Described by the Irish Times as a band whose live performances are "akin to
mesmerising, whirling dervishes", the Irish/American folk supergroup The
Gloaming uses the Irish music tradition as a foundation but, the newspaper said,
strays "wide and far, down freeform jazz highways and improvisational byways,
occasionally detouring in the direction of contemporary classical sounds along
their picaresque way". Formed in Ireland in 2011 by five established performers
- fiddle players Martin Hayes and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, singer Iarla Ó
Lionáird, guitarist Dennis Cahill and singer T...