Live

The Spirit Store in Dundalk appears to be the in place to record these days, to judge by the recent Roesy album and now this live release by bouzouki player Niall Ó Callanáin and his band.

Blending traditional rhythms with jazz structures, the nine tracks – all composed and arranged by Ó Callanáin – do a great job of capturing the energy of the onstage interplay between the musicians. That said, among the strongest numbers are three solo bouzouki pieces: ‘4 Course’, the delicate ‘Fairwater’, and ‘No Resolution’ – the last of these recorded during the soundcheck on a borrowed instrument.