Anyone familiar with his playing? I see he has a new CD just released.

thanks
Mark

That's interesting news, I must get that!

Larry is an old friend who I don't get to see so much of these days, since he moved to Arklow and I moved to Clare. He originally played button accordion, like his father, and changed from that to concertina like his friend Tony Crehan - who though originally from West Clare, spent much of his life in Gorey, Co. Wexford, not too far from Camolin where Larry originates from.

Here's a link to the CD: Larry Kinsella - The Barley Grain

I'd describe his playing as being in a more "mature" style.

Whom else would you put in the "mature" catagory?

Mark

if caoimhin is on it, you know it has to be good.

Mark,

Anybody who's not a "whizz-kid"!

But seriously, Larry has been teaching/performing at Summer Schools in Ireland for many years now, including the Willie Clancy (Miltown Malbay) and Joe Mooney (Drumshanbo) ones, and his style would not be flashy or as over-ornamented as I might find some of his fellow teachers. There's a piping influence in his playing.