“Crossroads” starts with Marco, accompanied by Eoghan O’Brien on guitar, playing three beautiful and fairly recently composed reels by Sean Ryan, Josephine Keegan and Paddy O’Brien. This is great traditional Irish fiddle playing – except by an Italian, Marco Fabbri, born in Rome in 1959.
He started to play fiddle in 1980 and was already in love with Irish music…just loved the sound and spirit of it. He even went to Ireland in 1985 and immersed himself in the music; spent some years there, mostly in Belfast; joined a local band, Ultan, and toured Europe with them.
Members: MARCO FABBRI-fiddle
EOGHAN O'BRIEN-guitar
PAUL McSHERRY-guitars
JOHN McSHERRY-low whistle & uilleann pipes
MAURIZIO GERI-guitar
KEVIN CRAWFORD-flute
CHRISTY LEAHY-accordion
FELICE ZACCHEO-mandola,
mandoloncello & guitar
DAVY MAGUIRE-flute
FRANCESCO SALVADORE-percussions, jew's harp & quartara
MAURIZIO DI GIACOMO-guitar
LORENZO COLETTA-bodhran
RAY GALLEN-bodhran
DONAL O'CONNOR-piano
GABRIELE CAPORUSCIO-banjo, bouzouki & mandolin |
