(Earlville, NY – July 2015) “The place was hopping with ‘woos’ and ‘yeos’ to songs like ‘The Glen Road to Carrick’ and a set of jigs called ‘The Green Fields of Woodford,” said Pat Byrne after attending the release of FullSet’s second album to a packed crowd in Dublin.
Part of a new wave of upstart Irish bands carrying traditional melodies far into this century, FullSet has unquestionably made its mark on the Celtic music scene since its start, in 2011. The potent mix of guitar, flute, uilleann pipes, bodhrán (Celtic drum) and accordion carries that haunting, indelibly Irish sound straight into the ears and hearts of audience members wherever the band travels.
And though they don’t have decades of touring under their belts, don’t let the band’s youthfulness fool you. Director of Irish Studies, Traolach O’Riordain sums it up succinctly: “There are two kinds of musicians in Ireland…You have those who learn the traditional music in school, and those who learn it from their parents and grandparents, just as they learned it from their parents and grandparents before them, all the way back to the time God was a small boy. FullSet falls into the latter category.”
Indeed, this band is so well-respected that they’ve garnered multiple nominations from the Irish Music Awards, and won the honor of Top Traditional Group in 2014.
FullSet takes the state Aug. 8.
For more information and to purchase tickets, call 315-691-3550 or visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com.
The Opera House is located at 18 East Main St. in Earlville.