The Gallery Sessions Present Hoodman Blind

Hoodman Blind is a contemporary Irish trio based in Limerick, whose three members came together in 2010 to forge a new kind of music informed by tradition and born of and inspired by both the musics of their native Ireland and of Finland and Sweden (where they’ve studied and performed).

The instrumental complement of harp (Niamh O’Brien), fiddle (Seán Ó Dalaigh) and accordion (Finn Harper) provides a very rich sound, with colours sounding together in an unusual combination which quickly becomes mesmerising. There’s also considerable intricacy in the interplay and blending of the three instrumental timbres, all executed with a true togetherness that you don’t often encounter.