Neil Ó Loclainn

Cuar: Roscanna

by Ian Patterson
January 1, 2018

Roscanna is the debut of Cuar, a trio led by composer and bassist/flutist Neil Ó Loclainn that adopts a chamber-esque approach to Irish folk music, though one that is open to quite disparate influences. A regular collaborator with the late Louis Stewart as well as in David Lyttle's trios, Ó Loclainn is an adept in both the worlds of jazz and, as in Ensemble Ériu, pan-global contemporary folk. Roscanna falls into the latter category, for despite the sean-nós , dance ...