Bantry band The Calvinists: Memories, music and life lived to the full

Sometimes opportunities appear from the most unexpected places. And sometimes they can vanish as quickly.

One night in 2010, Bantry four-piece the Calvinists were entertaining the crowd in a local pub. In their midst was American travel writer Matt Gross. To say he enjoyed his evening would be something of an understatement. His excited words sang from the pages of his newspaper the New York Times.

“They were awesome: straight-up rock with a country accent… the whole room hummed with enthusiasm and pride. I was part of something. Maybe this was a moment that, years from now, I would remember as a big one,” he recounted.