Album Review: Blue-eyed Hawk - Under The Moon

(Edition Records) 4/5

Ever since Lauren Kinsella graced the stage at Triskel Christchurch on a sunny Saturday afternoon with Thought Fox during the Cork Jazz Festival a few years ago, we have been impressed with the band’s joie de vivre. In particular, Kinsella’s crystal-clear delivery stood out and the Dublin singer seems blessed with an inventive curiosity and imagination.

&Yes the name, Blue-eyed Hawk is veering toward the arty; but, to paraphrase Mr Spock, it’s jazz music but not as you know it. If you’re into labels then art-rock would be OK, but you’ve got to factor in inspirational, highly original and throw in foot-tappingly fabulous for good measure.