Ah wis there at the Chocolate Church for their latest concert, as weel... Whate'er possessit the CC staff tae print a twa-year-auld bio in the program, featurin the noo-dearly-depairtit Davy Steele?!?

Ah think the band's aye brilliant, but the latest lineup leaves me a wee bit cauld. They were sae vibrant an awe-inspirin last time aroond, wi Karine Polwart an the splendit young fiddler frae the Isle o Lewis... Mike Katz & those twa almaist tuik the taste o Alan Reid's treacle oot o ma mouth, nae an easy feat ava! (Dinnae get me wrang, Reid's a decent sangwriter, but he disnae stir ma soul like the ithers, an that blastit wee keyboard soonds like a toy.)

Tho Ah still love the pipin an fiddlin, the ither twa lads are, weel, less than inspirin. Ah haed tae cam hame frae the concert & put on some auld recordins frae past years tae "get ma fix" o the Band at its best. That said, Ah luik for'ard tae their next stateside tour, an hope springs eternal that Ah'll be maist pleasantly surprisit!

--Cuilionn