Just saw them in Vancouver BC,and I was completely blown away. They are some of the greatest musicians I ever ever seen live. They are beloved in these parts!
@@Vendita_Cetrioli_Kiev Yes, Bouzouki. Adam Rhodes, seated on the right of the screen, plays Bouzouki. It's a thinner, more metallic sound than the guitar. 8 strings, tuned in pairs. Works really well on this set - sounds great. 🙂
I don' know whether to cry or laugh. So I'll do both. Listening to this I know my mother's with me heart and soul as the sheer joy exploding from the music brings her smiling self and the times we enjoyed music together back. I keep playing and she's always here surrounding me.
I just discovered you were coming to Boise, Idaho. I was in Ireland last May for the entire month and didn't know of you then. That's a sad thing to know now, but alas I'll be coming to hear you on St. Paddy's day here in Idaho. Thanks for coming across the pond to visit.
Definitely fun to watch. The original track from the album, superimposed with wonderful pictures of many takes, apparently (including the odd metamorphosis you get with this kind of production, like a bodhran turning into a guitar, but giving me the comforting feeling that I am not the only one playing with sleeves rolled up below the elbow instead of above). A bit modernistic, of course (wonder what Seamus Tansey had to say to that...), but dancers from outside the Michael Flatley mindset, thank you for that.
Fabulous group could listen to them forever l know they are from Scotland but they make a great fist of Irish trad are they all Scot’s where is concertina player from originally
... Unreal. Please, come to Chicago. Please. I have to see you play. The Bothy Band was before my time, I never got to see Lunasa with McSherry still in the line up.
Check out their albums, 'Into the Light', and their latest 'Avalanche', just brilliant! And I had the joy of seeing them not once, but FOUR times at Shetland Folk Fest 2017, spoke to them afterwards, totally down to earth, polite & genial - extra respect from me.
Hmm, that was a little odd seeing the bodhran player switching to guitar mid-medley, with the bodhran continuing to play on the backing track... Fun music though; hoping to see these guys in concert soon.
Yes at 1:49, when the tune changes and the dancer comes ... The guitar started and the bodhran was still playing. Not a live arrangment, unless they are using a looper, but it's very difficult with a band ...
It is outstanding. But where does the bass come from? The bodhrán sounds very well, but it is simply incapable for the bass that develops towards the end. Still, the music is exeptionally envigoring. As the others wrote, I miss the hardshoe knocks too.
The new fired up trad sound really lacks something with all of its energy and hype . Sometimes a melody is nice to weave into the the mix and not lose it in a wall of sound .
Love the music- this band is so high energy - but don't include dancers if you don't want the sound of the shoes. If you think it takes away from the music, then you're better off not including them. It's same as watching you all with the sound turned off.
Anybody else think that this video has been spoiled by over-editing? Shame that the sound of the shoe taps is missing as well. Very talented dancers and musicians though.
