NICOLE NÍ DHUBHSHLÁINE & KYLE MACAULAY

Nicole plays the flute, the whistle and the concertina. Originally from Kerry, she is used to play with musicians from this county: Tommy O'Sullivan, Caroline Keane, Méabh Begley, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh or Donogh Hennessy. Kyle, a native of Ramelton, Co. Donegal, began playing guitar at a very early age at Paul Harrigan's Ceol na Coille music school and, although young, he already teaches himself in Ireland while performing abroad. Listening to Barra Taoide, you will find yourself transported to an Irish pub, a glass of Guinness in front of you and tapping your feet to the rhythm of the ten tracks that make up this elegant album.

Next to our two friends, Paul McClure on bodhrán, Colm Broderick on uilleann pipes, Lucia MacPartlin on fiddle and more surprising, the Scottish pianist Hamish Napier. As always real, slides, polkas follow each other like in a Kerry céilí. The concertina sounds energetically on the Polkas suite while the flute is played with vigour on Cheer up Old Hag and the uilleann pipes contributes to the warm atmosphere on The Reels suite that closes the album. The second title, March of The Kings of Laois, is widely popularized in Brittany by Dan Ar Braz and the Celtic Heritage. A true work in all nuances, overflowing with a contagious energy, this album will make you vibrate in an overflow of musical colours. Its only flaw, its brevity.

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