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EOIN DILLON The Third Twin Kila Records ****

Eoin Dillon's solo debut is a thing of rare beauty. Dillon has unpicked himself from the complexities of his usual home in Kila; his piping is structured and highly disciplined, yet still manages to lope into the undergrowth without sacrificing the integrity of the tune. He penned all the tunes bar one, and sits as comfortably beneath the Joycean expansiveness of Paddy's Perambulation as he does the airy whistle lines of the suantraí, Codladh sámh. Desmond Cahalan's intuitive guitar accompaniment is reminiscent of the empathy that Steve Cooney brought to Seamus Begley's accordion on their seminal Meitheal. This is a slow grower of a collection which insinuates itself past the hairs on the back of your neck and into your subconscious, where it'll bask indefinitely. www.kila.ie

Siobhán Long