Now

With some 30 records to his name, veteran folk singer Patsy Watchorn has decided to pay tribute to some of his favourite songs on his newest album, Now. Tackling Ewan MacColl’s ‘Dirty Old Town’ and Paddy Kavanagh’s ‘Raglan Road’, Watchorn’s full-bodied, rough-hewn voice evokes the late great Luke Kelly, while also containing a subtlety that sets him apart from the cruder exponents of the craft of ballad-singing.