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CD Launches Enhance Catskills Week

By
Paul Keating,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 4:09 PM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:09 PM

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IT was an exceptional year for new releases up in East Durham during the Catskills Irish Arts Week (CIAW), proving that the traditional waters are running very deep in the wellspring these days. No less than eight new recordings for artists and groups and one book (containing a companion DVD) were celebrated for their contributions to the cause in the past year.

At this juncture we would like to mention some of the CDs and the book/DVD that vividly capture the essence of what makes the CIAW tick and add so much to the week and the months that follow as the publications traveled away from the hamlet with the students and artists.

On the Wednesday night at Bernie O's restaurant, Catherine McEvoy shared the fruits of her second solo CD The Home Ruler on the Clo Iar Chonnachta label which had its Ireland launch the week before at the Willie Clancy Summer School.

One of the most respected flute player and teachers in Ireland, Britain or the U.S., any effort from her would be most welcome, and this latest recording will not disappoint her fans and hopefully draw many more to appreciate her exquisite flute-playing.

The tunes played in 15 tracks, including three of her own compositions (one written for the late Dermot Grogan from Mayo), are accompanied tastefully by Felix Dolan, Geraldine Cotter, Paddy McEvoy on piano, Steve Cooney on guitar and Joe Kennedy on bodhran. The liner notes from fiddler Seamus Connolly firmly establish McEvoy as a musician to be reckoned with from an early upbringing in the Irish scene in Birmingham, England. She also has roots in Co. Roscommon where she fell under the influence of people like Josie McDermott and Patsy Hanley.

Currently living in Co. Meath with her husband Tom McGorman and family, she has firmly established herself as one of Ireland's premier flute players and musicians who is often to be seen in the middle of any musical fray devoted to the pure drop at home or abroad.

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