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MOVING HEARTS Live In Dublin Rubyworks ****

For those who missed Moving Hearts' reunion last February (or those who simply can't get enough of them), this live CD and accompanying DVD colours in the gaps gleefully. The Hearts' intense live performance is captured with unexpected intimacy, highlighting the sheer scale of piper Davy Spillane's influence on the band's original sound. Keith Donald's soprano sax still manages to sound scintillating, and Eoin O'Neill's basslines are a reminder of just how left-field this conglomeration was in its heyday. Dónal Lunny lets the percussive force of the bouzouki propel this welcome reunion into the stratosphere, and yet the Hearts' decision to omit all their vocalists leaves a distinct void where, surely, some of their vociferous songs should have been. Nonetheless, a quietly reflective celebration of musicians. www.movinghearts.ie

SIOBHÁN LONG

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