The Prayer Boat are an Irish folk/indie band formed in 1987 in Blessington, Co. Wicklow. Their name is derived from a Hindu religious festival which takes place every year on the banks of the river Ganges where thousands of people burn incense and candles on small reed boats and float them down the river at night, the boats carrying their wishes and prayers. The Prayer Boat are a band who have endured a lot of misfortune in a commercial industry whose main priority is to sell records, often seem...
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