Dervish The Irish sextet is so traditional in playing jigs and reels of the Emerald Isle that it’s easy to overlook their contemporary flourish on that music. Dervish has been recording and performing for more than two decades, with deft instrumentation including flutes, mandocello, accordion, bones, fiddle and mandolin, and warm vocal treatments of long-beloved tunes as well as covers like Dylan’s “Boots of Spanish Leather.” It’s this versatility that endears Dervish to lovers of tradition as well as new recruits. Great Aunt Stella Center
This article appears in Mar 2-8, 2010.
