Three virtuosi havin' a great time
Traditional Irish music can never be boring! There's too much life in it. If your foot won't tap, or your hands won't drum, or your face won't smile when you hear it...have someone call an undertaker! These three have recorded for all time the joy, and lamenting, of the Irish soul beautifully. To hear them you'd think it was easy....! Each one states so brilliantly their part in the tunes. Paul Brady's one song is a refreshingly truthful but tongue -in-cheek look at Ireland's history. Yes it's sad(?) but also hopeful of a better time. His guitar work on The Rainy Day/The Grand Canal is taste epitomized. Being a guitar player/maker...I notice that. The melody instruments...Matt Malloy on flute and Tommy Peoples on fiddle, are simply stunning. There's a saying that "ya get a good tune outta an ol' fiddle". Well that's true, but it's also true that you get great tunes out of older players. There's many a young player got hot licks, but there's more old players got taste!
