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 clarinet.
They played a 40 minute unbroken set. It was some of the most adventurous intriguing music I’ve heard this year. It managed that impossible task of appealing to the brain and the dancing legs at the same time and it made that all seem effortless.
If you tell me Tortoise gone trad I won’t argue with you.
They are a serious piece of work and they are more than the sum of the parts.
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 clarinet.
They played a 40 minute unbroken set. It was some of the most adventurous intriguing music I’ve heard this year. It managed that impossible task of appealing to the brain and the dancing legs at the same time and it made that all seem effortless.
If you tell me Tortoise gone trad I won’t argue with you.
They are a serious piece of work and they are more than the sum of the parts.
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