One of the joys of going to see Frankie Gavin is you just never know how far the former De Dannan dynamo's vision of Ireland's musical embrace might stretch.
One of the joys of going to see Frankie Gavin is you just never know how far the former De Dannan dynamo's vision of Ireland's musical embrace might stretch. There was the bold fiddler in the Old Fruitmarket, introducing Come Dancing favourite Tico Tock as "not an Irish tune at all" - as if it was an exception and the preceding Bach, blues and swing items had come from Kerry. Mind you, the way Gavin, accordionist Derek Hickey, guitarist Tim Edey and pianist Carl Hession had invested them with an Irish brogue, they might well have done.
One of the joys of going to see Frankie Gavin is you just never know how far the former De Dannan dynamo's vision of Ireland's musical embrace might stretch.