Open the door for 3

This young three-piece got together through the UCC Traditional Music Society, and for their first CD as a band they’ve invited along a plethora of guests, many of them with UCC connections: Johnny Neville of Northcregg, Mel Mercier, Karl Nesbitt, Brian Hanlon, Flor O’Rahilly, plus flute player Michael King (who’s since become a band member proper). It makes for an interesting variety of lineups and styles, but the three core members – Tralee native Daithí Kearney on banjo, mandolin, keyboards and vocals, Pádraig King of West Limerick on box, and Carlow-born Jeremy Spencer on fiddle – need to spend a bit of time together honing their sound and deciding on an overall direction before they go into the studio again.