'Copley Street 2' a joy to listen to - Irish Echo

In the media yoke this week is “Copley Street 2” by Nathan Gourley, Joey Abarta, and Owen Marshall. Gourley (fiddle), Abarta (uilleann pipes), and Marshall (bouzouki and guitar) are three excellent musicians based in the Northeastern U.S. and on this, the follow up to their outstanding 2016 effort “Copley Street,” they’ve really outdone themselves.

Boston based Uilleann piper Joey Abarta and fiddler Nathan Gourley (Copley Street) are two of America’s great young trad musicians, who have been playing music together daily since 2013. Their debut duo album, Copley Street, featuring Owen Marshall on Greek bouzouki, has an undeniable chemistry and demonstrates a nuanced understanding of each the other’s playing.

Their music includes offbeat settings of well-known tunes and beautiful pieces that seem to languish in obscurity. “Copley Street” is a wonderful album from two stunning young players that adds to Boston’s rich history of traditional Irish music.

Copley Street

Free, live concert recorded Thursday, March 23, 2017 by Kevin Rogan and Todd DeGarmo. Edited by Kevin Rogan.

Concert hosted and produced by Todd DeGarmo, founding director of the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library and funded in part by the Friends of Crandall Public Library and the New York State Council on the Arts - Folk Arts Program with the support of the NYS Legislature.