Unleashed

The chief weakness of this new six-piece South Sligo group is their superabundance of musical talent: with flute, piano accordion, banjo, bouzouki, guitar and bodhrán all competing for attention, the effect is more that of a particularly good session than a band as such. But with time they’re bound to refine their sound and spice up their arrangements. They’ve got a magnificent asset in the form of the powerful-voiced Colm O’Donnell, who also plays flute and whistle with the group and sings a well-chosen selection of ballads in both Irish and English.