Focal Point Presents Joey Abarta and Nathan Gourley Release Copley Street with David McKindley War

Boston based Uilleann piper Joey Abarta and fiddler Nathan Gourley are two of America’s great young trad musicians, who have been playing music together daily since 2013. Their debut duo album, Copley Street, has an undeniable chemistry and demonstrates a nuanced understanding of each other’s playing. Their music includes offbeat settings of well-known tunes and beautiful pieces that seem to languish in obscurity.

“Copley Street” is a wonderful album from two stunning young players that adds to Boston’s rich history of traditional Irish music. They will be joined at The Focal Point by David McKindley-Ward, who from his solid folk foundation of Pete Segeer and Stan Rogers, found a love for Irish music from cassette tape recordings of the old folk revival balladeers from the 50s and 60s