This Birmingham-born, Roscommon-bred brother and sister moved ‘home’ to Ireland in the late 1970s and since then have amassed an impressive musical pedigree between them: Catherine was a member of the all-female trad group Macalla as well as the Táin Céilí Band, while John was in Chieftain Sean Potts’ group Bakerswell.
This is their first recording as a duo, but you wouldn’t know it from the effortless way Catherine’s flute swings along with John’s fiddle. The piano accompaniment from New York musician Felix Dolan gives the album a stately, old-fashioned feel that suits both players’ measured and unpretentious style.
John McEvoy contributes several fine original tunes — including the title track, which is followed by a bouncy little hornpipe with the evocative title ‘Felix In Paris’, composed in honour of Dolan.