Music
10 Sep 03

Song's Sweet Caress

The pace is gentle throughout, with soothing tinkly arrangements of classics like ‘Green Grows The Laurel’ and ‘Bonny Light Horseman’ alongside lesser-known songs and tunes; the latter include an unusual jazzy interpretation of Robert Burns’ ‘The Slave’s Lament’, a march written by O’Leary for his newborn son Josef, and the title track co-authored by the two.

Singer, piper and whistle player Christy O’Leary hails from Kenmare, Co. Kerry and spent twelve years as frontman with the Boys Of The Lough; guitarist and bouzouki player Bert Deivert grew up in New Hampshire, USA, made three albums as a duo with bluesman Eric Bibb, and was a backing musician with rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson. Now both are living in Sweden, where they’ve hooked up to make this CD. The pace is gentle throughout, with soothing tinkly arrangements of classics like ‘Green Grows The Laurel’ and ‘Bonny Light Horseman’ alongside lesser-known songs and tunes; the latter include an unusual jazzy interpretation of Robert Burns’ ‘The Slave’s Lament’, a march written by O’Leary for his newborn son Josef, and the title track co-authored by the two.