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Annbjøg Lein
Image by Con Kelleher
Thursday's show with Annbjørg Lien with Bjørn Ole Rasch and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh with Manus Lunny was more than amazing. Mairéad and Manus rocked the house with tunes from a new album on which they are still collaborating and about which Mairéad said nervously, "We've been working on it a year already and we might never finish it!" which makes our hearing it live that much more special.
Annbjørg and Bjørn Ole swept us away with the haunting hardanger tunes from their native Norway. Their magical music captured every soul in the room.
On Friday the amazement continued with Bríd Harper, Marty Meehan, and PJ McDonald spinning the trad tunes like gold in the West Cork Hotel.
One measurement of how good every night has been so far have been the number of world class musicians in the auidence!
The engaging, masterful, and quirky set by Darol Anger's Republic of Strings was attended by nearly every performer of this year's Fiddle Fair including Cathal Hayden and fiddle newcomer Jeremy Irons.
There are still two days left with gorgeous music and weather for you to enjoy so make sure and book soon.