Ron Block & Liam O'Kane 11/10/2023

It's a travesty that Ron Block should be playing infront of less than 50 people but I was very glad to be one of the 50. In fact the economics of assembling four musicians including one from the US in a small room in Cardiff for that size of audience is clearly not viable but I guess Ron Block just likes to play the banjo. Fellow banjoist Liam from N Ireland was also in the band as well as a bassist/moog guy and a rhythm guitarist. It was in fact a banjo fest. The first set was mainly Liam O'Kane songs but the Ron Block tune and a solo he played on one of Liam's songs were delightful. His astounding playing is both precise and delicate. The second set featured more of Ron's compositions. Highlights for me were 'Daisy's Dance', 'The Fiddler's Gun', 'Endless Wanderer'and 'EDB and Lady Grey'. Superb stuff.