As always Newfoundland’s Irish Descendants entertained an enthusiastic audience, albeit seated crowd with their annual show at Average Joes, Feb. 23.
I caught bits and pieces of their early starting show.
They ended their first set with Celtic favourite “ Down in the “Rattlin’ Bog” which had the laid back crowd clapping along as fast as the band picked up the tempo each verse, ending at a frenetic pace.
“Barrett‘s Privateers” was a second set highlight which showed off the quartet’s vocal harmonies. And everybody got to sing lead while the other three supplied harmonies.
A highlight was the fiddle player singing “ I had But 50 cents. I had to wait until late in the show for them to unleash his fine fiddling prowess.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor