Melanie O'Reilly, Oileán Draíochta

Quite glorious in its entirety. If setting out to choose just one track from the reissue of Oileán Draíochta (''Enchanted Island'') it may be an uphill task, however. For the diddly-eidily side of Irish traditional music you could go for fun and try …

Published: 10 Nov 2020. Updated: 3 years.

Quite glorious in its entirety. If setting out to choose just one track from the reissue of Oileán Draíochta (''Enchanted Island'') it may be an uphill task, however. For the diddly-eidily side of Irish traditional music you could go for fun and try 'The Hunter's Purse'. However, 'Buille' is airier and more serious. And then sticking to the task there is jazz aplenty too because make no mistake Melanie O'Reilly is a fine jazz singer, her style authentic Celtic-jazz, so to say because of her command of the culture, language, mood and belief in improvisation as a working method and sensibility but most of all an artistic end in itself it is plain separating and lifting hybrid entities to exist alongside one another. Norma Winstone-like on 'Tir na Mara' led off by the pianist is nearly the track. But dreamy exile song 'Annie Moore' is even better. 'Cead Aighnis' done as jazz-rock let's go for. But hang on the title track it is, for its airiness, poise – and all that dark joy.

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Francesco Bearzatti Tinissima 4et, Zorro

Into face coverings long before they became fashionable Don Diego de la Vega – Zorro – opposed the Brexiteer braggarts and anti-Lockdown loons, corrupt 19th century tyrants of Spanish California as these were known officially back in the day. Enter …

Published: 10 Nov 2020. Updated: 3 years.

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Into face coverings long before they became fashionable Don Diego de la Vega – Zorro – opposed the Brexiteer braggarts and anti-Lockdown loons, corrupt 19th century tyrants of Spanish California as these were known officially back in the day.

Enter saxophonist and masked swordsman, the reliably vulpine Francesco Bearzatti game for a bit of dressing up who turns the opening title track into Rocky with a touch of spaghetti western.

With the Don are trumpeter Giovanni Falzone, bassist Danilo Gallo and drummer Zeno De Rossi and they whip up a very decent sound often fairly hilariously together. Camjazz whistled up the album. Out now.