner
CBJRadio.com
Click Here to listen to Radio Review on YouTube!