Although Gráinne Hambly lives in Mayo, her new CD was recorded and released in Germany. Musically, she doesn’t break any new ground, but this recording (her second solo effort) makes a highly agreeable listen all the same, and it’s clear that a lot of thought and a certain amount of daring has gone into the combinations of tunes: a 17th century harping air by Thomas Connellan, for example, is paired here with a reel written by piper Patrick Davey in 1995, and the one flows into the other remarkably well. Also notable is a lovely harp arrangement of Peadar Ó Riada’s ‘An Draigheann (The Blackthorn)’, previously recorded by Ó Riada on piano and by Noel Hill on concertina