2023 live...Chapter 25: John Francis Flynn with Trá Pháidín – St Lukes, Cork, Dec 9 2023
The green room at Henchy’s buzzing. Plenty of non JFF punters. Room for allsorts. JFF. 4 piece band. Voice-guitar-telecaster-tin whistle. Double bass. Clarinet-guitar-drones. Drums-4 track. Many interesting elements. Unfortunately they amount to less than the sum of the parts. Some genuinely interesting moments around JFF’s patented double whistle – two whistles, sellotape – giving fascinating undertones. Would remind you of the the uileann pipe background drone, as cc put it. The thought occurs that a different arrangement of the same elements might even produce more interesting results. Talent not in question. On support Trá Pháidín are a different kettle of fish. Intoxicating shifting improv jazz trad krautrock impossibly groovy two drummers gotta love that they even had a fucking harp onstage what’s more you could hear it harder than it sounds shades of Tortoise one minute Can the next even Neu! K heard a bit of Godspeed guitar violins brass flute...