The following review was published on Celtic Groves Homestead website: http://celticgrooves.homestead.com/cg_blake_gillespie.html JOHN BLAKE, LAMOND GILLESPIE, MICK LEAHY: TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC FROM LONDON John Blake: flute, guitar, piano Lamond Gillespie: fiddle, viola Brian Rooney: fiddle Tommy Maree: accordion Mick Leahy: bouzouki A wonderful new release featuring the talented John Blake, who is not only one of…

This review was published in the Scotsman 5/12/2008 JOHN BLAKE, LAMOND GILLESPIE AND MICK LEAHY Humours Of Highgate **** ARC 0002, £12.99 Recorded in Limerick and London, on fiddle, flute and piano, with occasional guest accordion, this is the Irish music that generations of exiles played in the pubs and dance halls off the Holloway…

This review of the album was published in the Scotsman on the 12/2/2012. Lamond Gillespie, Cormac Cannon and John Blake The Trip To Carrick LCB001, from.custysmusic.com **** Hard to find, indeed rare of this quality, this is a modest yet powerful gem of instrumental prowess, uniting a fiddler, piper and piano player in their shared…