Diarmaid & Donncha Moynihan launched their CD ‘The Lights of Ranzanico’ at The Corner House last Saturday evening.  Diarmaid is a long time member of the Cork Pipers’ Club having learnt and taught at the club over the years.  He is now based away from Cork so it was great to see him back to launch this CD.   You can listen to clips and purchase the CD over on Diarmaid’s site.

The CD itself is a work of genius combining myriad styles and influences from the well-traveled duo.  I’ve only listened to it a few times and it’s a mark of a great album that each listen brings something new to the fore.  At the launch I was surprised to hear that Diarmaid composed ‘The Ivory Lady’ which has been recorded by Lúnasa on their album ‘Sé’.  It’s certainly a stand-out track on that album as well as on ‘The Lights of Ranzanico’.  The mastery of the Irish traditional musicianship is complemented by artists such as Anxo Lorenzo on Galician gaita, Nic France on drums and Tonyho dos Santos on trumpet.  There are plenty of little nooks and crannies afforded by this diverse range of musicians on a tastefully produced album.

The pair had a whole host of musicians with them on the day including their sister Deirdre, Christy Leahy and Karl Nesbitt.

See some more pictures below.

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