| Performance Notes | Their distinctive and fresh sound is a mix of strong flute and fiddle melodies with driving guitar and bouzouki rhythms. The group performs traditional Irish folk music from their acclaimed albums, Far From Home (2003) and The River That Runs Below (2008). All the band are multi instrumentalists, and provide a varied and traditional feel to the music. Blackthorn's music is led by strong flute, whistle and fiddle melodies, backed by guitar and bouzouki rhythms contrasted with the sounds of concertina and their many other instruments. |