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  • Genre: Bluegrass / Country / Folk

    Location Cork, Cork, IE

    Profile Views: 19888

    Last Login: 4/16/2012

    Member Since 4/14/2007

    Website none

    Record Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    From the swamplands of Cork city,deep in the south of Ireland comes a motley collection of dynamic and versatile musicians with backgrounds as murky as the slow moving waters of the river Lee.Their music comes from a love of ol time tunes and Eastern European music with the odd gospel song thrown in for good measure. Fiddler Yvonne Leahy, who is probably known better for her Irish Traditional playing but whose heart and style is very close to ol' time music,leads the band with her full and energetic sound with arrangements of tunes from down South and Far East.Singer and fiddler Eileen Healy(The Polskadots) adds harmonies and enterprates ol time and gospel songs in her own style.On mandolin is Pete Hull(Los Langaros) who contributes his own original songs delivered with the passion and conviction of a man whose loved,lost and gotten drunk.On rhythm guitar is James Dilkes,a fine singer and collector of tunes and songs from many sources.On Double Bass is James O Sullivan(Open Kitchen).The Critters are veterans of various musical scenes in Cork,where theyve been based for several years soaking up the vibrant music and culture of the city.The result of the collaboration of these 4 is passionately performed ol time music with a contemporary twist and international feel.The band have taken part in many festivals incl The Sixmilebridge Winter festival.Theyve also played support to Hazeed Dixie and toured Germany.They currently play a regular session in the LV bar,Macurtain st,every Monday in Cork City.

  • Members

    Yvonne Leahy..fiddle.Eileen Healy..vocal/fiddle/cheese grater.Pete Hull..mandolin,vocal.James Dilkes..guitar,vocal.James O Sullivan..double bass.

  • Influences

    Ol timey,Eastern European music,gospel.

  • Sounds Like

    Southern fried toones with lashings of Goulash at 4am round a campfire in the middle of nowhere with a cheap bottle of wine

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