Mabon 18/11/2015

A second visit in one week to the friendly Borough Theatre in Abergavenny was to see Mabon a welsh celticky, world-musicky band. They were good value as they were a pretty seamless unit and featured Jamie Smith who was an accomplished accordianist and Oliver Wilson-Dickson,a distinctive fiddle player as the two upfront musical leaders. The set ranged from Welsh -influenced tunes to a particularly fine mazurka to a reel or two. It was interesting to see a band where the influences were wide and disparate but where they had carved out their own identity. I think the songs were mainly written by Jamie Smith. Adam Rhodes played bouzouki and other stringed instruments, Iolo Whelan was on drums and Matt Downer played electric and upright bass.