Music
22 Mar 05

Roguery Road

This album was recorded live at the Cross Keys pub in rural County Antrim. The sound quality improves markedly along the way, with the result that the overall standard could have been raised significantly without undue loss by leaving out the opening two or three of the 16 tracks here. The music itself is excellent, though.

Another young concertina-and-fiddle team. These two players hooked up a decade ago when O’Kane moved to Belfast from his native Dungiven, Co. Derry, and they’ve opted to record their debut album live at the Cross Keys pub in rural County Antrim. The sound quality improves markedly along the way, with the result that the overall standard could have been raised significantly without undue loss by leaving out the opening two or three of the 16 tracks here. The music itself is excellent, though, and there are some lovely solo turns from guests Davy Maguire on flute and Jim Rainey on guitar.