Catoan

Catoan at Belfast Auntie Annie's, Tue 22 May

Review by Francis Jones

Catoan walk a musical tightrope, attempting to balance rock, jazz and classical and produce a cohesive whole. Get it wrong and you end up with an unpalatable pate, get it right and you have a glorious riot of sound and imagination. Thankfully they have enough poise and precision to ensure that, despite the odd ponderous moment, they deliver the latter...»

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Catoan do folk-rock-jazz-classical things with music, mostly ...resulting in an exciting fresh experimental folk/rock hybrid. The Belfast-based band made the change to become Catoan in March 2007 after having already played together for over a year as Paddy McKeown...with a band. Members are Paddy McKeown (vocals, guitar, coffee drinkin), Rúaidhrí Mannion (violin, backing vocals, lover of bowls), John Ferris (electric guitar, glockenspiel, purveyor of fine rum), Cavan Fyans (bass, backing vocals, does some other things with games consoles), Rob Baker (drums, dreaming of madonna and luan parle and jam) and are joined frequently by Iain McDougall (tenor sax, wearer of cardigans).