Mabon 5/5/2018

One of my favourite things is walking to a great gig in the village where you live. That was afforded to me last night as Mabon played our village hall. They have played together for almost 20 years so they are very tight and there is also a good line in banter throughout the show which shows they still get on after 20 years. The music was just up my street - celtic basically, with some jigs, plenty of reels, some airs, one Bretonny tune (Drum and Briezh)and so on. Oliver Wilson-Dickson on fiddle and Jaime Smith on accordion are the stars of the band but Matt Downer on bass, Iolo Whelan on drums and Paul Rogers on guitar all contribute to the brilliant overall sound. 'The Accordionist's Despair' was an opportunity for Jamie Smith to show off his dexterity at speed on the accordion but in general the standard of the songs was at a level from start to finish. The audience loved the show, the band clearly enjoyed it too and I got to walk home. Perfect.