CPI Archive 2008: From Planxty to Sweeney’s Men, Andy Irvine has done it all. He chats to Andrew Hamilton about Australia, the Paul Brady reunion and his anger with conservative audiences.
CELTIC Connections, well, you can say that again. A small festival, almost lost in the cold hibernation of the Scottish winter, but a breeding ground for memories. There, on a stormy Wednesday evening this January, a tempest of music not heard in a generation was once again to find its voice. It’s incredible to think that Paul Brady and Andy Irvine had gone 30 years without playing a tune together in a meaningful way. But all that changed this year in Glasgow, prompting the re-release of their eponymous 1976 album. “Paul and myself had actually been discussing how we might go about playing together again and this just fit the bill. We rehearsed quite a lot, because there was an awful lot to get done. In the end we played our entire repertoire which is more than two hours of music. So relearning all of that was not a simple task. It was tough, but it was a great success. This was a real fan’s gig - a concert with microscopes on - so we knew that we had to get it exactly right,” he said.
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