Reviews 2005 | ||
Woodman Folk Club - Reviews |
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Tom McConville | ||
Bryn Phillips | 11 February 2005 | |
It’s a rare event to see Tom McConville at the
Woodman. The last time he appeared was about four years ago and it was
nice to see him back again. Everyone who went over to chat with him was
met with that cheery smile which is his trade-mark on and off stage. He is
a wonderful fiddle player and singer and treated us to a variety of tunes
and songs, including a couple of my favourites "Slip Jigs and
Reels" and "Blarney Roses". As always his fiddle
playing was immaculate and his patter was amusing, engaging and
professional.
I was fortunate enough to win his CD in the raffle and I would highly recommend it. I’ve already played it several times and can’t help but notice that the fiddle playing sounded far warmer and mellow than it did through the PA in the live performance – with hindsight, in a small club, Tom would probably be better off coming down into the audience, and play and sing unamplified – I think that would be quite an experience. As well as Tom’s performance we had contributions from Ian Munro, John the Flautist, Bryn Phillips and Richard Robinson. |