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rodger curren
Country:
Ireland
Birthdate:
1 January 1954
Sex:
Male
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musician
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rodger curren
Hi guys, well, as a pro musician from the west of ireland myself, I think I was extremely surprised to hear Dervish were the group chosen to represent our country. I would have thought that there were far more entertaining trad outfits out there if that was what we were looking for, and quite honestly my main reason for saying so is this. While they are a good trad band , they are certainly not world class or indeed even euro class, and their vocalist is one of the few singers I know of, who is capable of singing a song from start to finsh in a key that is at least a half-tone flat , or indeed sometimes sharp, to what the instruments are playing. That would be my main worry for Dervish, and not so much their musicianship. Its all about the song and the singer on the night and I'm afraid that Cathy Jordan is lacking in that regard and while she can sing certain old style, Sean nos songs, reasonably well she has also been known to murder quality songs , and is certainly not a versitile vocalist for the bigger stage of europe. Just my humble opinion !!
