Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn

ANGELINA CARBERRY & MARTIN QUINN

Angelina Carberry: banjo

Martin Quinn: accordion, melodeon

John Blake: guitar, piano

Alan McCartney: guitar

A young banjo player from a noted musical family, Angelina Carberry first attracted notice through the recording entitled "Memories of the Holla" which she made with her father, accordion player Peter Carberry, and the great John Blake on guitar and piano. Now paired up with Martin Quinn, an accordion player from Armagh, and still expertly backed by Blake, Carberry delivers another wonderful performance, bringing an elegant and lyrical (dare I say "feminine"?) touch to her playing of an instrument more known for its percussive tone, all the while swinging with abandon. Quinn has a rather light touch as well, and does lovely harmonic work with the left hand, so that his playing complements Carberry's perfectly. Quinn also plays the melodeon on a couple of tracks, including his solo, and a banjo-melodeon unaccompanied duet which sounds right out of a Flanagan Brothers 78rpm record. There a quite a few well-known tunes on here (sometimes disguised under other titles, like "The Tap Room" called "Andy McGann's"), and some more seldom heard ones, like the two fabulous Finbar Dwyer reels. Lovely stuff!

Rating: ****

Price: $19.99