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Post by Andy P on Apr 20, 2018 13:10:24 GMT
Just a quick plug for this band which we saw last night. Five young, very friendly, scarily talented musicians from Northern Ireland featuring Uilleann pipes, flute, whistles, guitar, harp, bodhran and female singer. They play many of their own vocal and instrumental compositions which are in the Irish folk tradition with a more contemporary twist, if that makes any sense. The singer has a gorgeous voice, in fact she's taken over from the lovely Cara Dillon as my favourite. She manages to play fabulous bodhran apparently effortlessly, whilst singing. The piper and flautist are breathtakingly good. The harpist adds a kind of rhythm to the whole proceedings whilst the guitarist is a really excellent player, clearly with some jazz influences. The sort of player that gets you, as it did with a few of us "guitarists" after the show, talking about having a great bonfire and chucking all our instruments on. It's the first time I've heard a McIlroy. I want one. Desperately.
Exhilarating: catch them if you can, but don't expect to get a good night's sleep afterwards. There'll be far too much adrenaline coursing through your veins.
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Post by ocarolan on Apr 20, 2018 13:51:57 GMT
Lovely stuff there Andy - really enjoyed the vids, thanks. Was it a plugged in gig or more of an acoustic thing? But you are so fickle - fancy turning over Cara for a younger model! Fine with me though - gives me more of a chance....  Keith |
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Andy P
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Post by Andy P on Apr 20, 2018 14:02:25 GMT
Lovely stuff there Andy - really enjoyed the vids, thanks. Was it a plugged in gig or more of an acoustic thing? But you are so fickle - fancy turning over Cara for a younger model! Fine with me though - gives me more of a chance.... Keith Aye, plugged in through the excellent house PA Keith. Each player had a well-equipped pedal board but there was nothing processed-sounding. I'm not dumping Cara, just demoting her to a still very fine second place. More significantly, I want to dump my Lowdens for a McIlroy  How fickle is that? Anyone got a spare £2695?? |
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Post by Phil Taylor on Apr 20, 2018 15:32:53 GMT
Enjoyed that Andy P , particularly the instrumental video in which I thought the guitar sound was superior. The first was ok but slightly quacky, still very nice though  A guy at our folk club has a McIlroy, very nice but long scale. I emailed them in the summer of 2016 asking about the possibility of a shorter scale and he turned me down point blank. Of course they do one now, 25". Cheers Phil |
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Post by Andy P on Apr 20, 2018 16:19:13 GMT
Enjoyed that Andy P , particularly the instrumental video in which I thought the guitar sound was superior. The first was ok but slightly quacky, still very nice though A guy at our folk club has a McIlroy, very nice but long scale. I emailed them in the summer of 2016 asking about the possibility of a shorter scale and he turned me down point blank. Of course they do one now, 25". Cheers Phil These aren't great recordings to be honest. The live sound was spectacularly good. Phil you need to e-mail them back and suggest they call the 25" the Phil Taylor signature model.... |
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Post by dobro on May 7, 2018 23:39:16 GMT
Lovely stuff there Andy - really enjoyed the vids, thanks. Was it a plugged in gig or more of an acoustic thing? But you are so fickle - fancy turning over Cara for a younger model! Fine with me though - gives me more of a chance.... Keith Aye, plugged in through the excellent house PA Keith. Each player had a well-equipped pedal board but there was nothing processed-sounding. I'm not dumping Cara, just demoting her to a still very fine second place. More significantly, I want to dump my Lowdens for a McIlroy How fickle is that? Anyone got a spare £2695?? After all the setup-issues with your Lowden, you really can't dump it..  |
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How fickle is that? Anyone got a spare £2695??
Jo whoever he is.
